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Is this the time referred to in the hadith about the multiplication of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), "withdraw from the people"?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is this the time referred to in the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when a Companion asked him, "What should I do when fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and division multiply?" He replied to his question, "Withdraw from the people and sit in your house." Is this the time? Judging that this is the time referred to does not require evidence, but

Answer:
we fear, we fear that it is the time referred to. We fear, but we do not assert it with certainty. As for withdrawal, that depends on the benefit and harm. The one who mixes with the people and his mixing brings benefit through enjoining good and forbidding evil and teaching, it is obligatory for him to mix with them. And the one whose mixing with them brings no benefit, and they do not benefit from him, and he does not do anything, withdrawal is better for him. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [158 /641] هل هذا الزمان هو المقصود بما جاء في الحديث عن كثرة الفتن "اعتزل الناس"؟الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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