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He will rebuke the evildoer no matter who he may be and he will strive his utmost to remove that evil. The one who truly and sincerely loves Allah will not take disobedience to his Beloved lightly and he will not have the patience to witness it. And, furthermore, he will not love those people [who commit such evil]. That stance is not achieved except by those people who love Allah and whom He loves and who do not fear, for the sake of Allah, the reproach of anyone. Among those people are Umar ibn al-Khattaab. During our time', the "jealousy" or rage for the sake of Allah has been lost from the hearts of the servants. The evil has become accepted and what is good has become rejected. The one who cries should cry over that disaster. 2 Those Muslims who, in the name of brotherhood, love, friendship and mercy, accept and give full love to Muslims "as they are" and do not even consider removing the evil that they see around them are either lacking in their faith or have a great misunderstanding of what faith is all about. In reality, they give a preference to the feelings and wants of those Muslims over what Allah has commanded in the Quran. Obviously, in the heart of a true believer, Allah comes first. Acting in a way that is offensive or disliked to Allah can never be accepted or approved by the heart that is filled with faith. The Negative Results of Not Repelling Evil Before concluding the discussion of this hadith, it is important to note some of the results of not applying this hadith. In other words, what will happen if Muslims see evil and they do not repel it according to their abilities? This is a very important question. The Quran replies to this question to some extent and the Prophet (peace be upon him) also touched upon it in a number of hadith. 1 Al-Sindi died in the year 1 1 63 A.H., so he lived about three centuries ago. 2 Al-Sindi, Sharh al-Arbaeen, p. 1 05. Hadith #34: "Whoever of You Sees an Evil. . . " Not eradicating evil has been a source of cursing by the prophets. Allah says, .,. ,., ,,,. ,... ,.,. J ,,. / ' .... ,... ,,,, ,,, .,. ,,,. r o J ಶ,.,. ,,,. • ;;j,.,, ,,....,., J .:,r.1 }J ஑ .. Jb uও ঔ Jকখগ ਹLr: IJs U:!:UI ঐ ; ; ; 0 / ... : .... S2I3:: ; '9 l)b Qi vJI;; l)bj It u v'i w;..: (_ sp: ¥;; i)lb:. c s).;1 = µ if ; ; ; "Those among the Tribes of Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of David and Jesus son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and were ever transgressing beyond bounds. They used not to forbid one another from the wrong which they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do" (al­ Maaidah 78-79). Allah also says in the Quran, ,,,. ,.,, / 0 ... ,J ;.,,. J // ;jj,., ;Ii ;:;; ,., xI 2i l3lj { /శ"[;._ ঑ 1;_u; ]:UI µ ') {Ʃ :ƅ i)_;lj H / ,J J / yla.,JI -4਻ "And fear the affliction and trial which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong and know that Allah is severe in punishment" (al-Anfaal 25). It is narrated that the Companion ibn Abbas explained this verse by saying that Allah has ordered the believers not to accept any evil in their presence without working to remove it. Otherwise, Allah will afflict them with a general punishment. lbn Katheer called this explanation, "very good."1 Surah ali-Imraan verses 1 04-105 reads, .,. """ .,. ., ,., ... JJ J J ' ., if 0.JsC·;J JJ li w Lj ;.;JI JI 0Źź Gi C '"'J.J/ - ఱ (,?'r' . Ȫ ȩ \Y r:.r, ,,, ,.. ,.. { , v , ._,u...., ;,:. ill\ J J ǿ J, . - : / బ "There is no people among which evil is committed and they have the ability to change that but they do not change it except that Allah will soon afflict them with a punishment that will affect all of them."2 Another narration of the same hadith in Sunan Abu Dawood states, J "" .... o ,,. J ,,. భ 0 Ç J • ..J .. , - J , త J , J : / , , ·: ...,. , "? , J > ,,,. ,,,, /. ,,. /. J ,,. J ,,. , '0 ' -..1: •M• ·.-1 M • • • ''' "· এ· - ధJI.JI న఩ o௘ · u ஐ . · , - r-' ,, ,  .