BārakAllahu Fīk my brother, it’s been some time since we’ve spoken, I hope you and the family are well. To comment on the Hadīth you quoted from Sahīh al-Bukhārī, it should not be understood to mean that a person can only engage in Al-‘Amr bil Ma’rūf wa al-Nahī ‘an Al-munkar if they are themselves acting upon their advice. This is placing a condition upon these good deeds without evidence. Rather, this Hadīth shows the danger of failing to act upon what you preach. With some reflection, one realises that both of these issues are seperate. Is the Hadīth encouraging people to only engage in this act of worship when they are “ready” or is it highlighting the importance of doing what you preach? - it is expressing the latter. It should also be noted that the one who engages in enjoining good and forbidding evil without practicing what he preaches is better than the one who does neither of them. This is because enjoining good and forbidding evil is obligatory. Sh. Khalid Al-Sabt (has authored a book on enjoining good and forbidding evil) expresses this understanding of the Hadith in the following passage from his website: والمقصود أنه ليس لأحد أن يفهم من هذا الحديث، أو من الآيات السابقة كقوله تعالى: أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ[البقرة:44]، أنه إن لم يكن ممتثلاً في نفسه فلا يجوز له أن يأمر و ينهى، ليس كذلك، بل الأمر والنهي واجب، والفعل والامتثال واجب، فإذا ضيع واجبًا فلا يحق له أن يضيع الواجب الآخر، فيكون بذلك مستجمعاً لألوان من التقصير، فالذي يأمر وينهى ولا يمتثل أحسن من الذي لا يأمر ولا ينهى ولا يمتثل، فلابد أن يُفهم هذا الحديث على وجهه، وكل إنسان لا يخلو من تقصير. And Allah knows best.

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