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Hadith 96
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ، ثُمَّ وَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ، وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ، فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ ؟ فَأَوْصِنَا، فَقَالَ: "أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ بَعْدِي فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا، فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسَنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْمُحْدَثَاتِ، فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ"، وقَالَ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ مَرَّةً: "وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ، فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ".
Sayyiduna ‘Irbad bin Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Fajr prayer, then he gave us a very effective admonition, due to which eyes were filled with tears and hearts trembled. A man said, “This is the sermon of someone bidding farewell, so please advise us.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I advise you to fear Allah and to listen and obey (i.e., to listen to the leader and act upon his command), even if (the leader) is an Abyssinian slave. Whoever among you lives after me will see much disagreement, so hold fast to my Sunnah and the way of the rightly guided Caliphs, cling to it with your molar teeth. Beware of newly invented matters (in religion), for every innovation is misguidance.” Abu ‘Asim once said: «إِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُوْرِ» that is, beware of new matters, for every innovation is misguidance.
Hadith 97
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: كَانَ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ عُلَمَائِنَا يَقُولُونَ: "الِاعْتِصَامُ بِالسُّنَّةِ نَجَاةٌ، وَالْعِلْمُ يُقْبَضُ قَبْضًا سَرِيعًا، فَنَعْشُ الْعِلْمِ ثَبَاتُ الدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيَا، وَفِي ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ ذَهَابُ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ".
Imam Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Our predecessors used to say that following the Sunnah is a means of salvation, and knowledge will rapidly diminish. The survival of knowledge is the survival of religion and the world, and with the disappearance of knowledge, everything will disappear.
Hadith 98
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو السَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ، قَالَ: "بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ أَوَّلَ ذَهَابِ الدِّينِ تَرْكُ السُّنَّةُ، يَذْهَبُ الدِّينُ سُنَّةً سُنَّةً، كَمَا يَذْهَبُ الْحَبْلُ قُوَّةً قُوَّةً".
Abdullah al-Daylami said: It has reached us that the first decline of the religion will be due to the abandonment of the Sunnah. The religion will be taken away, one Sunnah at a time, just as a rope is untied, knot by knot.
Hadith 99
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ حَسَّانَ، قَالَ: "مَا ابْتَدَعَ قَوْمٌ بِدْعَةً فِي دِينِهِمْ إِلَّا نَزَعَ اللَّهُ مِنْ سُنَّتِهِمْ مِثْلَهَا، ثُمَّ لَا يُعِيدُهَا إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ".
Hassan bin Atiyyah said: Whenever a people introduce an innovation into their religion, Allah removes from them a similar Sunnah, and He will never return that Sunnah to them until the Day of Resurrection.
Hadith 100
أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، قَالَ: "مَا ابْتَدَعَ رَجُلٌ بِدْعَةً إِلَّا اسْتَحَلَّ السَّيْفَ".
Abu Qilabah said: Whoever invents a bid'ah (innovation), he has made the sword (killing) lawful. (That is, he is deserving of execution.)
Hadith 101
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، قَالَ: "إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْأَهْوَاءِ أَهْلُ الضَّلَالَةِ، وَلَا أَرَى مَصِيرَهُمْ إِلَّا إِلَي النَّارَ، فَجَرِّبْهُمْ فَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ يَنْتَحِلُ قَوْلًا أَوْ قَالَ: حَدِيثًا فَيَتَنَاهَى بِهِ الْأَمْرُ دُونَ السَّيْفِ، وَإِنَّ النِّفَاقَ كَانَ ضُرُوبًا، ثُمَّ تَلَا: وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ عَاهَدَ اللَّهَ لَئِنْ آتَانَا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ سورة التوبة آية 75، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَلْمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ فَإِنْ أُعْطُوا مِنْهَا رَضُوا وَإِنْ لَمْ يُعْطَوْا مِنْهَا إِذَا هُمْ يَسْخَطُونَ سورة التوبة آية 58، وَمِنْهُمُ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ النَّبِيَّ وَيِقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌ قُلْ أُذُنُ خَيْرٍ لَكُمْ سورة التوبة آية 61 فَاخْتَلَفَ قَوْلُهُمْ وَاجْتَمَعُوا، فِي الشَّكِّ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ، وَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ اخْتَلَفَ قَوْلُهُمْ وَاجْتَمَعُوا فِي السَّيْفِ، وَلَا أَرَى مَصِيرَهُمْ إِلَّا إِلَي النَّارَ"، قَالَ حَمَّادٌ: ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ عِنْدَ ذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَوْ عِنْدَ الْأَوَّلِ: وَكَانَ وَاللَّهِ مِنْ الْفُقَهَاءِ ذَوِي الْأَلْبَابِ: يَعْنِي أَبَا قِلَابَةَ.
Abu Qilabah said: Those who follow desires are misguided; in my opinion, their abode is nothing but Hell. As an example, observe that whoever adopted any (new) statement or matter, his affair reached to killing. Indeed, there are many forms of hypocrisy. Then he recited these verses: "Among them are those who made a covenant with Allah: If He gives us of His bounty, we will surely give charity and be among the righteous." (__QUR_9:75__)
"And among them are those who criticize you concerning the (distribution of) charities. If they are given some of it, they are pleased, but if they are not given any, at once they become angry." (__QUR_9:58__)
"And among them are those who hurt the Prophet and say, 'He is (all) ear.' Say, 'It is an ear of goodness for you.'" (__QUR_9:61__)
So, they differed in their words and gathered upon doubt and denial. Their statements are different, and they deserve to be killed. I do not think their abode is anything but Hell. Hammad said: Then Ayyub, mentioning this hadith, said: By Allah, he (i.e., Abu Qilabah) was among the very intelligent, understanding jurists.
"And among them are those who criticize you concerning the (distribution of) charities. If they are given some of it, they are pleased, but if they are not given any, at once they become angry." (__QUR_9:58__)
"And among them are those who hurt the Prophet and say, 'He is (all) ear.' Say, 'It is an ear of goodness for you.'" (__QUR_9:61__)
So, they differed in their words and gathered upon doubt and denial. Their statements are different, and they deserve to be killed. I do not think their abode is anything but Hell. Hammad said: Then Ayyub, mentioning this hadith, said: By Allah, he (i.e., Abu Qilabah) was among the very intelligent, understanding jurists.
