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Explanation of the Hadeeth of Hudhaifah bin Al Yamaan We werein a state of Jaahiliyyah by Shaikh Saalih bn !aw"aan al#!aw"aan

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People used to ask the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa

sallam) about the good times, but I used to ask him about bad times

fearing lest they overtake me. I said ! Messenger of Allaah, we were

in the midst of ignoran"e and evil, and then Allaah brought us this good

(time through Islam). Is there any bad time after this good one#He said:

Yes. I asked: Will there be a good time again after that bad time? He said: Yes, but therein will be a

hidden evil. I asked: What will be the evil hidden therein? He said: (That time will witness the rise

of) the eole who will adot wa!s other than mine and seek guidan"e other than mine. You will

know (their) good oints as well as (their) bad oints. I asked: Will there be a bad time after thisgood one?

He said: Yes. (# time will "ome) when there will be eole standing and inviting at the gates of Hell.

Whosoever resonds to their "all, the! will throw them into the fire. I said: $ %essenger of #llaah,

des"ribe them for us.

He said: #ll right. The! will be a eole having the same "omle&ion as ours and seaking our

language. I said: $ %essenger of #llaah, what do !ou suggest if I haen to live in that time? He

said: You should sti"k to the main bod! of the %uslims and their leader. I said: If the! have no (su"h

thing as the) main bod! and have no leader? He said: 'earate !ourself from all these fa"tions,

though !ou ma! have to eat the roots of trees (in a ungle) until death "omes to !ou and !ou are in

this state.

(olle"ted b! al*+ukhaaree and %uslim, rahimahumullaah. The wording of the above is that of

Imaam %uslim)

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The! used to ask him (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) about the good with regards to righteous

a"tions, affairs of >a8eedah and muaamalaat. #nd Hudhaifah used to ask him (sallallaahu >ala!hi

wa sallam) about the bad times * fearing lest the! overtake him.'o, in this is eviden"e that it is not

suffi"ient to onl! learn about the good4 rather one must know about the evil in order to avoid it. If

!ou do not know about the evil, !ou will "ome "lose to falling into it, as the oet said:6I a"8uaint

m!self with the evil not for the sake of evil, but to be safeguarded from it./ The one who does not

know evil from good will fall to it (i.e. evil)./The human being must learn about the truth, and its

roofs and eviden"es. He is to learn and know that whi"h is false and the doubts asso"iated with it,

in order that he "an be saved from falsehood, and to warn the eole against it. How "an he avoid

and warn eole against it, if he is not aware of it?

#nd with regards to this, the AurBaan has "larified that whi"h is truth and falsehood. It has "larified

3emaan and Cufr, Tawheed and 'hirk, and Halaal and Haraam. It has not stoed at "larif!ing

Tawheed, Halaal, and the truth onl!4 rather it "larified that whi"h is in oosition to that, so that the

%uslim "an avoid it. -ikewise, the Drohet (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) in his 'unnah has

"larified good and evil, and truth and falsehood in all affairs of the deen.

#nd the >Elema (rahimahumullaah) in their written works have made "lear what Tawheed and 'hirk

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This one (the one who makes these statements) is either from the ignorant ones who know nothing of

knowledge, or that he is from those driven b! ersonal desires, those who want to sread the se"ts of

falsehood and their doubts. 5ather, it ma! be that the! sa!: 6it is suffi"ient for a erson to sa!: >I am

a %uslim4 I am a believer. # general Islaam suffi"es, and do not sa!, #hlus 'unnah wal ;amaaah

and ahlu dalaal, and ahlu fur8ah wa ikhtilaaf. o not sa! this, for this "auses division between the

%uslims.6.

This (i.e. the above statements) is misguidan"e4 be"ause #llaah (;alla*Wa*#laa) has "larified the

ha88 (truth) in oosition to falsehood, guidan"e in oosition to misguidan"e, and Tawheed in

oosition to shirk. He (;alla* Wa*#laa) has "larified all of that in all the affairs of the 5eligion, in

the affairs of >Ibaadaat (a"ts of worshi), %uaamalaat (dealings), and #khlaa8 ("hara"ter) with a

detailed "larifi"ation. Therefore, this must be "larified in order that it is made "lear to the eole, so

that the! "an be uon "larit! in their affairs, and so that the true %uslim is distinguished from the so*

"alled %uslim, and that no deviation and forger! enters into Islaam.We must make a distin"tion

between this and that one, in order that truth is not "onfounded with falsehood, and to know what

truth is in oosition to falsehood, and good in oosition to wi"kedness.

