Is the trial of the Ummah in this era a result of the division in religion and the emergence of bid'ah (religious innovations)?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is the trial of the Ummah in this era a result of the division in religion and the emergence of bid'ah (religious innovations)?

Answer:
Trials have existed with creation since Allah created it. Trials are present, and tests are present. It is not specific to this time. It is continuous. So that Allah may distinguish

the evil from the good. Nor would Allah

الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ

[Ali 'Imran 3:179]

the evil from the good. Nor would Allah reveal to you the unseen

الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ

[Ali 'Imran 3:179]

. We do not know.
The truth from falsehood except through trials and tests. When the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) comes, the truth is revealed from the falsehood.

And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth.

وَلَمَّا رَأَى الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَصَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

[Al-Ahzab 33:22]

While the hypocrites, when they saw the confederates, said:

Allah and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"

مَّا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا

[Al-Ahzab 33:12]

and refuge is sought in Allah. So it is not that trials and tests are new, but rather they are old. It is a wisdom from Allah so that the sincere believer is distinguished from the hypocrite. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [362 -560] هل الابتلاء في هذا العصر للأمة هو نتيجة للافتراق في الدين وظهور البدع؟ — youtube.com

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