A good society is one In which one can, freely criticize and rebuke others

A good society is one In which one can, freely criticize and rebuke others.

1990 6 June 5 A good society is one In which one can, freely criticize and rebuke others. (105) It happened once that a certain group of people had a grudge against Abdul Aziz ibn Abu Bakra. On one occasion they even went to the extent of knocking him down. His son ran to his assistance, but his father told him not to make a move. “Really,” he said, “if anyone has to die, I would prefer it to be myself.” His son asked him why. “I am afraid,” Ibn Abu Bakra answered, “that I should be alive at a time when I will not be able to call for righteousness and forbid evil, for then there will be no good in the world.”