It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was mentioning tribulations (fitan). He (peace and blessings be upon him) described them in considerable detail, and in the midst of this, he also mentioned the "Fitnah of Ahlaas." Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by the Fitnah of Ahlaas?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It refers to the tribulation of fleeing and fighting." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the Fitnah of Sarra’ and said: "Its smoke will rise from beneath the feet of a man from my household. He will think that he is from me, but he will have nothing to do with me. My friends are only the righteous. Then people will unite behind a man who will be like a rib on a camel’s side. After that, there will be the Fitnah of Duhayma, which will not leave any person of this Ummah without slapping him. Whenever people say that this tribulation is over, it will become even more intense. In that time, a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, until people will be divided into two camps: one camp of faith in which there will be no hypocrisy, and the other camp of hypocrisy in which there will be no faith. When such a time comes upon you, then await the Dajjal, for he will emerge that day or the next."

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