بسم الله والحمد لله
والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
In the Qur’aan, Allaah تعالى mentioned that Moosaa عليه السلام said:
﴿قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ
شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّايَ ۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَّا ۖ إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ
تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَاءُ وَتَهْدِي مَن تَشَاءُ ۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ﴾
{He (Moosaa عليه السلام) said: ❝O
my Lord, if it had been Your Will, You could have destroyed them and me before;
would You destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? IT IS ONLY
YOUR TRIAL BY WHICH YOU LEAD ASTRAY WHOM YOU WILL, AND KEEP GUIDED WHOM YOU
WILL. You are our Wali (Protector), so forgive us and have Mercy on us, for You
are the Best of those who forgive.❞}
[Surah al-A`raaf (7): 155]
🌟 A) THE MUSLIM’S STANCE BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF FITAN:
🚩 1. Supplicating earnestly
and seeking Allaah’s refuge:
i) Beseeching Allaah for
guidance.
ii) Seeking forgiveness.
iii) Asking Allaah for
Paradise and protection from Hell.
iv) Asking for safety and
wellbeing in this world and Hereafter.
v) Asking for firmness in
the Deen.
vi) Asking Allaah for His continuous
favors and protection from His favors ever declining.
vii) Seeking Allaah’s refuge
from calamities, evil end, bad fate, and the malicious joy of the enemies.
[This Du`aa is reported in Saheehain]
🚩 2. Arming yourself
with religious knowledge:
i) Seeking `Ilm is like
being in a fortified fortress.
ii) `Ilm is Criterion to
distinguish the Truth from the Falsehood, and the right from the wrong.
iii) Through `Ilm doubts are
clarified and darkness is removed.
iv) The inhabitants of the
Heavens and the earth and fish in the deep oceans pray for those follow the
path in quest for knowledge. [Sunan Abu Dawood & Sunan al-Tirmidhee]
v)
Ignorance is removed.
vi) One corrects his acts
of `Ibaadah through `Ilm.
vii) The Sharee`ah is
protected.
viii)
Proper Da`wah is done
based on `Ilm.
🚩 3. Strengthening
your Imaan to stand firm during the trials by:
i)
Recitation of the
Qur’aan
ii)
Contemplating over its
meaning
iii)
Following its teachings
iv)
Being conscious about
Allaah
v)
Knowing and affirming
His Names and Attributes
vi)
Contemplating on the
Ayaat and Ahaadeeth which mention the Greatness of Allaah
vii)
Being in religious
gatherings where Allaah is mentioned.
viii)
Doing many righteous
deeds:
a)
Racing towards
righteousness
b)
Being constant and
regular
c)
Keeping the desires
under control
d)
Doing much Dhikr
e)
Remembering death
f)
Shunning sins
🚩 4. Accompanying the
Scholars and the righteous:
i) Al-Hasan al-Basree رحمه الله said:
❝When the Fitan are approaching, every scholar knows about
it; and when it has gone away, only then do the ignorant ones realize it.❞ [Ibn Sa`d in Tabaqaat
al-Kubraa on the authority of `Afaan bin Muslim (9/166) and its chain is
authentic; and also in al-Hilyat al-Awliyaa’ (9/24)]
🚩 5. Keeping distance
from things which causes Fitan:
i) Marriage is the
protection from the Fitnah of women.
ii) Lowering the eyes and
informing the women in the family to observe proper Hijaab.
iii) Not being alone with
non-Mahram women.
iv) Not siding with anyone
when there is discord between two groups and the matter is not clear.
v) Being fair and just and
not being biased towards anyone of the groups.
vi) When Ibn `Abbaas was
asked: Are you upon the path of Mu`aawiyah or the path of `Alee? He replied: ❝Rather
I am upon the path of the Prophet ﷺ.❞
vii) One should cling to the
Jamaa`ah and its leaders.
viii) Avoid things and people
who cause doubts about the religion.
