Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil

“Verily Allah sent to the Banī Isrāʾīl a Prophet called Irmiyā[1] and said [to him], ‘Ask them: what city considered itself to be among the noblest of cities, having the best of plants grown within it, after I had…

“Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) [once] addressed the people. [He started by] praising Allah and glorifying Him, and he remembered his cousin Muḥammad (ṣ) and sent blessings [and salutations] upon him, then he said, ‘Now then,…

“Woe be to the community that does not worship Allah through enjoining good and forbidding evil.”

“Woe be to the one who enjoins evil and forbids good.”