Commanding What is Just
Encyclopedia
Commanding the just is a part of Shia Islam's Branches of Religion
and means to encourage people to do the necessary good in life, when they forget to do so; for example forgetting Salah.
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Branches of Religion
In Twelver Shia Islam, the ten Ancillaries of the Faith are the ten practices that Shia Muslims must perform.According to Twelver doctrine, what is referred to as pillars by Sunni Islam are called the practices or secondary principles. There are three additional practices. The first is jihad,...
and means to encourage people to do the necessary good in life, when they forget to do so; for example forgetting Salah.
Etymology
The doctrine is derived from the Qur'anic Enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrongEnjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong
Commanding right and forbidding wrong, or al-amr bi al-maʿruf wa al-nahy ʿan al-munkar, is an Islamic doctrine mentioned in the Qur'an. This expression is the base of the Islamic institution of hisbah. It forms a central part of the Islamic doctrine for all Muslims...
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External links
- http://www.shiacode.com/
- http://www.harunyahya.com/truthtext.php
- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/islamicsite786/truebelievers.html&date=2009-10-26+00:35:23
- http://salam.muslimsonline.com/~bern/believers.html