The reward of one who holds fast to the Sunnah in times of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and seclusion
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is this time, in which fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) has multiplied, the time in which the one who holds to the Sunnah is rewarded with the reward of fifty? And what is recommended in such a time? Do we say that it is recommended for a person to seclude himself?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best. This is knowledge that belongs to Allah; He is the One who knows what the time is in which fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) spreads, and… there is good in it. Allah knows best about that. A time may come that is worse than what we are in now. Allah knows best; we do not know. As for the issue of seclusion,
The questioner:
he asks: Is it recommended for a person…
The Shaykh:
It is not the same if a person is doing good and calling to Allah, enjoining good and forbidding evil in the best manner, and mixing with people for the sake of reform. As for the person who is unable to call to Allah, or who has no knowledge, it is better for him to seclude himself. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is this time, in which fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) has multiplied, the time in which the one who holds to the Sunnah is rewarded with the reward of fifty? And what is recommended in such a time? Do we say that it is recommended for a person to seclude himself?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best. This is knowledge that belongs to Allah; He is the One who knows what the time is in which fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) spreads, and… there is good in it. Allah knows best about that. A time may come that is worse than what we are in now. Allah knows best; we do not know. As for the issue of seclusion,
The questioner:
he asks: Is it recommended for a person…
The Shaykh:
It is not the same if a person is doing good and calling to Allah, enjoining good and forbidding evil in the best manner, and mixing with people for the sake of reform. As for the person who is unable to call to Allah, or who has no knowledge, it is better for him to seclude himself. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل هذا السماع الشيطاني المضاد للسماع الرحماني له في الشرع بضعة عشر اسمًا — islamhouse.com (54:11)
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