Are the contemporary revolutions among the trials (fitan)?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Are the revolutions taking place in the countries of the people of Islam these days among the trials (fitan)? And what is the way out of them?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Are the revolutions taking place in the lands of the people of Islam today? What? Revolutions.
The Shaykh:
These revolutions are trials (fitan) and evil. May Allah keep you safe from them. Leave them; do not get involved in them. Ask your Lord for well-being, and supplicate to Allah for the Muslims that He may deliver them from them. As for you getting involved in them and speaking about them, you are putting yourself into what Allah has kept you safe from.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Are the revolutions taking place in the countries of the people of Islam these days among the trials (fitan)? And what is the way out of them?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Are the revolutions taking place in the lands of the people of Islam today? What? Revolutions.
The Shaykh:
These revolutions are trials (fitan) and evil. May Allah keep you safe from them. Leave them; do not get involved in them. Ask your Lord for well-being, and supplicate to Allah for the Muslims that He may deliver them from them. As for you getting involved in them and speaking about them, you are putting yourself into what Allah has kept you safe from.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2394] هل الثورات المعاصرة من الفتن؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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