مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(جَمَاعَةٌ تَأْتِي فِي الآخِرِ تَكُونُ مِثْلَ الصَّحَابَةِ فِي الثَّوَابِ)
(A group that comes later will be like the Companions in reward)
Hadith 6289
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ قَوْمٌ لَهُمْ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ أَوَّلِهِمْ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُقَاتِلُونَ أَهْلَ الْفِتَنِ» رَوَاهُمَا الْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي دَلَائِل النُّبُوَّة
`Abd ar-Rahman b. al-`Awf' al-Hadrami said he was told the following by one who had heard the Prophet say it: "Among the last of this people will be some who will have a reward like that of the first of them. They will recommend what is reputable, forbid what is disreputable, and fight with those who cause dissensions." Baihaqi transmitted the two traditions in Dalail an-nubuwa.
