What is the cause of the Muslims' weakness today and the material dominance of the disbelievers and their tyranny over them?

The questioner:
Some of them say: O Shaykh, how do we see the Muslims? I mean, we say that we see the Muslims in humiliation and weakness, and their enemies, the disbelievers, in might and strength. How do you direct this?

The Shaykh:
This is not a matter of humiliation, but rather a matter of trial and testing, and it may involve expiation for

The presenter:
Praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh:
the sins of the Muslim. The calamities or weakness that befall him serve as expiation for his sins, or as a trial and test for him so that he may be patient and seek reward. In reality, it is not a humiliation for him, but rather a rectification for him, a rectification for him, and a path to might and honor. As for the material strength that befalls the disbelievers, it is a matter of gradual misguidance and humiliation for them, so that they may increase in sin, may Allah protect us from that.