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What is the Muslim's stance toward
the fitan sweeping Muslim lands today?

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There is no doubt: one who looks
at Muslims today sees rampant fitna.

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Its evil has grown immense,
and its harm disastrous.

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It has caused Muslims hardship
and fear.

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And the loss of benefits.

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Seeing these fitan increases certainty
in the truth of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah.

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It is built on the Book of Allah ﷻ
and the Sunnah of Allah's Messenger ﷺ.

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He knows that, due to limited vision,
a person may not endure his state.

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And seeks something else, so he loses
what he has and gains no good.

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Rather, from that comes
immense evil and great harm.

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First: the Muslim's stance toward fitan.

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When a Muslim sees the trials
striking the Muslims.

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And the evil that has befallen them
he should not gloat over them.

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Nor should he rejoice
at what befalls them.

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Rather, the believers are brothers.
We should feel our brothers' pain.

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And we should grieve
for the harm that befell them.

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And we should pray to Allah ﷻ
to lift the affliction from them.

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And unite them
upon goodness and guidance.

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And ward off from them
the evil of these trials.

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The believer does not rejoice
at a calamity that befalls his brother.

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Rather, he asks Allah ﷻ to ward off
this affliction from his Muslim brothers.

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The second matter is
to take it as a lesson.

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The wise person takes lessons
from others.

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So he looks at these trials that
befell the Muslims.

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And the harm they caused,
and the evil they caused.

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And the good it has taken away,
and the fear it has caused.

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And how, when matters break apart,
they cannot be put back in order.

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And restoring order becomes hard,
whatever people imagine.

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For reality is unlike expectation.

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Some people say, "We want
to remove evil, and we can preserve good."

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So they removed what they thought
was evil, but the good did not remain.

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Rather, people became like a herd,
attacking each other—Allah ﷻ save us.

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We must take heed and thank Allah ﷻ
for unity and leadership.

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We do not claim perfection
for our rulers, nor for ourselves.

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But unity is better,
and having leadership is better.

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So we rejoice in it
and ask Allah ﷻ to preserve it.

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And we strive in sincere counsel
by sound, approved Sharia means.

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Part of a Muslim's stance in fitnah
is to remember Allah ﷻ.

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and recite the Quran often.
By it, Allah ﷻ wards fitnah from hearts.

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Part of a Muslim's stance in fitnah
is to keep to senior scholars.

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and beware innovators
and people of whims.

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And people with sweet tongues
but little knowledge.

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Rather, keep to scholars
known for knowledge.

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From them you hear only:
Allah said; His Messenger ﷺ said.

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The salaf understood it thus.
The Companions did too, and lived by it.

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Part of a Muslim's stance in fitnah
is to beware haste and be deliberate.

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For haste at any time
is loved by Satan.

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But in times of fitnah,
it is a greater evil.

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So in times of fitnah, a Muslim
should keep away from haste.

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And be deliberate.

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In any case, I have a full lecture
called Fiqh of Fitan.

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It is available online.

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It has also now been printed
and is available in print.

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And one can benefit from it,
if Allah ﷻ wills.

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I ask Allah ﷻ by His beautiful Names
and lofty attributes.

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that He lift the affliction
from the Muslims and grant them security.

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and unite them upon goodness,
and preserve Muslim lands from fitnah.

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and preserve the Muslims' community
and their imam in every land.

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and unite them upon guidance and piety.

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and set everyone's affairs aright.
And Allah knows best.