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Is a person held accountable for every transgression they see or hear, such as cursing, quarreling, listening to music, or a weak hadith about the Sunnah, if they do not advise its perpetrators?

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Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a religious obligation upon every Muslim, and it is one of the great rites of Islam. It has conditions that must be met: knowledge of the Sharia, knowledge of the state of the one being commanded, the ability to carry it out without harm, and that it does not lead to a greater mischief. It is an individual obligation (fard ayn) upon anyone who sees an evil and there is no one else to denounce it, and the collective obligation (fard kifaya) is lifted if others undertake it. Its ruling does not differ whether it is in the street, at home, or at work, and the denunciation must be done with gentleness and wisdom. Denouncing is not obligatory in every case, especially if the evil is widespread and would jeopardize the interests of the caller, or if gathering what contains the name of Allah is difficult, or if the harm of the evil does not extend beyond its perpetrator. Denouncing with the heart is an obligation upon every Muslim, and it means hating and detesting the evil and forsaking its people when unable to denounce it with the hand and tongue.

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