We do not suffi"e ourselves with a general Islaam, be"ause this is being misleading and de"eitful to

the eole. 'o we warn against this roaganda.Therefore, this has to be detailed for the eole. The

ha88 must be "larified in oosition to falsehood, and guidan"e must be made "lear in oosition to

misguidan"e. Hudhaifah (radiallaahu >anhu) used to ask the Drohet (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam)

about the evil, and did not suffi"e (himself) with asking the Drohet about the good. The Drohet

affirmed that for him, and did not sa! to him, 6'uffi"e !ourself with understanding the good64 rather

he (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) affimed and "larified for him the evil that was to o""ur in order

that he ma! beware, and make others to beware of it.

This is the 'unnah. This is the wa! of the AurBaan and that of the %essenger (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa

sallam).

Hudhaifah said:I said: O Messenger of Allaah, we were in the midst of

JAAHILIYYAH and EVIL.

#-*;##HI-IYY#H is derived from al*;ahl (ignoran"e). It is an absen"e of knowledge, and the intent

behind it is: the state of affairs before Islaam. That whi"h took la"e before the sending of

%uhammad (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) is ;aahili!!ah, be"ause the! (the eole) were uon

ignoran"e and misguidan"e with regards to the affairs of >Ibaadah, muaamalaat, and with regards

to food, drink, marriage and other than that.The! were uon ignoran"e and misguidan"e due to the

long eriod between >3esaa and %uhammad (i.e. the long eriod between the dearture of >3esaa,>ala!his 'alaam, and the sending of %uhammad, sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam).This was a eriod of

over four hundred !ears, during whi"h the divine message stoed. The divine message be"ame

obliterated, and ignoran"e and misguidan"e be"ame widesread. The eole worshied idols, trees,

stones, false deities, the ;inn, and humans. The! worshied the #ngels, the #wli!aaB, and the

'aaliheen, and were uon divergent aths with regards to a"ts of worshi.#nd with regards to the

affair of halaal and haraam, the! did not distinguish between good and filth4 rather the! used to deal

with usur!.The 5ibaaB #l*;aahili!!ah (The Dre*Islami" Esur!) was: When the! used to settle a debt


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with a debtor, the! would sa!: either !ou settle the debt or we in"rease the debt and double the time it

(should be aid). This was the Dre*Islaami" Esur!, and it used to be redominant in their

dealings. #nd the! used to gather wealth through forbidden means, b! wa! of illage, lunder,

robber!, and devouring eoles wealth in falsehood.

#nd with regards to food, the! used to make lawful dead (animals) and blood. The! used to eat dead

animals, blood and reugnant things. #nd with regards to their relationshi between one another,

the! used to kill and fight one another over the most trivial thing.

They neither had a leader nor a state. They were either under the authority of

tribal systems or under the authority of the Persians and the Romans. The

powerful used to encroach upon (the rights of the weak), and the oppressor

used to transgress the limits - and no one would stop him. This was the state of

affairs in Jaahiliyyah (The Pre-slaamic Period of gnorance).The! (the eole) were

uon ignoran"e in all ase"ts, and the greatest of that (ignoran"e) was with regards to >Ibaadah and

>#8eedah. The! used to be uon the >#8eedah of 'hirk, and the! used to ree"t the (5esurre"tion on

the a! of ;udgement) and the ivine %essage (of the %essengers), and the! used to sa!: 6Nothingdid Allaah send down to any human being (by revelation).(#l*#naam, a!ah @0)This was their

state of affairs in ;aahili!!ah (The Dre*Islaami" Deriod of Ignoran"e).

