To condemn the wrongful practices is not sufficient.

Answer

In the absence of a halaal alternative, it is not permissible to continue with haraam indulgence. It is not permissible to allow a child to eat poison until you are able to provide him with an alternative such as a sweet or ice-cream. The poison shall be snatched away regardless of alternatives being available or not.

Furthermore, it is the duty of the Ulama to proclaim the demands of the Deen. It rests on the business people to present alternatives and to seek the Shar'i rulings on such suggested alternatives. Our function is to proclaim the Haqq, not to provide alternatives. Thus, when we say that the current so-called 'Islamic' banks are haraam, it devolves on the owners of the banks to present alternatives which they should submit to the Ulama for verification.

It is haraam and a treacherous act of concealing the truth if we remain silent, abstaining from Amr Bil Ma'roof, and proclaiming riba to be haraam until some alternative surfaces. Similarly, it is haraam to refrain from informing Muslims that the SANHA-approved chickens are diseased, rotten, haraam carrion, and to postpone this announcement until a halaal alternative becomes available.

Those who monotonously pipe the theme of 'alternatives' should juggle their brains and come up with alternatives which the Ulama will subject to Shar'i scrutiny. In short, proclamation of the Haqq and Amr Bil Ma'roof are not reliant on the availability of alternatives nor is it permissible to conceal the Haqq and allow Muslims to indulge in riba, devour SANHA's carrion and perpetrate zina until viable halaal alternatives become available. If a man is unable to find a wife for himself, it will not be permissible to maintain silence when he visits brothels. It is haraam, stupid and moronic to argue that he should be allowed to indulge in zina until the alternative of a halaal wife is forthcoming.