How does a Muslim face the alienation of religion in the end times?
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Question:
We have learned the importance of seeking knowledge, so we have been keen to do so. However, we have been shocked by reality; life is full of contradictions. What is built up in a year is torn down by other means in a single night. Consequently, the young generation in Muslim societies grows up in a contradictory manner: they read the verse about hijab in the morning and see what contradicts it in the evening. What is the obligation regarding this?
Answer:
This is a trial and a test, especially in the end times, like our current time. We are in the end times, and in a state of alienation from the religion. Therefore, patience is necessary, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2260Hasan (Darussalam), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2629Sahih (Darussalam), which Muslim recorded in "Sahih." Others added in a different wording: Who are the strangers? He said: , and in another wording: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2630Da'if (Darussalam), and in the hadith of Abu Thalhah: . It was said: O Messenger of Allah, are they from us or from them? He said: .
The reasons for this are the scarcity of supporters and helpers, the abundance of perils and doubts, and the multitude of paths to misguidance and those who call to them. For this reason, the one who is patient in the end times in knowledge and action has the reward of fifty Companions, like the reward of fifty; because they find helpers, and it is in the early coming of Islam, in the vigor of Islam, in the vigor of the Muslims, in the strength of Islam, in the strength of the Muslims, in the abundance of helpers, and in the defeat of the enemies.
As for the end times, it is the opposite: the abundance of enemies, the abundance of callers to misguidance, the scarcity of supporters, and the scarcity of one who helps in the truth, along with the abundance of doubts. So this is a severe struggle between the truth and falsehood in the end times. Therefore, patience is necessary regarding what you learn. If you know the truth from what you learn and then see what contradicts it; praise Allah with insight, and praise Allah for making you among those who know this truth. Then act with what you are able of denying the wrong and calling to good, until you realize what you have learned.
This includes what relates to beliefs and what relates to its branches. This is what causes great rewards and abundance of good deeds for the one who is patient and seeks reward from Allah. It also makes him see the knowledge, increasing his knowledge. Indeed, the existence of contradictions helps in expanding knowledge, gaining insight, and knowing the doubts to remove and eliminate them, and knowing the paths that help in the truth and guide to it, until he spreads them among the people and calls to them.
We have learned the importance of seeking knowledge, so we have been keen to do so. However, we have been shocked by reality; life is full of contradictions. What is built up in a year is torn down by other means in a single night. Consequently, the young generation in Muslim societies grows up in a contradictory manner: they read the verse about hijab in the morning and see what contradicts it in the evening. What is the obligation regarding this?
Answer:
This is a trial and a test, especially in the end times, like our current time. We are in the end times, and in a state of alienation from the religion. Therefore, patience is necessary, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us:
There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember.
يأتي على الناس زمانٌ الصابر على دينه كالقابض على الجمرIndeed Islam began as something strange and it will return to being strange as it began. So Tuba is for the strangers.
بدأ الإسلامُ غريبًا، وسيعود غريبًا كما بدأ، فطُوبى للغُرباءThose who reform when the people have corrupted.
الذين يصلحون إذا فسد الناسُwho correct what the people have corrupted from my Sunnah
يُصلحون ما أفسد الناسُ من سنتيThe worker among them has the reward of fifty.
للعامل منهم أجر خمسينRather, from you.
بل منكمThe reasons for this are the scarcity of supporters and helpers, the abundance of perils and doubts, and the multitude of paths to misguidance and those who call to them. For this reason, the one who is patient in the end times in knowledge and action has the reward of fifty Companions, like the reward of fifty; because they find helpers, and it is in the early coming of Islam, in the vigor of Islam, in the vigor of the Muslims, in the strength of Islam, in the strength of the Muslims, in the abundance of helpers, and in the defeat of the enemies.
As for the end times, it is the opposite: the abundance of enemies, the abundance of callers to misguidance, the scarcity of supporters, and the scarcity of one who helps in the truth, along with the abundance of doubts. So this is a severe struggle between the truth and falsehood in the end times. Therefore, patience is necessary regarding what you learn. If you know the truth from what you learn and then see what contradicts it; praise Allah with insight, and praise Allah for making you among those who know this truth. Then act with what you are able of denying the wrong and calling to good, until you realize what you have learned.
This includes what relates to beliefs and what relates to its branches. This is what causes great rewards and abundance of good deeds for the one who is patient and seeks reward from Allah. It also makes him see the knowledge, increasing his knowledge. Indeed, the existence of contradictions helps in expanding knowledge, gaining insight, and knowing the doubts to remove and eliminate them, and knowing the paths that help in the truth and guide to it, until he spreads them among the people and calls to them.
Source
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