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	Fitna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fitna (فتنة) is an Arabic word, generally regarded as very difficult to translate.
		It is often used to refer to civil war, disagreement and division within Islam and specifically alludes to a time involving trials of faith, similar to the Tribulation in Christian eschatology.
		The Second Fitna, or Second Islamic civil war, is usually identified as the 683–685 CE conflict among the Umayyads for control of the caliphate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fitna (286 words)

	Qadiri Rifai Sufi Order
		Fitna is the worst enemy of our lifetime, the worst germ and sickness of society.
		Fitna is the causing of dissension between and among people, i.e., individuals, groups, tribes, nations.
		Fitna is caused by ghaiba, gossiping and backbiting, and by nafs, selfishness.
	www.qadiri-rifai.org /html/guidance/sohbet/taner/fitna.htm (799 words)

	First Islamic civil war - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Islamic civil war, 656–661 CE, followed the assassination of the caliph Uthman ibn Affan, continued during the brief caliphate of Ali ibn Abu Talib, and was ended, on the whole, by Mu'awiya's assumption of the caliphate.
		This civil war is often called the Fitna, and regretted as the end of the early unity of the Islamic ummah (nation).
		In 656 CE, the then caliph, or Muslim leader Uthman ibn Affan, was murdered by rebellious Muslim soldiers as he sat reading the Qur'an in his home in Medina, in north-western Arabia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Islamic_civil_war (382 words)

	Results
		Fitna can mean oppression, persecution, seduction - all implying the "discord" that attachment with ghayrallah (other-than-Allah) brings about.
		Fitna means subversive activities to destroy peace and rule of law.
		In verses 1, 8 and 9 of al Mumtahanah, the believers are advised to show kindness and do justice to the unbelievers who are not hostile to them, but at all events, friendship with the enemies of Allah has been discouraged.
	www.al-islam1.org /quran/process.asp?tAliCommentary=on&Sura=2&SavedSura=1&fAya=190&tAya=193&searchText=&arabicdisplay=windows (1984 words)

	Hindi Song lyrics of Shikhar : A Fitna Dil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Maaf kar aye fitna dil, aye fitna dil, aye fitna dil
		Dillagi dil ki lagi se karke na mar mitna dil
		Marhaba aye fitna dil, aye fitna dil, aye fitna dil
	www.indiafm.com /lyrics/song/32040 (440 words)

	Women in the Mosque
		Nadwi goes so far as to assert that those who claim that women are 'the aunts of Satan' (Shaytan ki khala) and that if they are allowed to pray in mosques all sorts of fitna would result, actually 'deny the piety and faith of their own mothers and sisters'.
		Only those teachings would be applicable in later times which the scholars (fuqaha) of the schools of law (Mazaahib) of later times consider as essential, while the rest of the shari'ah would be discarded as 'impractical'.
		Another flaw in the argument of his opponents, Nadwi writes, is that while those 'ulama who insist on strict taqlid of past jurisprudential precedent claim that in today's age of fitna, women should not pray in the mosque, they allow women to travel to Makkah for the Hajj pilgrimage.
	www.irfi.org /articles/articles_301_350/women_in_the_mosque.htm (1377 words)

	HizmetBooks
		It is not jihad but fitna (mischief) to oppose the laws and commands.
		Though spread of committing haram is also fitna, there is no need to ask about this, since harams are evident.
		If his dismissal would cause fitna and his harm is minor, he is to be tolerated.
	www.hizmetbooks.org /Religion_Reformers_in_Islam/ref-54.htm (1567 words)

	Women in the Middle East
		The woman is fitna in Arabic, meaning beauty and disorder or turmoil.
		In Islam it is the woman who is attacked as the personification of destruction and as a symbol of social disorder: she is fitna meaning at the same time, both beauty and disorder or turmoil.
		It is because she is not fitna, a source of provocation; she is no longer a sexual object with impulses to be kept under control.
	www.dhushara.com /book/zulu/islamp/wmi.htm (3800 words)

