When Knowledge is Gone

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Fitan (trials) come naturally when knowledge is gone, and greed appears. When ignorance sets in, things spin out of control. People do crazy things. Violence emerges. Oppression becomes a common thing.

One day the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked his companions, "Do you see what I see?" They replied, "No". He said, "Verily I see fitan falling on your homes like rain."

Fitan will continue to surge like the waves of the ocean.

How do we prepare ourselves from the fitan? Remember Allah much, be an agent of good, rush to do good, remain steadfast, recite the Qur'an, smile at somebody, have a good family and learn religious knowledge. You don't sell your religion for the comfort and a piece of the world. You don't take off your hijab or shave your beard.

The point of learning religion is to increase in faith and become a strong believer.

As long as you are on the right side, remain steadfast and holding on to the ropes of Islam, you will be fine, inshaAllah.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

Before you there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an disbeliever in the evening. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up, and he who gets up during them is better than he who walks, and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. They (the people) said: What do you order us to do? He replied: Keep to your houses.

Even if you are swept by the tide, you don't be part of the violence. Shut your doors. The fourth righteous Caliph of the believers, Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, followed this advice. He was assassinated in his home while reciting Qur'an. His blood fell on the mushaf (hardcopy of the Qur'an). He passed his test. Will we?

May Allah protect us from fitans and increase our Iman and make us die in Iman. Ameen.

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam