The Proliferation Of Sedition (Fitnas)

The word fitna (sedition) describes events, environments, and
conditions in which all people, especially believers, face
intensified tests of their faith. Such tests, in which living
conditions are difficult and efforts are made to weaken or destroy
people's faith, are all described as fitna in Islamic sources.
The following hadith describes how believers' faith will weaken
prior to the Mahdi's coming and the causes thereof:
The Mahdi, one of my children, comes into being, by the blessing of
Allah, when the Day of Judgment approaches and the believers' hearts
weaken because of death, hunger, the disappearance of the Sunnah, the
emergence of innovations, and the loss of the means by which to enjoin
the right and forbid the wrong. His justice and prosperity will ease
the believers' hearts, and friendship and love will settle between the
non-Arab and the Arab nations. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi
`Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, p. 66)
To summarize, the following events will take place before the Mahdi appears:
1) Death: Public security will disappear in the face of anarchy,
widespread slaughter, and the ensuing tension.
2) Hunger: The high cost of living, as well as catastrophes and
natural disasters, will cause a rise in hunger and famine.
3) Fitnas (Sedition): Sin will be encouraged and spread, and all
kinds of immoral actions will take place before people's eyes.
4) Un-Islamic innovations (bid`at): Customs that have no place in
true Islam and that were added on and gradually came to be accepted
as a true part of it, will emerge.
5) Being Unable to Preach the Religion: An emptiness caused by
being unable to teach how good is commanded and evil forbidden; in
other words, the preaching of religion.
Sedition enables strong believers to enhance their faith and
fortitude, as well as their degree in the Hereafter, whereas they
lead those with weak faith to become further removed from faith,
and those whose faith is artificial to lose it altogether. The Mahdi
will appear at a time when such a climate of corruption is being
experienced in its fullest and most violent form.
Another hadith imparts the tidings that there will be confusion,
sedition, and fear in the "west":
Disorder, sedition, and fear will emerge in the west... Sedition will
proliferate. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah Qurtubi)
Another hadith reveals that the Mahdi will come when sedition is everywhere:
A kind of sedition will surface from which no party will be able to
protect itself, and spread immediately in every direction. This
situation will persist until one comes and says: "O people, from now
on your leader is the Mahdi." (Ibn Hajar al-Haytahami, Al-Qawl
al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 23)
In other words, a sedition that opposes religion and Allah will
target people's faith. Today, this sedition is materialist
philosophy, the supposed scientific basis of which is Darwin's
theory of evolution. Although it is completely irrational,
unscientific, and devoid of any scientific or logical proof,
materialist circles are seeking to impose this theory on every
society through intensive propaganda, deception, and
misrepresentation.
This theory enters our homes through the press and television,
whether we live in the West or in the Muslim world. Forming a part
of most science and other textbooks, it is imposed upon children
from the early grades through constant repetition, such as its most
famous claim: that people are descended from a common ancestor with
apes. Young people are fed these evolutionist lies from primary
school to the university.
In addition, the sedition referred to in the prophetic hadiths can
only become so widespread through modern-day technological means
(e.g., the press, publishing, the Internet, and satellite
communications). Indeed, such widespread sedition has never been
seen before today. All of these are important signs that the Mahdi's
coming coincides with our own time. The hadiths also state that
this sedition will end when the Mahdi comes.

Praising Allah and giving thanks to Allah is done very rarely among people.

Giving thanks to Allah.. Recently, I was talking to an
acquaintance of ours. He was constantly talking about some blessings
he had been given, I said; "Alhamdulillah," [Praise be to Allah] and
he did not say "Alhamdulillah". I kept talking and he still did not
say "Alhamdulillah".
have said; "My friend, my beloved brother, giving thanks to Allah is
very important. Note that all those you have just talked about are
blessings, so give your thanks to Allah in everything. "
Allah mentions giving thanks to Allah in the Qur'an. Look, He says;
[I seek refuge with Allah from the satan] "If you are grateful, I
will certainly give you increase." If you give your thanks, that
is. The man does not get it. In fact it actually increases. I mean
there would be prosperity and abundance in the whole Turkey. There
would be prosperity and abundance in his life as well. It does not
increase for him as he does not give thanks to Allah. They expect
things to happen within an hour or so. In fact it happens sometimes
only after a month, sometimes after a year.. but it certainly
increases. Giving thanks to Allah is very much important.
Alhamdulillah.

