The Worst Fitnah
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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Related sayings.
Hudhayfah b. Al-Yaman, who was an expert amongst the Companions on Nifaq, compares the hypocrisy of later times with that of earlier times.
Changing your religious stance from what you used to know to be right is a sign of misguidance and falling into fitnah.