Causes of Disagreement Among the Youth and Its Remedy
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Question:
Many questions have been sent asking you to bear witness to Allah the Mighty and Majestic regarding your love for Him. The brother questioner says: The enemies of Islam have united their word against the Muslims, so they are as Allah described them: "You think they are all together, but their hearts are divided." And the Muslims—Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:105] So the disagreement is at its peak, and desires have swept away many of the youth. What are the causes in your view? And what is the remedy?
Answer:
Yes, this is a reality. The disbelievers unite on their worldly interests, and even if their hearts are divided, they unite on their worldly interests. Satan has finished with them; Satan has finished with them. He misled them, made them disbelievers, and took them away from following the messengers, so he has finished with them. He does not cast anything between them. He does not cast anything between them of the impulse toward disagreement and division, because Satan’s interest lies in their remaining and uniting against the Muslims; they are his soldiers and followers. As for the Muslims, they are the enemies of Satan, so he strives to keep them in the dark, to scatter them, and to divide them. He seeks help from his helpers among the devils of mankind and the callers to misguidance.
This is from one aspect. The other aspect is that this is a trial and test from Allah:[Al-An'am 6:112] But Allah decreed it for the trial and test, and to make clear who is patient and steadfast upon the truth, and who deviates, is misguided, and turns back. If people were left without test, the truthful one would not be distinguished from the hypocrite. [Ali 'Imran 3:142]. [Ali 'Imran 3:179], so we do not know the truthful one from the hypocrite except through trials and tribulations. [Al-'Ankabut 29:3] This is the wisdom of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Many questions have been sent asking you to bear witness to Allah the Mighty and Majestic regarding your love for Him. The brother questioner says: The enemies of Islam have united their word against the Muslims, so they are as Allah described them: "You think they are all together, but their hearts are divided." And the Muslims—Allah the Exalted said:
And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَاخْتَلَفُواAnswer:
Yes, this is a reality. The disbelievers unite on their worldly interests, and even if their hearts are divided, they unite on their worldly interests. Satan has finished with them; Satan has finished with them. He misled them, made them disbelievers, and took them away from following the messengers, so he has finished with them. He does not cast anything between them. He does not cast anything between them of the impulse toward disagreement and division, because Satan’s interest lies in their remaining and uniting against the Muslims; they are his soldiers and followers. As for the Muslims, they are the enemies of Satan, so he strives to keep them in the dark, to scatter them, and to divide them. He seeks help from his helpers among the devils of mankind and the callers to misguidance.
This is from one aspect. The other aspect is that this is a trial and test from Allah:
But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it
وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُOr do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet made evident those of you who fight in His cause and made evident those who are steadfast?
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا مِنكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ الصَّابِرِينَAllah would not leave the believers in that [state] you are in [presently] until He separates the evil from the good. Nor would Allah reveal to you the unseen.
مَّا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَذَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّىٰ يَمِيزَ الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى الْغَيْبِBut We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِبِينَ
Source
[و لا تتبعوا السبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيله] — alfawzan.live (22:34)
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