Then, !llaah ("ubhaanah) sent #uhammad (sallallaahu $alayhi wa sallam) with

the %uidance and the Religion of Truth&It is $e %ho has sent $is

Messenger (Muhammad) with Al $udaa (the &uidan"e) and 'eenul

$a (the religion of truth Islaam).(Tawbah, ayah '')>Hudaa is benefi"ial

knowledge and >eenul Ha88 is righteous a"tion. #llaah ('ubhaanah) sent His Drohet (sallallaahu

>ala!hi wa sallam) with benefi"ial knowledge and righteous a"tion.'o with the sending of the

%essenger (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam), ;aahili!!ah (re*islaami" ignoran"e) "eased to e&ist forever Wa*lillaah*il* Hamd * and there "ame about knowledge and guidan"e.The ;aahili!!ah

>#ama (The Dre*Islaami" ignoran"e that was widesread and tou"hed ever! ase"t of life) has

"eased to e&ist, but it remains with some eole, or with some of the tribes, or in some of the lands. It

is ;aahili!!ah ;uF*i (a ortion of Dre*Islaami" Ignoran"e).#s for the ;aahili!!ah >#ama, then this

has "eased to e&ist with the sending of the %essenger (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam), but some

"hara"teristi"s of Dre*Islaami" ignoran"e remain with some of the eole, due to his (sallallaahu

>ala!hi wa sallam) statement: 6Among my people there are four !hara!teristi!s belonging to pre"

#slami! period whi!h they do not abandon$ boasting of high rank reviling other peoples%

genealogies seeking rain by stars and wailing (i.e. for the dead)./ (5eorted b! %uslim). This

remains, but it is a ortion. #s for the ;aahili!!ah >#ama, then indeed it has "eased to e&ist.'o due tothis, it is not ermissible to sa! that the eole are in ;aahili!!ah (Dre*Islaami" Ignoran"e). #nd

some of them (i.e. some eole) sa!, /(the eole) are in a Dre*islaami" ignoran"e that is more

severe than the one before the sending of the Drohet (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam)./ The meaning

of this (i.e. the meaning of this statement) is a denial of what the %essenger (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa

sallam) "ame with. It is a denial of the AurBaan, the 'unnah of the Drohet, and the abundant

knowledge within our hands.Its meaning is that we are in ;aahili!!ah (Dre*Islaami" Ignoran"e). This

is a mistake7 The eole are not in ;aahili!!ah, Wa lillaah*il*Hamd, but there remains some of the


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"hara"teristi"s of ;aahili!!ah in some individuals, some nation states, and in some tribes4 but this is

a se"ifi" ;aahili!!ah. Therefore, it is in"umbent to be a"8uainted with this affair.

His (Hudhaifahs) statement: We were in the midst of ignorance and eil.W$#( i

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This is 3habar (information) from the #essenger (sallallaahu $alayhi wa sallam)

that e0il will occur after the good #uhammad (sallallaahu $alayhi wa sallam)

came with. This (trial, test, etc.) took place during the latter part of the era of

the "ahaabah, with regards to what took place of 4itan and e0il amongst the

#uslims.Therefore, what has been related to us through the histori"al (reorts) has taken la"e,

and that is the affair of trials and tests. That whi"h he (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) gave news of

has taken la"e.Trial and evil has taken la"e, and it has emerged from the misguided se"ts, su"h as

the Aadari!!ah, the 'heeah, the %uriah, the ;ahmi!!ah and other than that. This took la"e

during the latter art of the era of the 'ahaabah (radiallaahu >anhum). However, as long as the

AurBaan and the authenti" 'unnah are resent, then indeed this evil will be reelled if the '"holars

"onve! this AurBaan and the 'unnah and "larif! these trials and evils for the eole. Therefore, the

"ure is resent, Wal*Hamdulillaah. 3vil is reelled with =ood.

I said: $Will there "e a good time again after that "ad time#% He &sallallaah'

(ala!hi wa sallam) said: %Yes.%

In this is eviden"e that evil will not be "ontinuous, and that the %uslim should wait for sola"e from

#llaah ('ubhaanahu*wa*Taaalaa). #llaah (;alla*Wa*#laa) said:/&o verily with the hardshipthere is relief. erily with the hardship there is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs

so one hardship !annot over!ome two reliefs)./ (#sh*'harH, a!ah K*L)'ola"e must "ome about. He

(sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) said: 6/now that along with assistan!e is patien!e along with

sola!e is distress and along with every hardship is relief./ (#hmad)He (the erson) should not lose

hoe when 2itan and evil in"reases. Indeed, he is to be uon tran8uilit! and makes others tran8uil

when fitnah o""urs, and he sa!s: 6#ll Draise is due to #llaah, we are uon guidan"e and a "lear

