Hossein Sepehrifard - Department of Qur’ān and hadīth sciences, Faculty of Qur’ān and Hadīth, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran

The issue of "enjoining the good and forbidding the evil" is have an important issue that has been especially emphasized in Islāmīc teachings. The importance of "enjoining the good and forbidding the evil" is because this category leads to the growth and excellence of the individual and the society, which, of course, the culturalization of the good in the Islāmīc society requires the creation of a "critical" discourse and increasing the spirit of criticism. Therefore, the present article with a descriptive-analytical method and by collecting information using a library method and content analysis on the subject of "Research on the relationship between the famous and the conscious criticism with increasing the spirit of criticism with an emphasis on the statements of Amīr al-Muʻminīn ʻAlī (PBUH) in Nahj al-Balāgha" and the results of the research show that: in the thought of Amīr al-Muʻminīn (A.S.), commanding good and forbidding evil has a special place, and no action, in terms of spiritual value and the effects of it, can equal the position of commanding good and forbidding Denial does not occur, because many actions have individual effects, and their effects only belong to the individual himself, while commanding the good and forbidding the evil, in addition to individual effects, results in many social effects. And, of course, culturalization and the realization of the goals of the duty of "enjoining what is good and forbidding what is bad" require increasing the spirit of criticism among the people of society, which is directly related to the recognition of the nature of what is good, the adherence of the person who commands and forbids to the nature of what is good and what is bad, and audience awareness. If the rulers and the negative adhere to these components and requirements, it is possible to increase the spirit of criticism and to have a better effect of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is bad.

Imām ʻAlī (A.S.), Nahj al-Balāghah, order for fame, conscious criticism, spirit of criticism