🚩 6. Enjoining Good
and Forbidding Evil:
i)
The Ummah will be upon
goodness as long as it enjoins good and forbids evil.
ii)
It is one of the
qualities of the people of Imaan that they enjoin good and forbid evil.
iii)
It leads to the
rectification of the Ummah.
iv)
Protection of the Ummah
against destruction.
v)
Source of safety and
security.
vi)
Abandoning it prevents the
supplications from being answered.
vii)
Abandoning it leads to
differences and division in the Ummah.
viii)
Abandoning it removes
Allaah’s protection.
🚩 7. Striving in the
path of Allaah with wealth and self:
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🌟 B) THE MUSLIM’S STANCE WHEN FITAN HAVE APPEARED:
🚩 1. Leaving the places
where Fitan have appeared:
i) Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ
said: ❝A time will soon come when the best property of a Muslim
will be sheep which he will take on the top of mountains and the places of
rainfall (valleys) SO AS TO FLEE WITH HIS RELIGION FROM AFFLICTIONS.❞ [Saheeh
al-Bukhaaree]
ii) Migrating from places
where a Muslim cannot practice his Deen openly.
iii) Migrating from places
where sin is done in abundance.
iv) Migrating from places
where Bid`ah is in abundance as it leads to Shubuhaat (doubts and confusion) in
the Deen.
v) Not traveling to the
lands of the Kuffaar as it leads to Shahawaat (base desires) and suppression of
the Deen.
vi) Abandoning sinful and
unrighteous people and gatherings.
vii) Abandoning things which
leads to discord and Fitan like newspapers and magazines.
🚩 2. Protecting the
tongue and refraining from talking about things which one has no knowledge of:
i) One should control the
tongue in general and more so during the Fitan.
ii) Speaking during Fitan
is more severe than the blows of the sword [Sunan Abu Dawood]
iii) The Fitnah of
Ruwaibidhah (unqualified people) who speak in the matters of the people.
iv) Fitan cause many to go
astray: {He (Moosaa عليه السلام) said: ❝O
my Lord, if it had been Your Will, You could have destroyed them and me before;
would You destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? IT IS ONLY
YOUR TRIAL BY WHICH YOU LEAD ASTRAY WHOM YOU WILL, AND KEEP GUIDED WHOM YOU
WILL. You are our Wali (Protector), so forgive us and have Mercy on us, for You
are the Best of those who forgive.❞}
[Surah al-A`raaf (7): 155]
v) When the Fitnah
appears, matters become doubtful as truth is mixed with falsehood and this
creates a lot of confusion, the laymen therefore should take control of their
tongue and should approach the scholars for proper guidance, as Allaah تعالى says: {When there comes to them some matter touching (public)
safety or fear, they make it known (among the people), if only they had
referred it to the Messenger or to those charged with authority among them, the
proper investigators would have understood it from them (directly). Had it not
been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah upon you, you would have followed Shaitan
(Satan), save a few of you.} [Surah
al-Nisaa’ (4): 83]
vi) When the foolish speak,
they only flame the fire through their rumors: {O
you who believe! If a rebellious evil person comes to you with a news, verify
it, lest you harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful to
what you have done.} [Surah al-Hujooraat (49): 6]
vii) The Prophet ﷺ
said: ❝It is enough of a lie for a man to narrate everything he
hears.❞
[Saheeh Muslim]
viii) When the Fitnah
appears, the fools rush in where even the wise fear to tread.
🚩 3. Sabr (patience
and forbearance):
i) Imaan has two parts.
Half of it is Sabr (patience) and the other half is Shukr (gratitude).
ii) The Prophet ﷺ
said: ❝How wonderful is the case of a believer; there is good
for him in everything and this applies only to a believer. If prosperity
attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allaah and that is good for him; and if
adversity befalls him, he endures it patiently and that is better for him.❞ [Saheeh Muslim]
iii) When Fitnah befalls, it
is not easy and one is not delivered from it except through Taqwa and Sabr.
iv)
Patience upon what
Allaah has commanded.
v)
Patience upon what
Allaah has prohibited.
vi)
Patience upon
affliction and trials.
vii)
Patience when the
Muslims are weak and the Kuffaar have overpowered.
viii)
Patience at the Fitnah
of an unjust ruler.