5eligion. 'ola"e is "lose b! and evil will "ease to e&ist b! the ermission of #llaah./This is what is

in"umbent uon TH3 D3$D-3 $2 =$$ #ala!hi wa sallam) has informed of4 that indeed at

the end of time the AurBaan will be taken awa! from the breasts of men and from the masaaHif (i.e.

the "oies of the AurBaan). The AurBaan will not remain within the hands of the eole4 but this willbe at the time of the destru"tion of the world.

ndeed, good will continue to e5ist whilst the 1ur2aan, the "unnah and the

1iblah are present, e0en though there is one who is led away from it and

becomes misguided.#nd even though there is one who deviates from it and be"omes deviated,

as the sa!ing goes, 62itnah has its vi"tims./ It takes awa! the one who goes with it4 but the eole of

3emaan will remain even if the! are small in number.3ven if there is one who goes along with the

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remain Wal*Hamdulillaah. The truth is resent. #llaah (;alla*Wa*#laa) said:/erily 1e$ #t is 1e

1ho have sent down the 2hikr (i.e. the reminder 3 the 4ur5aan and &unnah) and surely 1e will

guard it (from !orruption)./ (#l*Hir, a!ah @)The erson should neither lose hoe nor desair. He

should not make the eole lose hoe of the return to goodness. He should not make the eole lose

hoe with regards to (the fa"t) that truth will revail and falsehood reelled, be"ause #llaah

('ubhaanahu*Wa*Taaalaa) has made that romise, and He does not fail to fulfil His romise.Imaam

Ibnul Aa!!im (rahimahullaah) said: 6The eligion is aided when put to the test. &o do not be

ama6ed for this is the way of Ar"ahmaan (Allaah). 6And so are the days (good and not so

good). 1e give to men by turns that Allaah may test those who believe and that *e may take

martyrs from among you. And Allaah likes not the 2haalimoon (polytheists and wrong"

doers). And that Allaah may test (or purify) the believers (from sins) and destroy the

disbelievers.(#ali >Imran, a!ah 0N*0N0)This is the wisdom behind the o""urren"e of 2itan and test,

so that the believers are urified. #nd so that the! are made to e&er"ise atien"e, be firm uon the

truth and warned of their mistakes4 in order that the! ma! reent to #llaah (>#FFa*Wa*;all), and that

the kuffaar are destro!ed.Therefore, (2itnah and test) is urifi"ation for the believers and destru"tion

for the kuffaar, Wa*lillaah*il*Hamd.#nd uon the %uslim is that he looks at (the affairs) withotimism. He should neither look at histor! and the state of affairs with essimism and hoelessness,

and "ausing the eole to lose hoe. #nd in the hadeeth: 61hoever says the people are ruined%

then he himself is ruined./ (%uslim)

Therefore, the erson neither loses hoe in #llaahs %er"! nor does he make eole lose hoe of

sola"e from #llaah.

I &H'dhaifah) said: $Will there "e a good time again after that "ad time#% He

&sallallaah' (ala!hi wa sallam) said: $Yes, "'t therein will "e 'akhan&a hidden

eil).% I as*ed: $What will "e the eil hidden therein#% He said: &+hat time will

witness the rise of) the eole who will adot wa!s other than mine and see*

g'idance other than mine. Yo' will *now &their) good oints as well as &their)"ad oints.

In this is eviden"e for (e&e"tation) of sola"e, and that the erson should not desair of the mer"! of

#llaah. Indeed, goodness will "ome after evil.Therefore, the %uslim should neither desair nor lose

hoe. He has to wait for #llaahs 'ola"e. However, this has to be a""omanied b! what one is able to

erform of a"tions, statements, sreading knowledge, "alling to #llaah, rea"hing to them (the

eole) to have "ertaint! (in the affairs of the 5eligion), and keeing them awa! from desair and

la"k of hoe.He (the essimist) sa!s, 6Islaam and the %uslims have vanished, the affair has been

ended, and the 5eligion has been annihilated6Gand so forth, of what is uttered. These

are ma8aalaat sa!!iBa (sinful statements).#nd regarding his (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam)

statement: 6but therein will be a hidden evil.6That is (to sa!): there would be something ofalteration (i.e. things that are not in "onformit! with the 'unnah and guidan"e of the %essenger)

during that good time. It is a (good time) but there would be something of alteration in it.This is

information from the 'aadi8 al*%asdoo8 (the truthful one, the one who is believed, sallallaahu

