al_etidaal_gn

In another Hadeeth it is stated: “A time of such mischief will come when from all sides
the escort to hell will invite by calling towards hell.” (Mishkat)
According to another Hadeeth: “Very soon a time of such mischief will come when in the
morning a person will be a believer and in the evening he will be a kaafir, except for that
person whom Allah Ta’aala will save on account of knowledge.” (Daramy)
In this Hadeeth the phrase appears: “on account of knowledge.” This can only mean one
thing; viz, that the person be acquainted with the limits of kufr and Imaan (faith). It
means that he knows what those requirements are which makes a person a Muslim and
what makes him a kaafir.
In still another Hadeeth Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “Near the Day of
Qiyaxnat such severe mischief will appear just like the dark portions of the night, when a
man will rise in the morning as a Muslim and will be a kaafir in the evening. In that time
the one who remains seated will be better off than the one who stands up and the one who
stands will be better off than he who walks. At that time rather be the doormat of your
house.” (Mishkat, Abu Dawood)
In other words “keep laying in your house like the doormat of the house.”
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) also said: “A time of such dark mischief will
appear from which no single man of the Ummat will escape. When it will seem as if it
has ended, another branch of evil will appear. In the morning a man will be a Muslim and
by night he will be a kaafir. (And others will in the evening be Muslims and in the
morning kaafirs). Such will it be that two groups will arise. The one will be comprised of
pure Muslims among whom there will not be a spot of hypocrisy. The other will be
comprised of hypocrites among whom there will not be a spot of Imaan. The Dajjaal will
appear at that time.” (Mishkat, Abu Dawood)
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) further said: “I now see hosts and hosts of
people entering into the fold of Islam. Soon such a time will come when hosts and hosts
of people will leave the fold of Islam.” (Durr Manthoor, Haakim, Daramy, Majma)
So we see that this “cheapness” and its appearance on such a widespread scale is not the
creation of the Molvis, (as some would have us believe). It has been clearly predicted by
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) -the bringer of the Shariat - himself in no
uncertain terms. This being the case, is it not then of the utmost importance that with
regard to our deen, great care be taken? It serves no purpose whatsoever to say that “this
group calls that group kaafir and that group calls this group kaafir. And as such no one’s
calling another a kaafir is of any sequence.”
This does not remove any responsibility from our shoulders. In fact if one thinks
carefully, one will find that the responsibility becomes increased. This is so because now
one has to investigate those reasons wherefor the one calls the other a kaafir and in the
light of knowledge of deen fmd out whether really a person becomes a kaafir because of
Al- Eti’daal Fi Maraatibur- Rijaal 126