Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil: Does Being Single Excuse One from Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil: Does Being Single Excuse One from Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil?
English:
Question #1053:
If the good is neglected and evil is common in some academic environments and the conditions for enjoining the good and forbidding evil are there, will one be relieved of performing this duty if he is single?
Answer #1053:
When there is a case to enjoin the good and forbid evil and the required conditions are available, it is the shar‘ī, as well as social and human obligation of all mukallafs to do so. Such things as being married / unmarried, does not change the ruling. Merely being unmarried does not exempt one from carrying out this obligation.