>ala!hi wa sallam). Indeed, good has o""urred along with something of alterations.# (*udhaifah)

said$ 71hat will be the evil hidden therein,'ubhaan*#llaah7 This man (Hudhaifah, radiallaahu

>anhu) (was) re"ise in utting forward his 8uestions, and #llaah made him utter with his tongue that


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This is the third time that evil will o""ur after good, but it will be greater than the first time. In the

first evil (time), the eole ossessed both good and evil. However, these ones (a arti"ular t!e of

eole who will be resent during the third o""urren"e of evil) will be "allers to the gates of hell

fire.The! do not sa! to the eole, 6 "ome to the hell fire 77/ The! sa!, / "ome towards rogression and

"iviliFation (as oosed to the old lifest!les), towards develoment and "onformit! with the nations.

o not remain old*fashioned and rigid ./ The meaning of this is: abandon !our religion and go along

with the eole.These ones are "allers to the gates of hell fire. The! "all them (the %uslims) to desert

their religion and affiliate themselves to the disbelievers. This is the "all to the hell fire, be"ause the

hell fire is a romise for the disbelievers.'o, the! "all the eole to that whi"h the eole of hell fire

are uon, from amongst the disbelievers, the idolaters and the atheists. How numerous are these

"allers in the Islaami" World toda!7 Wa*laa*hawla Wa*laa*8uwwata illaa billaah7Therefore, we must

issue severe warning against them. Wh!? +e"ause the! "all us to the hell fire, and #llaah (;alla*

Wa*#laa) said about the disbelievers:8Those (Al"Mushrikoon) invite you to the fire but Allaah

invites (you) to 9aradise and :orgiveness by *is eave8(#l*+a8arah, a!ah OO0)#nd He

('ubhaanahu*wa*Taaalaa) said about sha!taan:G*e only invites his *i6b (followers) that they

may be!ome the dwellers of the fire.(2aatir, a!ah L)#nd the believer amongst the eole of 2irawn said:

6And 0 my people; *ow is it that # !all you to salvation while you !all me to the fire./ (=haafir,

a!ah N0)

#nd how did he "all them to the Daradise and how did the! "all him to the fire?

6-ou invite me to disbelieve in Allaah and to #FFa*Wa*;al), His 5eligion and Daradise. #nd the "allers to evil invite to the hellfire.

The! (the "allers to evil) do not sa! to the eole, 6"ome to the fire77/ The! sa!: 6"ome to Daradise,

these are the a"tions of the eole of Daradise, this is good, this is develoment, this is re"tifi"ation,

this is and this is6Gand the! beautif! that for the eole.

Therefore, the %uslims must be "autious of these ones (the "allers to the gates of hell fire). Indeed,

the! have be"ome numerous in this time, and #llaah knows best whether the! will in"rease more and

more in the future.

The! ma! be fa"ilitated with tools (of misguidan"e) not ossessed b! the revious "allers to

misguidan"e * and given firm suort through su"h (satani" tools) that would raidl! rea"h the

eole * and the suggestion of the sedu"er and the falsifier will be adorned and made to aear as

something good to the eole in an! la"e whilst it is something evil. This is from the height of

fitnah.

Whosoeer resonds to their call, the! will throw them into the fire.


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WHOE9ER RESONDS TO THEM - /!p"i4 'i($, e"ie;i4 #% #i(i4 ($e! - 'i"" e

($*' i( ($e .i*e ($e!A .* ($e e '$ %e ( /!p" 'i($ ($e!, ppe #% pe"

*e?e/( '$#( ($e #*e &p, ($e i%ee% ($e 'i"" ( $#*! $i!A""##$ 6@#""#-W#-+A"##7 #i% i ($e

&*##5And ,erily this is .y Strai*ht /ath0 so follow it0 and follow not %other& paths0

for they will separate you away from His /ath- $his He has ordained for you that you

may be)ome .utta1oon %pious&-6A"-A+##!, ##$ 137T$e *p$e( 6#""#""##$& )#"#$i '#

#""#!7 8 '$i"( ep"#ii4 ($i ##$ 8 %*e' # (*#i4$( "ie #% #i%5 >$his is the path of Allaah->

