In Times of Trials (Fitans)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

In times of trials, there are three things you have to hold on to.

'Uqbah bin 'Amir (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, "How can salvation be achieved?" He replied, "Control your tongue, keep to your house, and weep over your sins." [At-Tirmidhi].

Control your tongue: In times of fitnah, the only people who can talk are the experts (i.e scholars in the field). Don’t speak about public matters and make judgments because you don’t have all the information.

Keep to your house: Leave your house only when necessary, don’t look at fitans (including images on your phones)

Weep over your mistakes because you can die at any time. When the fitnah becomes more severe, you won’t have time to repent because you will be mourning your dead and saving your skin.

 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: There would (first) be turmoil for a person in regard to his family, his property, his own self, his children, his neighbors (and the sins committed in their connection) would be expiated by fasting, prayer, charity, enjoining good and prohibiting evil.  

In times of fitnah, these four things will drive it away like the burning sun melting the snow. So we should increase these four things, also du’a and sincerity (ikhlas), zuhd (indifference towards this world and absence of love for money and wealth), We should fight stinginess. When you have these four, you will live a good life. 

These are the keys to save yourself from fitans which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, has given us. They should be an integral part of your life because they not only safeguard you but also your loved ones. 

Allah Most High says in the Quran,

وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا ۖ لَا نَسْأَلُكَ رِزْقًا ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ ۗ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ

And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.

[Quran, Ta-Ha 20:132]

When you turn your house, as best you can, into a place of worship, then Allah will turn your house into a blessed house where provision keeps coming and seeping through like water into your life from where you least expect it, and if you fear Allah, He will give you a way out. 

Now we see other people’s door are being knocked by fitans. One day your door will be knocked by fitans. Safeguard yourselves and your families. Knowing and not doing is foolishness. Take these keys to open the door to safety.

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