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subtle and dangerous. Advise everybody and inform them of
the danger!” Why did Shaikh-i-Ekber Muhyiddîn-i arabî ‘quddisa
sirruh’ prohibit the sofis in his time from playing music and
dancing, while it was he who spread Wahdat-i wujûd [1] all over
the world? Some of them obeyed him and stopped doing so.
And others did not obey him and did not stop it. But eventually
they confessed their fault. [It is written in the book Hadîqa and
also Akhî Chalabî writes in this book Hadiyya, “It is fard to do
Amr-i ma’rûf. But it is necessary not to do Amr-i ma’rûf if it will
result in instigation or events disliked by the religion.”]
Gaws-i samadânî Sayyed Abdulqâdir-i Geylânî performs
Amr-i ma’rûf in detail in his book Gunyat-ut-tâlibîn. He says, “It
is permissible for a person to prevent a sinner from sinning
when it is probable that he will be harmed. Yes, it is, as far as
we are concerned. In fact, it is very valuable. He will be
rewarded as if he warred against disbelievers for Allah’s sake.
Especially if it is intended to rescue the victims from the
oppression of cruel authorities or to spread îmân when disbelief
invades one’s country. Savants advise to perform Amr-i ma’rûf
at such times.” If great ones among the Awliyâ and the leaders
of sufis had neglected Amr-i ma’rûf and Nahy-i munkar, would
they have written these in their books or paid that much
attention to them? Hadrat Abdulqâdir-i Geylânî says: “Things
that are compatible with the Qur’ân, hadîths and reason are
called ‘Ma’rûf’, and things that are incompatible with them are
called ‘Munkar.’ [The book Hadîqa, while explaining the
disasters incurred by the tongue, says, “Things that are
prohibited by the Qur’ân and hadîths and by the unanimity of
Mujtahids are called ‘Munkar’.”] Each of them is of two types.
The ma’rûfs and munkars of the first type are obvious; savants
and those who are not savants know them. It is Ma’rûf, that is
fard to perform namâz five times each day, to fast in the month
of Ramadân, to give zakât, to go on a pilgrimage (hajj) and
things of this type; and it is Munkar, that is harâm to commit
adultery, to drink alcohol, to steal, to pick somebody’s pocket, to
charge or pay interest when lending or borrowing money, to
snatch away others’ property and things of this type. Every
Muslim has to command or prohibit these things. The second
[1] Not to know that creatures also exist. To know that only the Creator
exists, who is one, and that creatures are His various reflections.
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