{"id":12653,"date":"2020-01-16T16:53:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=12653"},"modified":"2020-01-16T22:35:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T22:35:42","slug":"what-is-the-definition-of-fitnah-in-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/what-is-the-definition-of-fitnah-in-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the definition of \u2018Fitnah\u2019 in Islam?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 03136<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by:  Imam Abdul-Malik Sheikh\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion:<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat is the definition of ‘Fitnah’ in Islam?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn The Name Of Allah, The Most-Merciful, The Most Kind<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tFitnah in the Arabic language means test or tribulation. From this comes the expression ‘Fatantu al-Dhahabbi an-Nar’ <\/strong>meaning ‘I tested the quality of the gold with fire’. (1)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe word of Fitnah is in Islam comes with a number of meanings. Fitnah means trial and tribulation:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“Do you think that they will be left alone because they say: ‘We believe, and will not be tested?”<\/strong> (2)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tFitnah also means blocking, preventing or turn <\/a>away from the path:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“But beware of them lest they turn you far away from some of that which Allah has sent down to you”<\/strong> (3)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tFitnah can mean persecution, as Allah says:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“Indeed your Lord – for those who became fugitives after they had been persecuted, and then fought and were steadfast –verily your Lord afterwards is (for them) indeed Forgiving, Merciful”<\/strong> (4)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tFitnah can is sometimes used to describe a person that is afflicted with madness:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“Which of you is afflicted with madness”<\/strong> (5)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tFitnah sometimes refers to seeking discord due to hypocrisy and doubt in a person’s heart:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the path thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord”<\/strong> (6)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tFitnah also means spreading corruption in the land:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“Had they marched out with you, they would have added to you nothing except disorder, and they would have hurried about in your midst (spreading corruption) and sowing sedition among you, and there are some among you who would have listened to them. And Allah is the All-Knower of the Zalimun”<\/strong> (7)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tFitnah also comes with the meaning of disobedience (ma’siya) and committing sins:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“Surely, they have fallen into disobedience” <\/strong>(8)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tThese are some examples from which it is clear that there is no single Islamic definition for Fitnah. Therefore the ruling of fitnah will also differ according to the state and applied definition.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tOnly Allah knows best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Imam Abdul-Malik Sheikh<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChecked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n\t\tMaqayis al-Lughah of Ibn Faris, Dar al-Fikr, Vol 4 p.472<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  2. \n\t\tSurah Al-Ankabut 2<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  3. \n\t\tSurah al-Ma’idah 49<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  4. \n\t\tSurah Nahl 110<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  5. \n\t\tSurah Qalam 6<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  6. \n\t\tSurah Aali Imran 7<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  7. \n\t\tSurah al-Tawbah 47<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  8. \n\t\tSurah al-Tawbah 49<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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