Question:
Is the following narration authentic?
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ما ترك قوم الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر إلا لم ترفع أعمالهم، ولم يسمع دعاؤهم
Answer:
Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abid Dunya (rahimahullah) and others have recorded this narration.
(Al Amr Bil Ma’ruf, Hadith: 64, Al ‘Uqubat, Hadith: 35, as part of a longer Hadith)
The chain is extremely weak. Some Muhaddithun have also declared the problematic narrator a liar. However, a similar subject matter is found in other reliable narrations, which are linked below.
(Refer: Mizanul I’tidal, vol. 2 pg. 531, number: 4778 and Taqribut Tahdhib: 4055)
Translation
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “When people abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil, their actions will not be raised up [i.e. will not be accepted] and their supplications will not be answered.”
See other suitable Hadiths on this topic here and here.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar