What is the meaning of the hadith: “The fitnah is here,” while pointing toward Iraq?
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The Shaykh : Imam Muslim narrated in his Sahih from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man from Iraq came to him and said, “A fly lands on my garment; does it become ritually impure?” Ibn ‘Umar said, “O people of Iraq, you ask me about a small matter while you are engaged in a great one. You killed the son of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and now you ask whether a fly landing on a garment makes it ritually impure or not. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pointing toward the direction of Iraq and saying, ‘The fitnah is here, the fitnah is here, the fitnah is here, and from there will emerge the horn of Shaytan.’”
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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The Shaykh : The ignorance that led them to fight the Sunnah in the name of the Qur’an is that when the Messenger (peace be upon him) said to his noble Companions:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1066Sahih (Darussalam) They said, “O Messenger of Allah, which of us loves death?” And the opposite is the opposite; look at this ignorant person, how deeply rooted his ignorance is. Instead of raising his head and the heads of the Muslims with such hadiths that align with the nature of souls that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created them with, he comes and says, “This is a weak hadith.”
The questioner : He dislikes death...
The Shaykh : He dislikes its evil. Allahu Akbar.
Abu Layla : Shaykh, what is the name of this ignorant person?
The Shaykh : Let it remain unknown.
Al-Halabi : May Allah will it, Shaykh, your health is better than last time. We hope for your speedy recovery.
The Shaykh : Amen, O Lord of the worlds... The Saudis, I mean, psychologically they have become sick. They need to be shown mercy, even from a political standpoint, let alone a religious one. Enjoining good and forbidding evil has become an obligatory matter for them, so we must circle around it or speak about it.
Al-Halabi : But it is not yet fully apparent, because some scholars have spoken...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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The Shaykh : The ignorance that led them to fight the Sunnah in the name of the Qur’an is that when the Messenger (peace be upon him) said to his noble Companions:
Whoever loves to meet Allah, then Allah loves to meet him. And whoever dislikes meeting Allah, then Allah dislikes meeting him.
من أحب لقاء الله أحب الله لقاءه ومن كره لقاء الله كره الله لقاءهHe said: “That is not it. It is when the term of life approaches and one sees his station in Paradise or in the Fire. So whoever is among the people of Paradise and sees his station, he turns to Allah and loves to meet Him...
قال: ليس ذاك إنما هو حينما يحضر الأجل ويرى مقامه في الجنة أو في النار فمن كان من أهل الجنة ورأى مقامه أقبل على الله وأحب لقاءه ...The questioner : He dislikes death...
The Shaykh : He dislikes its evil. Allahu Akbar.
Abu Layla : Shaykh, what is the name of this ignorant person?
The Shaykh : Let it remain unknown.
Al-Halabi : May Allah will it, Shaykh, your health is better than last time. We hope for your speedy recovery.
The Shaykh : Amen, O Lord of the worlds... The Saudis, I mean, psychologically they have become sick. They need to be shown mercy, even from a political standpoint, let alone a religious one. Enjoining good and forbidding evil has become an obligatory matter for them, so we must circle around it or speak about it.
Al-Halabi : But it is not yet fully apparent, because some scholars have spoken...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
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