	Islamica Community Forums - Are woman really a Fitnah? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		They are not a fitna (trial) in and of themselves, they are a fitna to men.
		It is the male mind (and other male anatomy) that causes them to be such horny toads and it is their responsibility to restrain these "natural" behaviors in light of cultural norms, as is done for several other things.
		In northern europe where people are as cold as the weather, it's normal to never even consider women as a women (wich is hard anyway cause they dress and behave like men all the time anyways..) This is also why people look at you in awe if you refuse to shake their hand..
	www.islamicaweb.com /archive/t-17357 (2110 words)

	Some Ahadith About the Jazira and Fitan Before the Day of Judgment (Islaam.Com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		And the duhaima' fitna is the greatest fitna that will occur prior to the appearance of the Antichrist.
		At-Tuwaijari then explains how the tongue during this fitna is more severe than the sword as follows: "The confirmation of this is seen in our times in the spread of radio broadcasts and newspapers in all corners of the earth.
		Refuge is sought with Allah from the fitan."
	www.islaam.com /Article.aspx?id=191 (1262 words)

	Sharaaz.Com Islamic Bookstore - The Men of Madina: Volume 1 - SAHB - Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This book is the translation of Volume 7 of the Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir of Ibn Sa’d which deals with the Companions, Tabi’un and the subsequent generations of the people of knowledge in Basra, Baghdad, Khurasan, Syria and Egypt.
		This book is of particular interest because its pages demonstrate the attitude and action of the Companions and the Tabi’un when confronted by the most dangerous of trials — fitna, or civil war.
		This is extremely important in the modern age, in which fitna is commonplace, for we can learn a great deal from how the early Muslims dealt with it.
	www.ikitab.com /index.php3?menu=describe&table=Book&cat=Books&id=2637&associate= (122 words)

	The Masacre
		RK massacred the verse 74/31; 1.he omited the word ILLA/only/but/except,which stands in front of FITNA 2.he inserted numbering 3.and he translated fitna,that is actually a noun, as a verb(to disturb) cause all other of his alleged five functions are given in the form of the verb.
		For the same purpose RK omited conjunctions waw/and between 2nd and 3rd function and between 3rd and 4th function cause in original arabic there is no conjunction waw/and between his alleged 1st and 2nd function(to make it looks as only one out of five functions).
		If there was conjunction waw/and after words "but a fitna for disbelievers", only then it be possible to count "attaining certainity and inceasing faith etc" mentioned in the verse as equal functions of their number, together with its function of being "but a fitna for those who disbelieve".
	www.inet.ba /~hardy/massacre.htm (2023 words)

	Gilles Kepel: "The Jihadists Are Haunted by Their Isolation"
		Today, Gallimard publishes his book, "Fitna: guerre au coeur de l'islam"[Fitna: War in the Heart of Islam] which puts the events of Sept 11, the war in Iraq, and the stakes for Islam in Europe into perspective: the result of a quarter century of reflection and on the ground research.
		- Fitna is the war at the heart of Islam, the chaos, the great dissension that is pulling at the Ummah, the community of believers, and that is leading to its ruin.
		It's the preoccupation of the Ulema, the doctors of the law, who, basing themselves on the Koran, never stop warning Muslims against an inappropriate unleashing of the jihad which turns against those who have started it.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/printer_090604H.shtml (1544 words)

	Sunni Islam
		Many of Muhammad's relatives and companions were involved in the power struggle, and the war finally stabilized when Mu'awiyya, the governor of Syria, took control of the Caliphate.
		Three sects of Islam developed and emerged at the conclusion of the Fitna: Sunni and Shi'a Islam, and the Khwarij sect, which is generally rejected by Islamic scholars as illegitimate and is today only practiced in Yemen and Oman.
		Islamic sects that have materialized since the 7th century Fitna, such as The Nation of Islam, are not regarded as legitimate Muslims by Sunni Muslims.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/sunni.html (564 words)

	Arcis Foundation: Islamic & Political Opinions, News and Info :: Amina Wadud’s Islam - causing fitna among ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		First, they say that since Umm Waraqa was allowed to lead her household in prayer and the Call to Prayer was read by a male slave it follows that she led a mixed-gender prayer.
		Furthermore, the supporters of this fitna have showed that they are using the hadith only in so far as it fits with their desires - since at their own prayer the Call to Prayer was read by a woman, in contradiction to the same hadith they use to support their fitna.
		Third, the Sunna that is quoted in their argument that goes against their fitna they see fit to disregard in view of “other traditions and Qur'anic”; sayings which they misinterpret.
	www.arcis.co.uk /v-web/b2/index.php?p=342 (929 words)

	Salam WorldWide
		Zohdi says that killing Anwar Sadat and the policeman who died defending him was a "grave sin." He holds that some members of Jama'a al-Islamiya were misguided and created "fitna" (civil strife) by insisting on the use of violence.
		After much study of Islamic texts, he says he is convinced that fighting fitna without hatred must be the goal of every Muslim.
		And, he says, that means combating "jinsiya," the notion that people can be killed or harmed based on race, creed or national affiliation, as in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
	salamworldwide.com /ourworld12th.html (1154 words)

	Jesus Will Return - by Harun Yahya
		Islamic literature defines fitna as "hard times," such as civil strife, war, or riots, during which evil forces attempt to weaken and even eradicate people's faith.
		3- Fitna: Such troubles will spread and encourage unlawful and immoral acts among all people, both in public and in private.
		Such fitna will lead to a stronger faith, an increase in patience and rewards in the Hereafter for the believers' having a solid faith, while weakening further the faith of those with weak faith.
	www.jesuswillreturn.com /signs/signs034.html (331 words)

	The Command of War in Islam
		In this connection, those traditions are worth noting which are enshrined in Sahih al-Bukhari, after the fourth Caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib, political conflict ensued between Abdullah ibn Zubayr and the Ummayyads, Abdullah bn Umar one of the senior most companions of the prophet, held himself aloof from the battle.
		From this we learn that the war against fitna was a war of limited duration, not meant to be engaged in beyond the point of its specific purpose being served.
		Invoking the Quranic exhortation to do battle against fitna in order to validate acts of war which had quite other aims is highly improper.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /insights/insight20000804a.html (2117 words)

	Kamusi - Search Results
		The results for 'fitna' are displayed below in alphabetical order, so please do not assume that the first entry you see is the best result.
		fitna, pl mafitna { English: agitator, pl agitators }
		fitna, pl fitna { English: revolt, pl revolts }
	research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=fitna&EngP=0 (444 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Khutbah said today the tongue was not the sole weapon involving Fitna or slander.
		The Khutbah said the people should not commit slander because Islam is a religion of peace and unity.
		It reminded the Ummah, the faithful, not to be easily influenced by stories they hear because Islam prohibits Fitna of slander.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Aug03/090803/nite08.htm (286 words)

	Rita Katz & Josh Devon on al Qaeda on National Review Online
		As fitna is heavily discouraged in Islam, an Islamic terrorist group carrying out attacks against fellow Muslims is likely to cause some confusion for al Qaeda's potential and current followers.
		Since al Qaeda's existence depends on public support, the terrorist group must rationalize why it is waging this fitna and why Muslims are being targeted.
		Previously, al Qaeda's rhetoric in justifying attacks in which Muslims were killed was to maintain that they were casualties in the pursuit of a greater cause, and that any Muslim killed in such an attack would become a martyr and therefore go to heaven.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/katz_devon200402060920.asp (1025 words)

