Hadith 32773

Chapter 20

باب 20

(20) باب الأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

(20) Chapter: Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil
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حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَامَ خَطِيبًا فَكَانَ فِيمَا قَالَ " أَلاَ لاَ يَمْنَعَنَّ رَجُلاً هَيْبَةُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَقُولَ بِحَقٍّ إِذَا عَلِمَهُ " . قَالَ فَبَكَى أَبُو سَعِيدٍ وَقَالَ قَدْ وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْنَا أَشْيَاءَ فَهِبْنَا .

It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) stood up to deliver a sermon, and one of the things hesaid was:
"Indeed, fear of people should not prevent a man from speakingthe truth, if he knows it."Then Abu Sa'eed wept and said: "By Allah, we have seen things that made us scared (and we did not speak up)."

Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 4007

In-book reference: Book 36, Hadith 82

English translation: Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4007