Abstract

Article VIII of the Constitution considered invitation to good and enjoining to good and forbidding evil as a public duty. So in the Islamic society, enjoining to good and forbidding evil is considered as a legal duty based on Islamic teachings and judgments and we should see its execution. As stated in the eighth principle, it is imperative to enjoin to good and forbid evil in three dimensions: people towards each other, government toward the people aand the people towards the government. Determining three dimensions of enjoining to good and forbidding evil is important because it provides a good basis for legislation, institutionalizing and planning. Checking out what occurred before approval of the law of protection of persons enjoining to good and forbidding evil expresses that actions taken have not been according to the content of Article 8 of the Constitution which the reason of it was not only the manner of administering scattered laws passed, but also it was because of not having comprehensive law which can accommodate all three dimensions (People towards each other, government toward the people, and people toward the state). Of course, it should be noted that realization of the eighth principle in each of three dimensions requires matching appliances and Preliminaries.