Isolation or Mixing with People in the Time of Fitnah
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is isolation better than mixing with people in this time, on the grounds that tribulations are numerous?
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding isolation. If his mixing with people is for calling to Allah, enjoining good and forbidding evil, benefiting people, and teaching people, then mixing is better for him. But if he has no effort in these matters, or if he is not skilled in them, then isolation is better, because his mixing would be harm without benefit. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: Is isolation better than mixing with people in this time, on the grounds that tribulations are numerous?
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding isolation. If his mixing with people is for calling to Allah, enjoining good and forbidding evil, benefiting people, and teaching people, then mixing is better for him. But if he has no effort in these matters, or if he is not skilled in them, then isolation is better, because his mixing would be harm without benefit. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
تفسير آيات من القرآن الكريم 12-07-1435هـ — af.org.sa (47:59)
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