Avoiding Fitnah and Its Ruling
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Question:
He said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: How can one gauge the magnitude of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? Is avoiding fitnah an obligatory matter for the committed Muslim?
Answer:
If there is no possibility of reform, no possibility of reforming and calming the fitnah and spreading knowledge, then one should avoid it. But if one has the capacity for reform, spreading knowledge, and reminding, then he enters in for the sake of reforming between people, keeping some people’s hands off others. Yes.
He said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: How can one gauge the magnitude of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? Is avoiding fitnah an obligatory matter for the committed Muslim?
Answer:
If there is no possibility of reform, no possibility of reforming and calming the fitnah and spreading knowledge, then one should avoid it. But if one has the capacity for reform, spreading knowledge, and reminding, then he enters in for the sake of reforming between people, keeping some people’s hands off others. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، تتمة باب ما جاء في الفتن — islamhouse.com (1:01:48)
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