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Riyad as-Salihin, 165

Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "On the Day of Resurrection you will be assembled barefooted, naked and uncircumcised". He then recited: "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it," and continued: "The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be (Prophet) Ibrahim. Then some of my Companions will be taken to the left, (i.e., towards Hell-fire) and when I will say, 'They belong to my Ummah, O my Rubb!' It would be said: 'You do not know what they invented after you had left them.' I shall then say as the righteous slave <b>[i.e., 'Isa (Jesus (ﷺ)]</b> said: 'And I was a witness over them while I was amongst them, when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them and You are a Witness to all things. If you punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.' I shall be told: 'They continued to turn on their heels since you parted from them". <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

العاشر‏:‏ عن ابن عباس، رضي الله عنهما، قال‏:‏ قام فينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بموعظة فقال‏:‏ ‏

‏يا أيها الناس إنكم محشورون إلى الله تعالى حفاة عراة غرلاً ‏{‏كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده وعداً علينا إنا كنا فاعلين‏}‏ ‏(‏‏(‏الأنبياء‏:‏ 103‏)‏‏)‏ ألا وإن أول الخلائق يكسى يوم القيامة إبراهيم ، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ألا وإنه سيجاء برجال من أمتي ، فيؤخذ بهم ذات الشمال؛ فأقول‏:‏ يارب أصحابي؛ فيقال‏:‏ إنك لا تدري ما أحدثوا بعدك، فأقول كما قال العبد الصالح‏:‏ ‏{‏وكنت عليهم شهيداً ما دمت فيهم‏}‏ إلى قوله‏:‏ ‏{‏ العزيز الحكيم‏}‏ ‏)‏ ‏(‏‏(‏المائدة ‏:‏ 117،118‏)‏‏)‏ فيقال لي ‏:‏ إنهم لم يزالوا مرتدين على أعقابهم منذ فارقتهم‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏ (46)

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In-Book Reference
Introduction, Hadith 165
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) Any individual, whether a judge, a Mufti, a scholar, or a preacher, should deliver the kind of speech that highlights what people need to know about Sharia, which would benefit them in this world and in the Hereafter.<br> 2) It is possible that Allah distinguishes one of the prophets or other than them with a specific characteristic, and this does not imply absolute betterness, as He distinguished Abraham (peace be upon him) by being the first to be clothed on the Day of Judgment. It does not indicate that he is the best of all messengers, because it is our Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) who is absolutely the best of all messengers.<br> 3) It warns against contradicting the Sunnah of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), because it deprives the person of drinking from the basin of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and receiving his intercession on the Day of Judgment.<br> Note:<br> Some deviant innovators used the literal meaning of this Hadith to disparage the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), which reflects their ulterior motives and utter ignorance of the excellence of the Companions of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him). Not to mention, this is a blatant lie because the majority of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not apostatize, which is a matter of consensus among Muslims, except a group of Arab Bedouins who reverted to disbelief after the death of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) and refused to pay Zakah. The Rightly-Guided Caliph Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) fought them and most of them returned to the fold of Islam. Those who died without returning to the fold of Islam are the ones referred to in the Hadith.<br> Disparaging the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) involves four serious violations:<br> 1) Disparaging the Companions;<br> 2) Disparaging the Sharia, because the Companions are the ones who delivered it to the nation;<br> 3) Disparaging the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) because it implies that the Prophet praised unworthy individuals who apostatized according to the claim of those deviants;<br> 4) Disparaging Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Glorified and Exalted, since how could Allah command the nation to follow the conduct of the Companions if they were in such state?!
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