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Fitan (Trials, Tests)
- The Truthful Believers Are Firm When There Are Trials – Shaykh Saleh al Fawzan حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En Subtitles]
- Testing, Afflictions and Calamities – Dr Saleh As-Saleh [Audio & Transcribed Notes]
- Necessity of approaching Allah with Tawbah and supplication in adversity – Imam Ibn Baz
- When Fitnah occurs, Remain in your House – Sharh as-Sunnah | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
- Allaah causes afflictions to strike the believers in order to purify them or to multiply their reward – Sharh as-Sunnah | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
- In times of calamity, people divide into four levels – Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
- How to know whether the Calamity/Trial is a Test or a Punishment? – Dr. Saleh As Saleh [Audio Benefit|En]
- Why is it that Allaah burdens the believers with trials while those disobedient enjoy all the goods of life? – Shaykh Uthaymeen | Dr Saleh as Saleh [Audio Benefit|English]
- Averting Ghamm (Grief) and Hamm (Worry) – Imam Ibn al-Jawzi
- When the Ignorant Speak about Fitnah it Increases the Fitnah – Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan
- Sincere Advice to Understand the Deen – Dr. Saleh as Saleh [Audio|En]
- Means of Warding off Punishments and Threats – Dr. Saleh as Saleh [Audio|En]
- Be Mindful Of Allaah And He Will Protect You : An-Nawawi 40 Hadith – Shaykh Uthaymeen | Dr. Saleh as-Saleh [Audio|En]
- The Excellence of Worship in the time of Tribulations – Riyad-us-Saliheen
- The Position of the Muslim in Times of Fitnah – by Shaykh Adil Mansoor [Audio|Ar-En]
- Understanding Of The Religion Will Protect You From Trials – Abu Muhammad al-Maghribee [Audio|En]
- Seek Knowledge : Protection from Fitna – by Shaikh Saleh al Fowzan
- Fleeing from Fitnah – Shaykh Muhammad al-Hamood
- The Greater The Hardship The Greater The Reward – Abu Uwais Abdullaah Ali
- Advice During The Time In Which Trials Have Increased, People Of Innovation Have Spread And The Scholars Are Passing Away – By: Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan
- How to Behave in Times of Fitnah – Dawud Adib [Audio|En]
- The fitnah of As Shahawaat (Base Desires) – Shaykh Abdul Qadir al Junaid
- The Best Way for Sisters to Say the Supplication to Alleviate Grief, Distress and Anxiety – Imam Ibn Taymiyyah
- Only Allaah Can Remove Harm – Shaykh AbdurRahman bin Nasr as-Sa’adi
- Hardship and prosperity, obedience and sin – Sayings of the Salaf
- Where do you stand? – Shaykh al Islaam Ibn al Qayyim
- Man is fickle when Ease comes to Him after Difficulty – Tafsir Ibn Kathir
- Is clinging to the religion a cause of affliction? – Imam Ibn Baaz
- When Does a Slave Know that a Trial is a Test or a Punishment? – Imam Ibn Baz
- The greater the test, the greater the reward – Abu Uwais Abdullaah Ali
- Prophet’s Guidance in Treating Afflictions – Imaam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah
- When Afflicted With Doubts – Shaykh Saleh al Usaymi [Video|Ar-En]
- Sahih Muslim : Book 41: The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Sa`ah)
Sabr (Patience) during the Fitan
- Becoming Angry when Hardships Occur? – Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
- The Ruling of Committing Suicide & not having Patience upon Trials – Ibn Baaz
- Wishing for Death : “I have faced so many hardships in my life that it has made me hate this life..” – Shaykh Uthaymeen
- Do Not Wish or Ask For Death – Dr Saleh as-Saleh [Audio|En]
- Sabr – Patience – Perseverance (Al Baqarah 155 to 157) – Shaykh Uthaymeen / Dr. Saleh as Saleh [Audio|En]
- “O you who Believe! Seek help in Patience and As-Salāt (The Prayer)” – Shaykh Uthaymeen | Dr. Saleh As-Saleh [Audio|En]
Istiqamah (Steadfastness)
