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Tests of faith — wealth, women, authority, deviant ideologies, civil strife. The Prophet ﷺ warned of fitan that would come like waves of the night.
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The Caliphate of Uthman — Qur'an Standardization and FitnahThe Coming of the Dajjal (The Antichrist) — The Greatest FitnahThe First Doubts in Islam: The Fitnah of the KhawarijThe Fitnah and Martyrdom of Uthman — A Detailed AccountThe Spread of Fitnah (Tribulations) and BloodshedWhen Knowledge Becomes a Fitnah: Understanding the Trials of the Intellect
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Iḥsānالإحسان
Worshipping Allah as if you see Him.
Imāmالإمام
Leader — in prayer, scholarship, or community.
Du‘ā'الدعاء
Supplication — calling upon Allah.
In shā' Allāhإن شاء الله
If Allah wills.
Shahīdالشهيد
Martyr — one who dies in Allah's cause.
Ahl us-Sunnah wa al-Jamā‘ahأهل السنة والجماعة
The People of the Sunnah and the United Body.