...and they shout out “Fitnah” !!!

The Shaykh commenting on the Ayah:

"And those who commit Kuffr are allies of one another, and if you do not do so (Oh Muslimeen), there will be Fitnah on earth and a great corruption"

said:

And this Fitnah is none other than shirk. And the “great corruption” is the deteriorating of the ‘Aqeedah of Islam and Tawheed, and the neglecting of the laws and orders of the Qur’an.  And also Allah orders:

"And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (shirk), and the Deen  (worship) will all be for Allah."

So it is very clear then, that the two Khalils, may the Salah and Salam be upon them both, have explained: shirk and the following of Tawagheet is the greatest tyranny that exists, and there is nothing more oppressive than shirk, it is the worst Fitnah, and thus it is worse than bloodshed and murder. Rather, we are ordered to shed the blood of the Mushrikeen and Tawagheet – firmly upon Millah Ibraheem – until shirk ceases to exist in any form. And at the same time – the two Prophets have taught us that there can be no security, nor safety, nor peace, without Tawheed. So Amaan is firmly tied together with Imaan. And when you have understood this, then you should also know that those Tawagheet and apostates who crave for security while sinking in shirk, left, right, and center – you will realize that they are only dreaming in mirages. And when they call the militaries of the apostate Tawagheet as “Rijal al-Amn” – then you know that they are only deceiving the ignorant. They think that they will be able to have security even while fighting to establish shirk! And when our brothers fight them for the sake of establishing Tawheed- they shout out, “Fitnah”. Allah has said something about people like them: 

"And among them is he who says, “Grant me departure and do not put me in Fitnah.” Surely, they (already) have fallen into Fitnah. And verily, Hell is surrounding the kafireen."

And this indeed is how it is today - some people think that killing and spilling the blood of the Taghout and apostates is Fitnah - but surely, they already have fallen into shirk – which is worse than bloodshed. And we are only fighting to abolish this shirk – as Allah has ordered:

"Fight them until there is no more Fitnah."

So if these heretics falsely label the Jihad and Qital which is meant to eradicate Fitnah, as “Fitnah”- then is there anyone that will doubt their deviancy? And Shaykh Sulayman Ibn Sahman once said regarding all this, “When you have realized that Tahakum (seeking judgment) from the Taghout is Kuffr – then you should also know that Allah has mentioned in His Book that Kuffr is worse than bloodshed. As He said:

"And Fitnah is more severe (ashadd) than killing."

And again:

"And Fitnah is greater (Akbar) than killing."

And Fitnah is none other than Kuffr. Thus, if the village and the city were to wage war against each other, till the point that they all die – This would undoubtedly be better than setting up a Taghout upon earth, governing in contradiction to the Shari’ah of Islam, the Legislation with which Allah sent His Messenger (saws).”

[Ad-Durar as-Saniyyah, by ash-Shaykh al-‘Allamah ‘Abdul-Latif Al ash-Shaykh (rahimahUllah)]