Commanding what is just

Commanding the just (Arabic: امر بالمعروف‎ Amr bi l-Ma‘rūf) is a part of Islam. It refers to encouraging people to do the necessary good in life even when they have forgotten to do so. For example, when they have forgotten salat.

Part of a series on Islam Aqidah

Five Pillars of Islam Shahada Salah Sawm Zakat Hajj
Sunni Six articles of belief God Prophets Holy books Angels The Last Judgement Predestination Sunni theological traditions Ilm al-Kalam Ash'ari¹ Maturidi² Traditionalist Hanbalis³ Hanafi Maliki Shafi‘i
Shi'a Seven pillars of Isma'ilism⁴ Walayah Tawhid Salah Zakat Sawm Hajj Jihad Theology of Twelvers⁵ Principles Tawhid Adalah Prophecy Imamah Qiyamah Practices Salah Sawm Zakat Hajj Khums Jihad Commanding what is just Forbidding what is evil Tawalla Tabarra Other Shia concepts of Aqidah Imamate Batin
Other schools of theology Murji'ah Karramiyya Mu'attila Jabriyyah⁶ Muhakkima Khawarij⁷ Ibadi⁸ Taṣawwuf⁹ Qadariyah Alevism Muʿtazila¹⁰ Quranism
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Etymology

The doctrine is derived from the Qur'anic Enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong.

See also

References

Quran 3:104 and 3:110

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