«قد تركتكم على البيضاء ليلها كنهارها لا يزيغ عنها بعدي إلا هالك ومن يعش منكم فسيرى اختلافا كثيرا فعليكم بما عرفتم من سنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين عضوا عليها بالنواجذ وعليكم بالطاعة وإن عبدا حبشيا فإنما المؤمن كالجمل الأنف حيثما انقيد انقاد»
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"I am leaving you upon a bright and clear path (of the religion), whose night is as bright as its day; after me no one will deviate from it except one who is doomed to destruction. Whoever of you lives will soon see much disagreement, so it is binding upon you to hold firmly to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the guided Rightly-Guided Caliphs, which you know; bite onto it with your molars. And obedience is binding upon you, even if (your ruler) is an Abyssinian slave, for the believer is like the camel with a nose-rein: wherever it is led, it goes."
Hadith Referenceصحیح الجامع الصغیر / حرف القاف / 4369