T$e $e %*e' "ie ( ($e "e.( #% *i4$( 6. ($i (*#i4$( "ie7 #% #i%5 > $hese are the other

paths0 and on e,ery path is a de,il )allin* the people to it-> 6A$!#% 6137,

*#$i!#$&""##$7T$i i # %epi/(i . ($e /#""e* ( !i4&i%#/e, ($ei* !e($%"4ie #%

?e/(i;e I( $# ee ($*&4$" i""&(*#(e% .* & ($#( i%ee% '$#(e;e* ppe ($e S(*#i4$( #($ i

# p#($ "e#%i4 ( @#$##! W$e;e* ##% ($e S(*#i4$( #($ i $e#%i4 ('#*% ($e @#$##!,

e;e i. $e *e4#*% $i!e". =civilized, progressive and open-minded>

So0 %Hudhaifah& said( 23 .essen*er of Allaah0 des)ribe them for us-4

7-ook at these amaFing 8uestions from this honorable sahaabi.The #essenger of !llaah (sallallaahu $alayhi wa sallam) paused, but he (still)

asked him, and the #essenger (sallallaahu $alayhi wa sallam) answered him in

detail and with clarity.*e (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said$ They will be a people having

the same !omple>ion as ours and speaking our language.This is a alamit!77 Indeed, the! are

"lose to us. The! are from our "ommunit! and "ountr!. Had the! been foreigners, had the! been from

#meri"a or other than it the affair would have been eas!. However, the roblem is that the! are the

son(s) of so and so. #nd it ma! be that the! sa!, 6 I am a s"holar, and I have with me shahaadaat

>Ilmi!!ah (i.e. roofs"ertifi"ations of m! being a "arrier of knowledge) and I am, and I amG 6The!

are from us and the! seak with our tongue. The! are #rabs like us4 rather the! ossess

elo8uen"e. When the! write, or deliver a see"h, or a le"ture, the! seak with our tongue ust as

#llaah said "on"erning the h!o"rites:And when they speak you listen to their words.(#l*

%unaafi8oon, a!ah N)The! ossess elo8uen"e that grabs the attentionoverwhelms the listener. The

listener listens to them be"ause of their elo8uent see"h. The Drohet (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam)

said: /#ndeed some elo?uent spee!h has the influen!e of magi!./ (e.g., some eole refuse to do

something and then a good elo8uent seaker addresses them and then the! agree to do that ver!

thing after his see"h). (al*+ukhaaree Mol . Hadeeth


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from them, neither b! wa! of oinions and beliefs nor statements.He is not de"eived b! see"h and

what is falsel! made to seem desirable4 rather he looks at what the %uslims are uon. The Drohet

(sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) said: 6My ummah will not agree upon misguidan!e./

#nd he (sallallaahu >ala!hi wa sallam) said: 6@pon you is to sti!k to the amaa%ah for indeed the

*and of Allaah is over the amaa%ah./ (at*Tirmidhee, rahimahullaah)

'o be with the ;amaaah of the %uslims.

The %uslims "annot be a ;amaaah e&"et if the! have a ruler who is obe!ed. #nd there is no

;amaaah e&"et with a leader, and there is no leader e&"et that he is to be listened to and obe!ed.

#nd due to this, #llaah (;alla*Wa*#laa) said: 0 you who believe; 0bey Allaah and obey the

Messenger and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority.(#n*


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This honorable sahaabi (Hudhaifah) did not sto asking the %essenger (salallaahu >ala!hi wa

sallam) 8uestions that has great benefits for the Emmah, ("larified b! the %essenger, salallaahu

>ala!hi wa sallam).*e (salallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said$ 7&eparate yourself from all these

fa!tions though you may have to eat the roots of trees (in a er!ises patien!e in fa!ing trials until death

!omes to him in this state then indeed he will be from the people of 9aradise. And the one upon

whom death !omes to whilst he has !hanged and substituted (the ha?? his deen et!) and followed

the !allers to misguidan!e= then indeed he will be from the people of hell fire 1alaa"hawla"wa"

laa"?uwwata"illaa"billaah.

T$e ($e S$#i#alameen. #nd ma! ea"e and blessings be uon our

Drohet (%uhammad), his famil! and all his "omanions.

We ask #llaah ('ubhaanah) b! His =reatest

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