Riyad as-Salihin, 1839
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said in the interpretation of the Ayah reported:
"You are the best of peoples ever raised up for (the benefit of) mankind..." (3:110): The best for mankind are those who bring them with chains round their necks till they embrace Islam (and thereby save them from the eternal punishment in the Hell-fire, and make them enter Jannah in the Hereafter)." <b>[Al-Bukhari]</b>.
وعنه رضي الله عنه : {كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس} قال: خير الناس للناس يأتون بهم في السلاسل في أعناقهم حتى يدخلوا في الإسلام. أخرجه: البخاري.
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- In-Book Reference
- Book 18, Hadith 32
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br>
1) The best of all nations is this moderate Ummah, which brings people out of darkness into light.<br>
2) They encourage enjoining good and forbidding evil, which serves apparent and hidden interests. This is, indeed, the sign of the superiority of this Ummah.