Is one who ignorantly committed an abomination, then came to know of it and delayed changing it for days, considered like one who knowingly, mindfully, and willingly initiated the abomination? And is abandoning an abomination while having the ability to change it considered like initiating it always? And is delaying the change like abandoning it?

Whoever commits a forbidden act out of ignorance of its prohibition must cease it immediately upon learning of it. Continuing it after gaining knowledge is akin to initiating it. This is evidenced by the conduct of the Companions in obeying commands and avoiding prohibitions, such as the migrant women when the verse of the Hijab was revealed, and the pouring out of wine immediately upon its prohibition. Changing evil is obligatory upon every Muslim to the best of their ability, as long as it does not lead to a greater evil. Whoever does not change it while being able to do so is sinful. If refraining from changing it constitutes approval and satisfaction with the evil, then the one who does so is like the perpetrator; for satisfaction with disobedience is disobedience. Whoever witnesses a sin and dislikes it is like one who did not witness it, and whoever is absent from it but is pleased with it is like one who witnessed it.