Hadees, + -

You who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed
for those before you - so that hopefully, you will fear [and respect]
Allah. (Surat al-Baqara, 183)
"Islam is based on five things: the testimony that there is no deity
but Allah and that Muhammad (saas) is His servant and messenger, the
observance of the prayer, the payment of Zakat, the pilgrimage, and
the fast during Ramadan. " (Bukhari, Muslim)

Hell described in al-Qur'an

Surah: 2. al-Baqara
24. But if ye cannot and of a surety ye cannot then fear the fire whose fuel
is Men and Stones which is prepared for those who reject Faith.
167. And those who followed would say: "If only we had one more chance we
would clear ourselves of them as they have cleared themselves of us." Thus
will Allah show them (the fruits of) their deeds as (nothing but) regrets nor
will there be a way for them out of the fire.
Surah: 4. an-Nisaa
10. Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans eat up a fire into their
own bodies: they will soon be enduring a blazing fire!
14. But those who disobey Allah and His Apostle and transgress His limits will
be admitted to a fire to abide therein: and they shall have a humiliating
punishment.
56. Those who reject Our Signs We shall soon cast into the fire: as often as
their skins are roasted through We shall change them for fresh skins that
they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power Wise.
145. The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the fire: no helper wilt
thou find for them.
Surah: 5. al-Ma'ida
40. Their wish will be to get out of the fire but never will they get out
therefrom: their penalty will be one that endures.
Surah: 6. al-An`aam
27. If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the fire! They will
say: "Would that we were but sent back! then would we not reject the Signs of
our Lord but would be amongst those who believe!.
Surah: 9. at-Tauba
34. ... And there are those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the
way of Allah : announce unto them a most grievous chastisement
35. On the day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the fire of
hell and with it will be branded their foreheads their flanks and their backs
"this is the (treasure) which ye buried for yourselves: taste ye then the
(treasures) ye buried!"
Surah: 10. Yunus
27. But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil: ignominy
will cover their (faces): no defender will they have from (the wrath of) Allah:
their faces will be covered as it were with pieces from the depth of the
darkness of Night: they are Companions of the Fire: they will abide therein
(for aye)!
Surah: 11. Huud
106. Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: there will be for them
therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs:
Surah: 13. ar-Ra'd
5. If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith) strange is their saying: "When
we are (actually) dust shall we indeed then be in a creation renewed?" They
are those who deny their Lord! They are those round whose necks will be yokes
(of servitude): they will be Companions of the Fire who dwell therein (for
aye)!
Surah: 14. Ibrahim
15. But they sought victory and decision (there and then) and frustration was
the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.
16. In front of such a one is Hell and he is given for drink boiling fetid
water.
17. In gulps will he sip it but never well he be near swallowing it down his
throat: Death will come to him from every quarter yet will he not die: and
in front of him will be a chastisement unrelenting.
18. The parable of those who reject their Lord is that their works are as ashes
on which the wind blows furiously on a tempestuous day: No power have they
over aught that they have earned: That is the straying far far (from the
goal).
21. They will all be marshaled before Allah together: then will the weak say
to those who were arrogant, "For us, we but followed you; can you then avail us
at all against the wrath of Allah?" They will reply, "if we had received the
guidance of Allah, we should have given it to you; to us it makes no
difference (now) whether we rage, or bear (these torments) with patience: For
ourselves there is no way of escape"
Surah: 15. al-Hijr
43. And verily Hell is the promised abode for them all!
44. To it are seven Gates: for each of those Gates is (special) class (of
sinners assigned).
Surah: 18. al-Kahf
29. Say "The Truth is from your Lord": let him who will believe and let him
who will reject (it): for the wrongdoers We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke
and flames) like the wall and roof of a tent will hem them in: if they implore
relief they will be granted water like melted brass that will scald their
faces. How dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on!
53. And the Sinful shall see the Fire and apprehend that they have to all
therein; no means will they find to turn away there from.
Surah: 22. al-Hajj
19. These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: but those
