The Prophet said:
"Islam began with a few and it will soon return to a few as it began. Goodnes to those few."
He was asked: Who are those few?
He said:
Those who purify my Sunnah after the people polluted them and those who revive my sunnah after their death.
In another narration:
The few are a few righteous people in the midst of many unrighteous men.
Meaning a few righteous people among the people of al sunnah wal jamaah in the midst of many unrighteous men of al sunnah wal jamaah .
Not a few righteous people who some people like to think are the salafi.
The majority of prophet's ummah they said - the kufar , ahli bidaa, grave worshipper.
And if you obey most of the people on Earth, they will lead you astray. (Quran 6: 116)
And most of mankind will not believe, even if you (O Muhammad) desire it eagerly.(Quran 12: 103)
And truly, most of mankind are rebellious and disobedient (to God). (Quran 5: 49)
But nay, most of mankind are ungrateful. (Quran 12: 38)
Meaning dividing mankind into two group: The Mushirikin and the Believer. Most of the mankind are Mushirikin but a few are the Believer.
What the Prophet said regarding allah words mentioned above:
Follow the way of the largest group of Muslims! Not the most of the people on Earth.
1. Hazrat Abdullah Ibn-e-Abbas says that the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon Him) addressed the people at the time of last hajj“O people! I’m leaving behind among you, the Holy book (Quran) and the Sunnah. If you follow these in letter and spirit, you will never be strayed.” (Hakim Al-Mustadrik Book#1 Hadith # 318)
2. The Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Follow the way of the largest group of Muslims! For, he who deviates from this group will be thrown into Hell!” [Sunnan Ibn Majah, Hadith # 3950]
3. The Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Allah will never allow my Ummah to unite upon misguidance and incorrect beliefs. Allah’s mercy, blessings and protection are with the largest group of Muslims. And he who deviates from this largest group of Muslims will be thrown into Hell.” (Sunan Al Tirmizi Vol.2 Pg.39)
4. The Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “He who deviates from the largest group of Muslims, even as much as a hand span, has himself cut off his connection with Islam”. (Abu Dawud)
5. Allah will never let my Ummah agree upon misguidance, and the hand of Allah is over the group (Jama’ah), so follow the great mass of believers (Sawad ul-‘Azam), and whoever dissents from them departs to hell(al-Tirmidhi (4/2167) a narration authenticated and reported by al-Hakim (1/116), and al-Dhahabi agreed with him, Scholars explained that Sawad al Azam here refers to great Ulama
6. Hadrat Abu Masud (RA) narrates: Stick to the Jamaat because Allah azza Wajjal will “NEVER GATHER THE UMMAH OF MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) UPON MISGUIDANCE” [Imam Tabarani in his Mu’jam al Kabir, Volume No. 17, Page No. 240] – Imam al Haythami declared all the Rijaal of this hadith as “THIQA” [Majma (5/394, Hadith # 9107)]
The above mentioned Hadiths without doubt make clear which group the Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta’ala ‘alayhi wa Sallam) had indicated as being the group of ‘Paradise’, ‘Majority Group’ & the group of ‘Salvation’. For the benefit of any doubting individuals, let it be known, that, no great Imam or scholar of the golden age of Islam ever rejected the above Hadiths as being weak in narration or otherwise impaired in anyway, on contrary the great Imams have whole heartedly accepted these hadiths and further more commented on them.
Dividing the ummah into salaf and khalaf,Sufi and ahlhadis, salafi and ashariah, are practising the worse bidaa.
The truth is that the ummah of the prophet is divided between the righteous and unrighteous people.
Now these people do not call their brother kafir but ahl bidaa.
The brothers of the Prophet are all who believe: The Khalaf
Source: Musnad Aḥmad 12169
The Righteous And The Unrighteous: Who Are They?
A group of Companions said: “The first knowledge to be raised from the people would be humility [khushu].
Reach the heart:
Ibn Mas’ud said: ‘there are a people who recite the Qur’an yet it does not go any further than their throats; were it to reach the heart and take root there-in, it is then that it would benefit”. p. 58
Arrogant Claim:
Umar said:
Whoever says I am a scholar is an ignoramus, whoever says I am a believer is a disbeliever, and whoever says i am in the paradise is in the hell-fire”. p. 61. simply put Islamic salvation does not cater for arrogant claims.
sisterKhadija said:
26-07-06
07:18 PM
Be Careful Who You Call A Kafir
Assalaam Alakium,
I got this from a message group I belong to and thought it was good.
Bismillahi ar-Rahmani ar-Raheem
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
BE CAREFUL WHO YOU CALL A KAFIR
Prophet Muhammad (Salalaho alehe wasalam) said :
If a person says to his brother, O KAFIR (disbeliever) ! Then surely one of them is such. (i.e; Kafir) (Sahih Bukhari Volume 8 Book 73 Number 125)
Prophet Muhammad (Salalaho alehe wasalam) said :
Any person who calls his brother: O Unbeliever! (then the truth of this label) would return to one of them. If it is true, (then it is) as he asserted, (but if it is not true), then it returns to him (and thus the person who made the accusation is an Unbeliever). [Sahih Muslim Book 001, Number 0117:]
Prophet Muhammad (Salalaho alehe wasalam) has warned us that if a person calls another KAFIR and the person called that is not one, then the individual who made the accusation is a KAFIR. And he/she has to perform TAJDEED-E-IMAAN and TAJDEED-E-NIKAH (if married)
Therefore, if you call other Muslims "kafir" or "mushrik" without discrimination, you could find that you have left Islam, according to the words of the Prophet (s.a.w.), in less than a second.
Be careful who you call Kafir because only Allah knows who is truly a rejector and who is merely a misguided person.
It is not up to us to "sentence" a person to the Hellfire.
Imaan is our actual wealth. So we must be very careful while talking.
Waste no time in debating what a good Muslim should be. Be one!
May Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'la) save all of us from uttering KUFRIA KALMAT. (Allahuma Ameen)
Salaam,
SisterKhadija
