What is the difference between inviting to Allah, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and compulsion and coercion?
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Forcing and coercing people into religion is not permissible, because the role of the caller and explainer is to remind, as stated in the Almighty's saying: "So remind, for you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller," and His saying: "There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong." Enjoining good and forbidding evil is part of calling to Allah. Thus, every enjoining person is a caller, but not every caller is an enjoining person.
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