	Initials
		EdipYuksel(RK`s close companion) in his debate with Abdurahman Lomax(Running like Zebras) was forced to acknowledge this fact, and he also said that RK was aware of this errors and he said that they planned to perform further research to resolve this counts cause they were convinced that they all must be 19 divisible.
		It is BUT a trial and the number itself does not increases faith but 19 being BUT A FITNA and causing the fitna increases the faith, that is, fitna that is caused by 19 will increase faith of people.
		Many other believers of 19 miracle allways somehow mistranslate 74/31 inserting misleading numbers and missing to translate the crutial word "illa"-only/but(only a fitna, but a fitna) and halucinating waws(conjunction and) to give impression that 19 as fitna for disbelievers is just one of 5 functions of no 19.
	www.inet.ba /~hardy/initials.htm (3973 words)

	Shikhar's music is insipid
		Though the arrangement is natty and Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan and K K pack in quite a collective punch, Fitna lacks that extra 'standout' something.
		But the remixed version of the same, accompanied by Joy's funky rap, catapults it at once into the chartbuster league.
		The album opens with a ‘dhamaal’ number “FITNA DIL” which is a foot tapping number.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2005/dec/08shikhar.htm (498 words)

	Muslim world in a state of quandary: expert -DAWN - National; 8 April 2005
		ISLAMABAD, April 7: The Muslim world is in a state of quandary after the 9/11 as an element of ‘fitna’ has been injected into it.
		Prof Kepel had used the word ‘Fitna’ on the title of his book, The War for Muslim Minds.
		But his American publisher substituted changed ‘Fitna’ with the word ‘war’, since American readers would not understand the Arabic word.
	www.dawn.com /2005/04/08/nat4.htm (760 words)

	Islamic Voice - DHU'L QADAH / DHU'L HAJJ
		Nadwi takes on the arguments of his opponents who, while recognising that at the Prophet's time women did pray in the mosque, claim that in today's age of great licentiousness women should be forbidden from doing so for fear of fitna.
		Only those teachings would be applicable in later times which the scholars (fuqaha) of the schools of law (mazahib) of later times consider as essential, while the rest of the shari'ah would be discarded as 'impractical'.
		Another flaw in the argument of his opponents, Nadwi writes, is that while those 'ulama who insist on strict taqlid of past jurisprudential precedent claim that in today's age of fitna, women should not pray in the mosque, they allow women to travel to Makkah for the Haj pilgrimage.
	www.islamicvoice.com /march.2004/rights.htm (1502 words)

	t r u t h o u t \|\| First Entry
		There is an Arabic word "fitna" which doesn't really have a one word English equivalent.
		Good muslims are to avoid "fitna" as best they may. (As examples, war is "fitna" but so is gossip) Anyway, we are in a time of heightened "fitna" and it is certainly difficult to stay totally out of it directly or indirectly.
		He responded that there would be a time of great "fitna" that would grow worse and ever more insidious.
	forum.truthout.org /blog/story/2006/4/21/104727/730 (1332 words)

	Let The Scholars Beware!
		The scholars of the salaf (past) were very cautious from going to the rulers for fear of fitna, and they have spoken much about this issue:
		Hudhaifah (RA) said: "Bewar fitna." They have asked him: What are the places of fitna O Abu Abdullaah ?' He said: "The doors of the princes- one of you enters upon the prince, and he attests to him with lies, and says about him, what is not true." Sifat-us-Safwah (1/614)
		So beware O 'ATaa of the doors of the rulers, for their within their doors is fitna like that of the camel pen; you will not affect their dunya in anything except that your deen will be affected similarly" Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (9/295)
	islamicweb.com /beliefs/creed/sultan_scholars.htm (605 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		74:31, the verse says, we made (Eddatahum) their number, (Fitna) a test to :(1) disturb the disbelievers.
		If God wants to talk about the Angels of Hell causing these tests, there would have been no need to mention their number as the verse states.
		The verse could have stated (We appointed angels to be guardians of Hell, and we made THEM (Fitna)) But the true verse says we made their NUMBER (Eddatahum) Fitna (test).
	members.aol.com /worshpgod/angels.txt (369 words)

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