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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث أبي موسى الأشعري
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
حَدِيثُ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7310 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The example
وَعَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : « إِنَّ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلَ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللهُ بِهِ ، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَاهُ قَوْمُهُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا قَوْمِ ، إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْجَيْشَ ، إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْعُرْيَانُ ، فَالنَّجَاءَ ! ! فَأَطَاعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَأَدْلَجُوا ، فَانْطَلَقُوا عَلَى مَهْلِهِمْ ، فَنَجَوْا ، وَكَذَّبَتْ طَائِفَةٌ فَأَصْبَحُوا مَكَانَهُمْ ، فَصَبَّحَهُمُ الْجَيْشُ فَاجْتَاحَهُمْ ، فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فَاتَّبَعَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ ، وَمَثَلُ مَنْ عَصَانِي وَكَذَّبَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of me and of that (guidance and knowledge) with which Allah Almighty has sent me is like that of a man who came to his people and said: O my people, I have seen the (enemy) army with my own eyes, and I am the naked warner (one who warns you in the plainest terms), so save yourselves! A group of his people obeyed him and set off at the beginning of the night, travelling calmly towards their destination, and so they were saved. But another group called him a liar and stayed where they were, so at daybreak the army attacked them and wiped them out completely. That is the example of the one who obeys me and follows the religion I have brought, and the example of the one who disobeys me and denies the truth with which I have been sent."
