Are those who hold fast to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah in our time strangers?
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Question:
This questioner asks: Are those who hold fast to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah in our time strangers, or do the strangers appear in the end times?
Answer:
Yes, whoever holds fast to the Sunnah among the people of falsehood and the people of evil is a stranger. Strangeness varies; there is severe strangeness and there is mild strangeness. Strangeness differs in every age according to its circumstances. The fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) today, as you see, is severe; there is no power and no strength except with Allah. It is a severe fitnah: the disbelievers have gained power over the Muslims, and the satellite channels cast falsehood regarding morals, beliefs, and religion—may Allah protect us from that—spreading even sorcery and fortune-telling on the satellite channels.
So the fitnah is severe now, and these satellite channels enter most homes, except for whom Allah has mercy. The fitnah is severe; it enters upon people. If they did not go out, it would not enter them except for whom Allah has mercy, purifies their home from it, and keeps these satellite channels away from it. Otherwise, the fitnah is severe, and the books and printing presses now cast out thousands of books.
Books of the people of misguidance and the people of deviation, and the world is currently preoccupied with them. So the people of truth who are firm upon it are undoubtedly in a state of strangeness, but a more severe strangeness may come in the end times. Yes.
This questioner asks: Are those who hold fast to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah in our time strangers, or do the strangers appear in the end times?
Answer:
Yes, whoever holds fast to the Sunnah among the people of falsehood and the people of evil is a stranger. Strangeness varies; there is severe strangeness and there is mild strangeness. Strangeness differs in every age according to its circumstances. The fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) today, as you see, is severe; there is no power and no strength except with Allah. It is a severe fitnah: the disbelievers have gained power over the Muslims, and the satellite channels cast falsehood regarding morals, beliefs, and religion—may Allah protect us from that—spreading even sorcery and fortune-telling on the satellite channels.
So the fitnah is severe now, and these satellite channels enter most homes, except for whom Allah has mercy. The fitnah is severe; it enters upon people. If they did not go out, it would not enter them except for whom Allah has mercy, purifies their home from it, and keeps these satellite channels away from it. Otherwise, the fitnah is severe, and the books and printing presses now cast out thousands of books.
Books of the people of misguidance and the people of deviation, and the world is currently preoccupied with them. So the people of truth who are firm upon it are undoubtedly in a state of strangeness, but a more severe strangeness may come in the end times. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [478 -560] هل المستمسكون الآن في زماننا بالتوحيد والسنة هم غرباء؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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