enjoin all that is right and forbid all that is wrong. If they were to agree on permitting something forbidden, waiving an obligation, forbidding something lawful, or making a false statement about Allah or His creation, they would be enjoining wrong and forbidding right. Enjoining wrong and forbidding right are neither good words nor righteous deeds. Rather, the verse implies that whatever this nation does not enjoin is not right, and whatever it does not forbid is not wrong. Since it enjoins all that is right and forbids all that is wrong, how could the entire nation enjoin something wrong or forbid something right?

Just as Allah, glorified and exalted be He, has stated that this nation enjoins right and forbids wrong, He has also made this a collective obligation upon it, saying:

“Let there be among you a group inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong. It is they who will be successful.” (Surah Āl ‘Imrān, 104)

And since He has stated that enjoining right and forbidding wrong does occur within this nation,