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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب السنةThe Book of the Sunnah
بَابُ : اتِّبَاعِ سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَChapter: Following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws)
Hadith 6
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَال : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْصُورِينَ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ " .
´Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah narrated that his father said:` The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "A group of my Ummah will continue to prevail and they will never be harmed by those who forsake them, until the Hour begins."
Brief Explanation
1؎: The word «طائفة» has been used in the indefinite form, which indicates paucity, meaning this will be a group that is small in number, or it is for the purpose of veneration, meaning this will be a group of great rank. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal rahimahullah says regarding this group that if by this is not meant the Ahl al-Hadith, then I do not know who else could be meant. In this hadith, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has given glad tidings to those who act upon hadith that neither the agreement nor the opposition of anyone will be able to harm them, because they are under the protection and security of Allah, the Exalted. Therefore, in light of this hadith, the follower of the Sunnah should adopt this method: after the hadith of the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is established, he should act upon it without fear or hesitation, in accordance with the understanding and intent of the righteous predecessors (salaf salihin), and even if the entire world opposes him, he should not care in the least. This is because the Shari‘ah brought by you sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is the final religion of Allah, and it is by following this that salvation is attained for us.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
Allah Ta'ala has granted the Ummah of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the honor that it will never go completely astray in the way that previous communities went astray, such that none among them remained upon the straight path.
إِلَّا مَنْ شَاءَ الله.
(2)
The true religion (din al-haqq) is preserved until the Day of Resurrection, because the Noble Qur'an is also preserved, and the Prophetic hadith is preserved both in narration and in practice.
(3)
Regarding the group mentioned in the hadith, most scholars have understood it to refer to the people of hadith (ashab al-hadith), who, after the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, do not consider anyone to have absolute authority.
The more a person acts upon the Prophetic guidance and the Prophetic example, the more he will be included among those intended by this hadith.
(4)
The meaning of this hadith is not that the people of truth will be protected from trials and tribulations, but rather that trials will not be able to turn them away from the path of truth.
Just as is evident from the lives of Imam Malik, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal rahimahullah, and other great figures of the religion, in the end Allah granted them honor and their stance was accepted as correct, because it was based on the texts of the Qur'an and Sunnah.
(5)
The meaning of "until the Day of Resurrection" is that, before the Day of Resurrection, as long as Islam remains, because the last generation of the children of Adam, upon whom the Resurrection will be established, will be such that they will not even mention the name of Allah, as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"The Hour will not come until (the situation will be such that) Allah, Allah will not be said upon the earth." (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Iman, Chapter: The Disappearance of Faith at the End of Time, Hadith: 148)
(1)
Allah Ta'ala has granted the Ummah of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the honor that it will never go completely astray in the way that previous communities went astray, such that none among them remained upon the straight path.
إِلَّا مَنْ شَاءَ الله.
(2)
The true religion (din al-haqq) is preserved until the Day of Resurrection, because the Noble Qur'an is also preserved, and the Prophetic hadith is preserved both in narration and in practice.
(3)
Regarding the group mentioned in the hadith, most scholars have understood it to refer to the people of hadith (ashab al-hadith), who, after the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, do not consider anyone to have absolute authority.
The more a person acts upon the Prophetic guidance and the Prophetic example, the more he will be included among those intended by this hadith.
(4)
The meaning of this hadith is not that the people of truth will be protected from trials and tribulations, but rather that trials will not be able to turn them away from the path of truth.
Just as is evident from the lives of Imam Malik, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal rahimahullah, and other great figures of the religion, in the end Allah granted them honor and their stance was accepted as correct, because it was based on the texts of the Qur'an and Sunnah.
(5)
The meaning of "until the Day of Resurrection" is that, before the Day of Resurrection, as long as Islam remains, because the last generation of the children of Adam, upon whom the Resurrection will be established, will be such that they will not even mention the name of Allah, as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
"The Hour will not come until (the situation will be such that) Allah, Allah will not be said upon the earth." (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Iman, Chapter: The Disappearance of Faith at the End of Time, Hadith: 148)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 6
