Munkar
Definition
Munkar refers specifically to actions that are prohibited by clear Quranic verse or authentic prophetic hadith — the category of definite wrong that the Muslim has an obligation to address when they encounter it. Al-Ghazali is careful to distinguish munkar from what is merely unfamiliar, culturally different, or personally distasteful: the obligation of forbidding applies only to what is established as prohibited, not to the full range of things one personally dislikes or disagrees with. One of the most common failures in the practice of nahy ʿan al-munkar is addressing personal preferences or cultural habits as though they were divine prohibitions.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
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