How does a Muslim know that he has fallen into fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, how does a Muslim know that he has fallen into fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
Answer:
He knows, if he has studied and learned, that he has fallen into fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If he is ignorant, he does not know, and he may think he is on the right path when he is not. This is not distinguished except by beneficial knowledge. If he is unable to learn, he asks the scholars of knowledge. He asks them about this matter: Is it a false opinion or not? Is he in fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) or not? The scholars of knowledge distinguish it for him. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:43] Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, how does a Muslim know that he has fallen into fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
Answer:
He knows, if he has studied and learned, that he has fallen into fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If he is ignorant, he does not know, and he may think he is on the right path when he is not. This is not distinguished except by beneficial knowledge. If he is unable to learn, he asks the scholars of knowledge. He asks them about this matter: Is it a false opinion or not? Is he in fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) or not? The scholars of knowledge distinguish it for him. Allah the Exalted said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
الفتن وموقف المسلم منها — alfawzan.live (37:44)
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