who deny (their Lord) for them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over
their heads will be poured out boiling water.
20. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies as well as (their)
skins.
21. In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.
22. Every time they wish to get away there from from anguish they will be forced
back therein and (it will be said) "Taste ye the Penalty of Burning!"
Surah: 23. al-Mu'minoun
103. But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls;
in Hell will they abide.
104. The fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with their
lips displaced.
Surah: 25. al-Furqaan
11. Nay they deny the Hour (of the Judgment to come): but We have prepared a
Blazing Fire for such as deny the Hour:
12. When it sees them from a place far off they will hear its fury and its
raging sigh.
13. And when they are cast bound together into a constricted place therein they
will plead for destruction there and then!
14. "This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction
oft-repeated!"
15. Say: "Is that best or the eternal Garden promised to the righteous? For
them that is a reward as well as a goal (of attainment).
16. "For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will dwell
(there) for aye: a promise to be prayed for from thy Lord."
Surah: 26. ash-Shu`araa
94. "Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire) they and those straying
in Evil
Surah: 27. an-Naml
90. And if any do evil their faces will be thrown headlong into the Fire: "Do
ye receive a reward other than that which ye have earned by your deeds?"
Surah: 32. as-Sajda
20. As to those who are rebellious and wicked their abode will be the Fire:
every time they wish to get away there from they will be forced there
into and it
will be said to them: "taste ye the Penalty of the Fire the which ye were wont
to reject as false.
Surah: 33. al-Ahzab
66. The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire they will
say: "Woe to us! would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Apostle!"
Surah: 35. Faatir
36. But those who reject (Allah) for them will be the Fire of Hell: no term
shall be determined for them so they should die nor shall its Penalty be
lightened for them: thus do We reward every ungrateful one!
Surah: 36. Yasin
63. This is the Hell of which ye were promised
64. Embrace ye the (fire) this day, for that ye (persistently) rejected (truth)
65. That day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak
to Us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.
Surah: 37. as-Saaffaat
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62. Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?
63. For we have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.
64. For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-fire
65. The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils
66. Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith
67. Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling water.
68. Then shall their return be to the (Blazing) Fire.
Surah 38. Saad
55. Yea, such! but for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of (final) return!
56. Hell!-they will burn therein, -an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-
57. Yea, such!- then shall they taste it, -a boiling fluid, and a fluid dark,
murky, intensely cold!-
58. And other penalties of a similar kind, to match them!
59. Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them! truly,
they shall burn in the Fire!.
60. (The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) "Nay, ye (too)! No welcome for
you! It is ye who have brought us! Now evil is (this) place to stay in!"
61. They will say: "Our Lord! whoever brought this upon us, add to him a double
chastisement in the fire!"
62. and they will say : How is it with us that we see not men who we used to
number among the bad ones?
63. Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule, or have (our) eyes failed to
perceive them?"
64. That is true, the mutual recriminations of the people of the Fire!
Surah: 39. az-Zumar
16. They shall have layers of fire above them and layers (of fire) below them:
with this doth Allah warn off His servants: "O my servants! Then fear ye Me!"
71. the unbelievers will be led to Hell in groups: until, when they arrive
there, its gates will be opened. And its keepers will say, "Did not messengers
come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing to you the signs (verses) of your
Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of this day of yours?" The answer will be:
"True: but the decree of chastisement has been proved true against the
unbelievers!"
72. (To them) will be said: "enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and
evil is (this) abode of the arrogant
Surah: 40. Ghaafir (al-mu'min)
47. Behold, they will dispute which each other in the Fire! The weak ones (who
followed) will say to those who had been arrogant, "We but followed you: can
