It is reported that Ḥudhayfah – Allāh be pleased with him – was asked:
“What is the worst fitnah?” He replied, “That good and evil is presented to you and you do not know which of them to follow.”
Ibn Abī Shaybah, Al-Muṣannaf, Kitāb Al-Fitan, article 38565.
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