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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الفتن - أعاذنا الله منها
Book of Tribulations (may Allah protect us from them)
بَابُ افْتِرَاقِ الْأُمَمِ وَاتِّبَاعِ سُنَنِ مَنْ مَضَى .
The division of the nations and following the ways of those who went before
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 12101
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وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ : دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : " يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ " . فَقُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا - . قَالَ : " تَدْرِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ " . قُلْتُ : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ . قَالَ : " فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُهُمْ عَمَلًا إِذَا فَقِهُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ : " يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ " . قُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ : " تَدْرِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ ؟ " . قُلْتُ : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ . قَالَ : " إِنَّ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ أَبْصَرُهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُقَصِّرًا فِي الْعَمَلِ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ يَزْحَفُ عَلَى اسْتِهِ زَحْفًا . وَاخْتَلَفَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلِي عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً ، نَجَا مِنْهَا ثَلَاثَةٌ وَهَلَكَ سَائِرُهُنَّ ، فِرْقَةٌ وَازَتِ الْمُلُوكَ وَقَاتَلُوهُمْ عَلَى دِينِهِمْ وَدِينِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ، وَأَخَذُوهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ وَقَطَّعُوهُمْ بِالْمَنَاشِيرِ . وَفِرْقَةٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ طَاقَةٌ بِمُوَازَاةِ الْمُلُوكِ وَلَا بِأَنْ يُقِيمُوا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ فَيَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَدِينِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ فَسَاحُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ وَتَرَهَّبُوا " . قَالَ : " وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - : " رَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ " الْآيَةَ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَصَدَّقَنِي وَاتَّبَعَنِي فَقَدْ رَعَاهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَّبِعْنِي فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْهَالِكُونَ " ،
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came in and said: "Ibn Mas'ud!" I said: O Messenger of Allah! Here I am at your service. He asked this three times. Then he said: "Do you know who is the most excellent of people?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most excellent of people is the one who is most excellent in deeds, when they have understanding of the religion." Then he said: "O Ibn Mas'ud!" I said: O Messenger of Allah! Here I am at your service. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know who is the most knowledgeable of people?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most knowledgeable of people and the one with the most insight into the truth is the one who is so when people differ, even if he falls short in deeds, even if he has to drag himself along on his buttocks. Those before me split into seventy-two sects; three of them were saved and all the rest were destroyed. (These three sects were:) One group rose against the kings and fought them over their religion and the religion of Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him); the kings seized them, killed them and cut them into pieces with saws. Another (that is, the second) group had no strength to fight the kings, nor could they stay among them and call people to Allah and to the religion of Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him); so they spread out into various lands and adopted monasticism." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are the very people about whom Allah Almighty said: 'And monasticism, they originated it; We did not prescribe it for them, and they adopted it only to seek the pleasure of Allah Almighty.'" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in me, affirms me and follows me has truly observed it as it should be observed, and those who do not follow me, they are the ones who will be destroyed."
