Causes of Safety from Fitnah and Adherence to the Sunnah
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Question:
What are the most important causes for safety in the time of fitnah, especially the fitnah of women, and for adhering to the Sunnah? I hope you will make du'a for me?
Answer:
Safety from the fitnah of women is to lower your gaze, and to stay away from pursuing women and following them. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:30] So lower your gaze from what Allah has forbidden. Do not get involved in tongues that contain evil and fitnah; stay away from them so that you may be safe from them.
This is one of the causes of safety from fitnah, and the greatest cause of safety from fitnah is learning beneficial knowledge, by which you know how to get rid of these fitnahs.
For this reason, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman said: The people used to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, but I used to ask them about evil, fearing that it might overtake me. I said: O Messenger of Allah, we were in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and evil, then Allah brought this good. Is there any evil after it? He said: But , and they will follow a way other than my way, .
I said: What do you command me to do?Sahih Muslim 1847a. This safety is from these causes of safety from fitnah. Yes.
What are the most important causes for safety in the time of fitnah, especially the fitnah of women, and for adhering to the Sunnah? I hope you will make du'a for me?
Answer:
Safety from the fitnah of women is to lower your gaze, and to stay away from pursuing women and following them. Allah the Exalted said:
Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do.
قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَThis is one of the causes of safety from fitnah, and the greatest cause of safety from fitnah is learning beneficial knowledge, by which you know how to get rid of these fitnahs.
For this reason, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman said: The people used to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, but I used to ask them about evil, fearing that it might overtake me. I said: O Messenger of Allah, we were in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and evil, then Allah brought this good. Is there any evil after it? He said:
Yes, I said: Is there any good after this evil? He said: Yes, but it contains smoke.
نعم قلت وهل بعد هذا الشر من خير؟ قال نعم ولكن فيه دخنIt contains smoke. I said: What is the smoke? He said: People who will follow a way other than the guidance.
فيه دخن، قلت وما دخن؟ قال قوم يهتدون بغير هديI said: Is there any evil after this good? He said: Yes, callers at the gates of Hellfire; whoever obeys them will be thrown into it.
قلت وهل بعد هذا الخير من شر؟ قال نعم، دعاة على أبواب جهنم، من أطاعهم قذفوه فيهاI said: What do you command me to do?
Messenger of Allah, what do you suggest if I happen to live in that time? He said: You should stick to the main body of the Muslims and their leader. I said: If they have no (such thing as the) main body and have no leader? He said: Separate yourself from all these factions, though you may have to eat the roots of trees (in a jungle) until death comes to you and you are in this state.
يا رسول الله إن أدركني ذلك؟ قال أن تلزم جماعة المسلمين وإمام المسلمين. قلت فإن لم يكن لهم جماعة ولا إمام؟ قال أن تعتزل تلك الفرق كلها، ولو أن تعض على أصل شجرة حتى يدركك الموت وأنت على ذلك
Source
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