- The happy one is the one who steers clear from the Fitan – Shaykh Abdurrazzaq al Badr حفظه الله [Video|Ar-En subtitles]
- Seeking Istiqaamah (Steadfastness) – Al-Istiqaamah Magazine, Issue No.2
- The Status of al-Istiqaama – Imam Ibn al Qayyim | Abbas Abu Yahya
- The Regression of the Believer – Shaykh Muhammad Bāzmūl حفظه الله [Video]
- Know leavings the correct path occurs in two ways – Abu Muhammad al Maghribee [Audio|En]
- “Allaah! O Guardian of Islaam and its people! Make us firm upon Islaam until we meet You with it” – Aqeedah Tahawiyyah
- We ask Allaah to make us firm upon Eemaan & to conclude our lives with it – Imam Tahaawi | Dawud Burbank [Short Clip]
- Beware of Self Delusion (al Ghuroor) – Shaykh Rabee ibn Hadee
- Be FIRM, and DO NOT change (your stance) because of the large number of attacks on you – Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen
- Uprightness and Steadfastness – Riyad-us-Saliheen | Ahaadeeth
- Say ‘I believe in Allah’ and then be Steadfast – Shaykh Uthaymeen | Dr. Saleh As-Saleh [Audio|En]
- Shaytan says : “If you miss him now , you will never catch him again” – Ibn al Jawzi
- Are We Really Holding Firm? How to Check Ourselves ? – Abu Muhammad Al-Maghribee [Audio|En]
- Leaving the Correct Path Occurs in Two Ways : Sharhu Sunnah | Shaykh Fawzan | Dawud Burbank
- Remaining Steadfast After Ramadhaan – Abdullaah bin Saalih Al-Fawzaan
- ‘Ashru Qawaa’id fil-Istiqaamah (10 Principles of Steadfastness) – Shaykh Abdur-Razzaaq Al-Badr | Abu Muhammad al-Maghribi [Audio|En]
- Stay Firm upon the Sunnah – Shaykh Hasan ibn Abdul Wahhab Marzooq al-Banna [Audio|Ar-En]
- The Believer (Mu’min) should combine between al-Khawf (Fear) and ar-Rajaa (Hope) – Sharh as-Sunnah | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
- Al-Istiqaamah (Steadfastness) of the Deen – A Door from the Doors of Sustenance – Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab al-Wassaabee
- “Allah gave me intellect; therefore I can sit with the innovators” – Shaykh Sulaymaan Ar-Ruhaylee
Riddah (Apostasy )
- Story of a man who succumbed to Temptation (Inspirational Read !) – Al-Hasan al Basri
- The way a Person may fall into Disbelief (Apostasy) – Sharh as-Sunnah | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
- The Believer exiting from Eemaan – Aqeedah Tahawiyyah | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
- No Muslim Exits Islaam Unless He Perpetrates That Which Nullifies It – Sharh as-Sunnah | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]
- Earth had thrown his body out – Hadeeth from Sahih Bukhari
- Sahih Bukhari : Book 84: Dealing with Apostates – Ahaadeeth
Supplications During Trials & for Istiqamah
- Istirja (Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilahi Raaji’oon) – Tafseer Ibn Katheer
- The Supplication for When Things Become Difficult for a Person – Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah
- [EL] The Prophet’s ﷺ Most Repeated Du’a (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Allaahumma innee as-aluka ath-Thabat fil Amr – Comprehensive Du’a (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Allaahumma ‘innee as’aluka fi’lal-khayraat wa tarkal-munkaraat (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Allaahumma ‘innee ‘a’oothu bika min jahdil-balaa (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Allaahum-maqsim lanaa min khashyatika (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Supplication when stricken with a mishap or overtaken by an affair (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Seeking Refuge from Four Things Before the Dua’ in Tashahud (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Allaahummah-dinee wa saddidnee (O Allaah! guide me and direct me) (authentic-dua.com)
- [EL] Supplication of Yousuf (Peace be upon him) to die as Muslim