This verse (which was discussed in the previous post) does not mean it is not allowed for a sinner to preach to others, neither that if a persona has been indulging in a certain sin then he is not allowed to try to dissuade others from doing the same. Doing a good deed in an independent virtue, and trying to persuade others to do this good deed is another virtue in its own right. Giving up one virtue does not mean that the person should give another virtue as well.
Imam Malik RE has quoted Sa'id ibn Jubayr as saying that if everyone decides to refrain from persuading others to do good deeds and dissuading them from committing sins on the assumption that he himself is a sinner and has no right to preach to others until and unless he has purged himself of all sins, then there would be no one left in this world to ask others to do good deeds, for who can be totally free of sins? According to Hazrat Hasan Basri RE this is exactly what Satan wants, that people become so preoccupied with becoming absolutely free of sins before they preach to others, that they stop preaching altogether.
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi RE used to say that whenever he became aware of a bad habit in himself, then he specifically talked about the the drawbacks of that bad habit in his sermons so that the barakah (blessing) of the sermon should help him to get rid of it.
In nutshell this verse (2:44) does not mean that a person who does not do lots of good deeds should not try to persuade others to try to do those good deeds, but that a preacher should also practice what he preaches.
From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Baqarah, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
Imam Malik RE has quoted Sa'id ibn Jubayr as saying that if everyone decides to refrain from persuading others to do good deeds and dissuading them from committing sins on the assumption that he himself is a sinner and has no right to preach to others until and unless he has purged himself of all sins, then there would be no one left in this world to ask others to do good deeds, for who can be totally free of sins? According to Hazrat Hasan Basri RE this is exactly what Satan wants, that people become so preoccupied with becoming absolutely free of sins before they preach to others, that they stop preaching altogether.
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi RE used to say that whenever he became aware of a bad habit in himself, then he specifically talked about the the drawbacks of that bad habit in his sermons so that the barakah (blessing) of the sermon should help him to get rid of it.
In nutshell this verse (2:44) does not mean that a person who does not do lots of good deeds should not try to persuade others to try to do those good deeds, but that a preacher should also practice what he preaches.
From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Baqarah, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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