Agreeing to Lesser Evil

Umayr ibn Habib ibn Khamashah, a companion of the Prophet of Islam, said that he who does not tolerate the lesser evil of the ignorant would have to endure the greater evil of the ignorant. (Al-Mujam al-Awsat, Hadith No. 2258)

Just as there are intelligent people in today’s world, there are also ignorant people. Ignorant people hurt others because of their ignorance. This is a small problem in the beginning. Wisdom requires enduring this small suffering. The man who gets entangled with the ignorant over a small affliction (lesser evil) ultimately will suffer from greater harm (greater evil).