you then take (on yourselves) from us some share of the Fire?"
48. Those who had been arrogant will say: "We are all in this (Fire)! Truly,
Allah has judged between (His) servants!
49. Those in Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "pray to your Lord to
lighten us the Chastisement for a day (at least)!"
50. They will say: "did there not come to you tour messengers with clear signs?"
They will say, "yes". They will reply, "Then pray (as ye like)! but the prayer
of those without faith is nothing but (futile wandering) in (mazes of) error!"
70. Those who reject the Book and the (revelations) with which We sent Our
messengers: But soon shall they know,-
71. When the yokes (shall be) round their necks, and the chains; they shall be
dragged along-
72. In the boiling fetid fluid; then in the fire shall they be burned;
73/74. Then shall it be said to them: "where are the (deities) to which ye gave
part-worship beside Allah?" They will reply :"They have left us in the lurch:
Nay, we invoked not, of old, anything (that had real existence). "Thus does
Allah leave the unbelievers to stray.
Surah 43. az-Zukhruf
74. The sinners will be in the punishment of Hell to dwell therein (for aye):
75. Nowise will the (punishment) be lightened for them, and in despair will
they be there overwhelmed.
76. Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who have been unjust
themselves,
77. They will cry :"O Malik (1) would that thy Lord put an end to us!" He will
say, "Nay, but ye shall abide!
78. Verily We have brought the truth to you: But most of you have a hatred for
truth.
(1) Malik is the angel in charge of Hell
Surah 41. Fussilat
19. The day that the enemies of Allah will be gathered together to the Fire,
they will be marched in ranks.
20. At length, when they reach the (fire), their hearing, their sight, and
their skins will bear witness against them, as to (all) their deeds.
21. They will say to their skins: "why bear ye witness against us?" They will
say: " Allah hath given us speech, -(He) Who giveth speech to everything: He
created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.
22. "Ye did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight, and
your skins should bear witness against you! But ye did think that Allah knew
not many of the things that ye used to do!
23. "But this thought of yours which ye did entertain concerning your Lord,
hath brought you to destruction, and (now) have ye become of those utterly
lost!"
24. If then, they have patience, the Fire will be a home for them! and if they
beg for pardon, their suit shall not be granted.
Surah: 44. ad-Dukhaan
43. Verily the tree of Zaqqum
44. Will be the food of the Sinful
45. Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides
46. Like the boiling of scalding water.
47. (A voice will cry:) "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the
Blazing Fire!
48. "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water;
49. "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou Mighty full of honor!
50. "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
Surah 55. ar-Rahmaan
41. (For) the sinners will be known by their Marks: And they will be seized by
their forelocks and their feet.
42. Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny?
43. This is the Hell which the sinners deny:
44 In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
Surah 56. al-waaqi`ah
41. The Companions of the Left Hand-what will be the Companions of the Left
Hand?
42. (They will be) in the midst of a fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water
43. And in the shades of Black Smoke:
44. Nothing (will there be) to refresh nor to please:
51. "Then will ye truly o ye that go wrong and treat (Truth) as Falsehood!
52. "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
53. "Then will ye fill your insides therewith
54. "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:
55. "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!
56. Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!
Surah: 66. at-Tahreem
6. O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel
is Men and Stones over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe who
flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah but do
(precisely) what they are commanded.
Surah: 67. al-Mulk
6. For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty of Hell: and
evil is (such) destination.
7. When they are cast therein they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its
breath even as it blazes forth.
8. Almost bursting with fury: every time a Group is cast therein its Keepers
will ask "Did no Warner come to you?"
9. They will say: "Yes indeed: a Warner did come to us but we rejected him and
said `Allah never sent down any (Message): ye are in nothing but an
egregious delusion!' "
10. They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence we
should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!"
11. They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgiveness) from the
Companions of the Blazing Fire!