بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Allah, The Most High, said:

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًاۚ

Whosoever desires honour, then to Allah belong all honour…..[Al-Fatir. 10]

Meaning: let him seek it through sincere obedience to Allah because he will not find it except through obedience to Allah. One of the pious predecessors used to supplicate:

اللهم اعزني بطاعتك ولا تذلني بمعصيتك

O Allah! Grant me honour through obedience to you and do not humiliate me through disobedience to you.

Therefore, whoever seeks honour, let him seek it through sincere obedience to Allah through by good speech and righteous deeds. [(1)

Imam Ibn Al-Jawzi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

Whoever loves that the state of affairs should become rectified, let them strive to rectify their deeds. Allah, The Mighty and Majestic, said:

وَأَن لَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُم مَّاءً غَدَقًا

If they had believed in Allah and went on the Right Way, We should surely have bestowed on them water (rain) in abundance]. [(2)]

Imam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

The path to victory is through learning the Shariah and acquiring an understanding of the religion by the rulers, those under the ruler’s authority, the elders and the young; acting upon what this learning and understanding necessitates, and abandon that which Allah has forbidden. Allah, The Most High, said:

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوۡمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِہِمۡ‌ۗ

Verily! Allaah will not change the good condition of a people as long as they do not change their state of goodness themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allah)]. [13:11]

Therefore, whoever wishes for victory and assistance from Allah, and to make Allah’s statement [i.e. none has the right to be worshipped except Allah] uppermost, they should change what one is upon with regards to disobedience and sins. Allah said:

وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنكُمۡ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَيَسۡتَخۡلِفَنَّهُمۡ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ڪَمَا ٱسۡتَخۡلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ دِينَہُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱرۡتَضَىٰ لَهُمۡ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّہُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ خَوۡفِهِمۡ أَمۡنً۬ا‌ۚ يَعۡبُدُونَنِى لَا يُشۡرِكُونَ بِى شَيۡـًٔ۬ا‌ۚ

Allah has promised those among you who believe, and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the earth, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practise their religion, that which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islaam). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. [24:55] [(3)]

Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

Indeed, defeat against the Muslims occurred due to one act of disobedience (i.e. at the battle of Uhud). At present we want victory whilst disobedience is rife amongst us, so due to this it is not possible for us to rejoice with victory as long as we are in this state of affairs, unless Allah shows us kindness and rectifies us. [(4)]

Good Will Remain and One Should Not Despair

Al-Allamah Salih Al-Fawzan, may Allah preserve him:

[One] should not lose hope when trials and evil increase. Indeed, he has to remain tranquil and should make others tranquil when trials occur, and he should say: “All Praise is due to Allah, we are upon guidance and a clear Religion. Solace is close by and evil will cease to exist by the permission of Allah”.

This is what is incumbent upon the people of goodness and the scholars –that they have tranquillity and make the people tranquil; because this (evil) is something that will cease to exist by the permission of Allah and solace will come after it.

It is not permissible for a person to say: “The people are destroyed”. This is not permissible; rather (a person) should make the people tranquil and firm upon goodness, whilst expecting assistance, for indeed the good end is for the people of piety. Therefore, no matter how great the evil and trial is, it will cease to exist. He, [The Prophet- peace and blessings of Allah be upon him] said:

“A group of my followers will remain manifest upon the truth. They will neither be harmed by those who forsake them nor by those who oppose them till Allah’s command arrives”. [i.e. the day of judgement] [Al-Bukhri and Muslim]

Therefore, Islam will not cease to continue and all praise be to Allah. The religion and the Qur’an will not cease to exist until that appointed time about which the prophet, peace and blessings of Allah, has informed us – that at the end of time, the Qur’an will be taken away from the hearts of men and from the Masaahif (i.e. the copies of the Qur’an); but this will be at the time of the destruction of the world. (However) good will continue to exist whilst the Qur’an, the Sunnah and the Qiblah are present, even though there is one who is led away and becomes misguided; and even though there is one who deviates and becomes deviated, as the saying goes: “Fitnah has its victims”. It takes away the one who goes with it, but the people of Iman will remain even if they are small in number. Even if there is one who goes along with the Fitna, and the one who goes astray and the one who comes along with it, (still) the truth and its people will remain and all praise be to Allah. The truth is present, as Allah, The Most High, said:

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur’an) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption). [15:9]

A person should not lose hope nor should he despair. He should not make the people lose hope of a return to goodness. He should not make the people lose hope regarding (the fact) that truth will prevail and falsehood will be repelled because Allah has made that promise and He does not fail to fulfil His promise. Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

“The Religion is aided when put to the test; therefore do not be amazed for this is the way of Ar-Rahman” (The Most Merciful). [(5)]

Witnessed in This Life or After Death, Victory Always Belongs to Truth and Sound Methodology

 https://salafidawahmanchester.com/2026/02/07/witnessed-in-this-life-or-after-death-victory-always-belongs-to-truth-and-sound-methodology/

[(1)]An Excerpt from Bada’i at-Tafsir Al-Jami Limaa Fassarahu Al-Imam Ibnul Qayyim 2/346-347

[(2)]: An Excerpt from “Saydul Khaatir”. page 6

[(3)] An Excerpt from “Your Enemies Are About To Gather Against You- The Causes of The Weakness of The Muslims In The Presence Of Their Enemy”. Page 29

[(4)]: Al-Qawlul Mufeed Alaa Kitaab At-tawheed 1/289.

[(5)]https://salafidawahmanchester.com/2019/08/admonition-from-the-hadeeth-of-hudhaifah-people-used-to-ask-the-messenger-of-allaah-about-the-good-times-but-i-used-to-ask-him-about-bad/