Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "May Allah Almighty protect you from the rule of fools!" He asked: "What is meant by the rule of fools?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rulers who will come after me; they will not follow my guidance and will not follow my Sunnah. Whoever affirms their lies and helps them in their oppression, such people have nothing to do with me, and I have nothing to do with them, and they will not come to my Pond. And whoever does not affirm their lies and does not help them in their oppression, such people are connected to me, and I am connected to them, and they will soon come to my Pond." "O Ka'b bin Ujrah! Fasting is a shield, charity extinguishes sin, and prayer is a means of attaining nearness (the narrator is in doubt, or perhaps the wording is:) is a proof. O Ka'b bin Ujrah! People are in one of two states: one buys himself and sets himself free, and another sells himself and brings himself to ruin."
Ahmad and al-Bazzar recorded it, and he added the words: "Flesh that has grown from the unlawful will not enter Paradise; the Fire is more deserving of it." The narrators of both of them are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الخلافة / 9263
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
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