Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil: Can Fear of Job Loss Excuse Neglecting Forbidding Evil?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil: Can Fear of Job Loss Excuse Neglecting Forbidding Evil?
English:
Question #1052:
Is it permissible to neglect enjoining the good and forbidding evil for fear of losing one’s job, e.g. the head of an educational institution, who deals with the university youth, commits actions against the sharī‘ah or paves the way for commission of sins in that place while we fear of losing our job if we forbid him from evil?
Answer #1052:
As a general rule, if the mukallaf fears considerable harm for himself in enjoining the good and forbidding evil, it will not be obligatory for him.