Al-Hanbalee, Zayn-ud-Deen Ibn Rajab2019-09-252019-09-252012-03-07http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/183874These are some brief, yet comprehensive words concerning the difference between advising and condemning, for indeed they are counterparts in the sense that they both consist of mentioning something about a people that they hate to have mentioned. However, the distinction between the two is something that is not understood by many people. Thus, Allaah is the One who grants correctness. Know that mentioning something about a person that he hates to have mentioned (about him) is forbidden, if the objective behind that is for nothing else but to dispraise and declare (his) faults and defects. However, if there is found in this mentioning, a beneficial good for the general masses of Muslims – specifically for some of them – and the objective behind it is to accomplish this beneficial good, then it is not forbidden, but rather recommended.engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)Islamic ethicssocial ethicsReligious ethicsBook