Question No. 2867 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified سطح محتوا: مقدماتی

Is Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong Only Practised in Iran?

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(Questions from Little Sister)

When we travel abroad, I take gifts of hijab for girls and women. For example, this summer I took a number of headscarves to two countries and gave them to women. Some welcomed them and accepted them, covering their hair (they kissed my face), but others declined. Teacher, if we travel again, I’d like to take headscarves for the women. But my uncle said, “My dear Mahya, those things are better done in Iran, not here.” Teacher, is enjoining good and forbidding wrong practised only in Iran? Do people give gifts of hijab only there?

Subject category: Jurisprudence and Rulings Religious Upbringing and Family Religious education

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Outside Islamic countries, people need enjoining good and forbidding wrong even more, and should be offered more guidance. Giving a headscarf as a gift and encouraging women to wear hijab is a beautiful act pleasing to God. It brings joy to God and Imam Mahdi (AS), and reflects the hope that others will enter Paradise.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Since they live outside an Islamic country, they need to be reminded even more of the duty to encourage what is right and forbid what is wrong; they should be advised more often. What you are doing is very admirable. Your actions bring joy to God and to our Imam of the Age. Well done for wanting them, too, to be among the people of Paradise. Well done for not wanting them to end up in Hell. Well done for wanting everyone to follow God’s laws, including the law of hijab.

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Is Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong Only Practised in Iran?

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Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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