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first century, the occurrence of this fitna is more intense. If God intends goodness for His
servant, He keeps him away from it and helps him to associate with the imams of guidance,
those who are arising until the Day of Judgment to defend the community against the
interpretations of the liars and the distortions of the extremists. They are those who are
steadfast under the banner of the Book and the Sunna, possessing the understanding of the
noble Companions and those who follow them in the performance of good deeds.
Sharia and predestined laws are connected with the expressions that are found in the Book
and the Sunna. If someone corrupts these great expressions, it follows that the sharia laws
are understood improperly. At this point, the fitna which the Messenger of God (peace and
blessings be upon him) feared comes to pass for the Umma, which is greater than the fitna
of the Antichrist.
In this article I will talk about two of the most important forms this fitna assumes. Shaykh
`Umar Mahmud Abu `Umar—may God release him from his captivity—alluded to them in
his study which was published on the Internet. I will expand on it by mentioning an
important example of the second kind.
The first kind is the refusal of some of those who lead the youth to deal with the reality of
sharia rule and clear sharia expressions. The resort to using phrases and high-sounding
expressions and they expand them like a cloak which either a fat or skinny person can wear.
When a problem, crisis, or situation happens that requires jihad or an action, some go to one
of those shaykhs and he responds by using these elastic phrases in order to conceal his
ignorance or his cowardice or so that he will not be held responsible or referred back to