🚩 4. Turning towards
Allaah and seeking His protection:
i) Through Salaah
(prayers).
ii) Through Tawbah
(repentance) and Istighfaar (seeking forgiveness).
iii) Through constant Dhikr
(remembrance).
iv) Through much
supplication.
v) Seeking Allaah’s
protection.
vi) Through enjoining good
and forbidding evil. [The narration of Abu Bakr, Sunan al- Tirmidhee]
vii) Through sincere Faith
and righteous deeds.
viii) Asking Allaah for
firmness in the Deen during these trials. {“Our
Lord, pour upon us patience and establish our feet firmly and give us victory
over the disbelieving people.”} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 250]
🚩 5. Detachment and isolation:
i) A Muslim should mix
with the people so that he can guide and admonish them and be patient at their
harm, but when he sees that it is adversely affecting his Deen or that he
cannot enjoin good or forbid evil then he should isolate himself.
ii) In the long Hadeeth of
Hudhaifah, he asked: What do you order me to do if such a thing should take
place in my lifetime? The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝ADHERE TO THE JAMAA`AH (MAIN BODY) OF MUSLIMS AND THEIR
CHIEF.❞ I asked: If there is neither a Jamaa`ah nor a
chief (what shall I do)? He ﷺ
said: ❝KEEP AWAY FROM ALL THOSE DIFFERENT SECTS, EVEN IF YOU HAD
TO BITE (I.E. EAT) THE ROOT OF A TREE, TILL YOU MEET ALLAAH WHILE YOU ARE STILL
IN THAT STATE.❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (3606, 7084) and Saheeh Muslim (4553)]
iii) When asked what the
means for salvation is, he ﷺ
said: ❝That you control your tongue, suffice yourself your
house, and cry over your sins.❞ [Sunan al-Tirmidhee and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
iv) When things are not
clear, then one should keep away from the different factions when there is
infighting and killing amongst the Muslims.
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🌟 C) THE MUSLIM’S STANCE AFTER THE FITAN HAVE PASSED AWAY:
🚩 1. Not diving into
matters when one has no knowledge:
i) When the Fitnah passes
away, the Muslims should thank Allaah for it.
ii) They should prevent
their tongues from speaking about it
iii) Only exception is when
one wants to learn/teach a lesson from that incident.
iv) They should not
preoccupy themselves with “he said”, “they said” or “it was said”.
v) The should not waste
their time when there is no benefit.
vi) The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Part of excellence of one’s
Islaam is his leaving that which does not concern him.❞
vii) When `Umar Ibn
`Abdul-`Azeez was about those who participated in the battle of Siffeen, he رحمه الله said: ❝That
is the blood Allaah has kept my hands pure from its (stains), and so I do not
like to stain my tongue with it.❞ He then recited:
{That was a nation who has passed away. They
shall receive the reward of what they earned and you of what you earn. And you
will not be asked of what they used to do.} [Minhaaj al-Sunnah (6/254)
and al-Hilyah (9/114 and 9/129). The Aayah is from Surah al-Baqarah (2): 134
& 141]
viii) Imaam Maalik reported
that he was informed that `Aaishah رضي الله عنها, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, sent a message to
one of her family after the `Ishaa’ prayer, saying: ❝Will you not
allow the recording angel to rest?❞ [Muwatta (1822), Chapter: Condemnation of useless talk.
Also reported by Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh (5547) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh Al-Albaanee]
🚩 2. Not to speak
about Fitnah except as warning and admonition:
[Based on the book: الفتنة وآثارها المدمرة (Fitnah and its destructive effects)]
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