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Bayhaqi 16795 — The prohibition of fighting in times of division

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي بُسْرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ، يَقُولُ: كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ، وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَشَرٍّ، فَجَاءَنَا اللهُ بِهَذَا الْخَيْرِ، فَهَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ " فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الشَّرِّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ " وَفِيهِ دَخَنٌ " قُلْتُ: وَمَا دَخَنُهُ؟ قَالَ: " قَوْمٌ يَسْتَنُّونَ بِغَيْرِ سُنَّتِي، وَيَهْدُونَ بِغَيْرِ هَدْيِي، تَعْرِفُ مِنْهُمْ وَتُنْكِرُ " فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ، دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، مَنْ أَجَابَهُمْ إِلَيْهَا قَذَفُوهُ فِيهَا " فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صِفْهُمْ لَنَا، قَالَ: " نَعَمْ، هُمْ مِنْ جِلْدَتِنَا، يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِنَا " قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي إِنْ أَدْرَكَنِي ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: " تَلْزَمُ جَمَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِمَامَهُمْ " قُلْتُ: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ جَمَاعَةٌ وَلَا إِمَامٌ؟ قَالَ: " فَاعْتَزِلْ تِلْكَ الْفِرَقَ كُلَّهَا، وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعَضَّ عَلَى أَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَكَ الْمَوْتُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ " رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى.
Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, and I used to ask him about evil for fear that it would overtake me. I said: O Messenger of Allah, we were in ignorance (jahiliyyah) and evil, then Allah brought us this good; will there be evil after this good? He said: "Yes." I said: Will there be good after that evil? He said: "Yes, and in it there will be some haze (dakhan)." I said: What is its haze? He said: "People who follow a way other than my Sunnah and guide by other than my guidance; you will approve of some of what they do and disapprove of some." I said: Will there be evil after that good? He said: "Yes, callers at the gates of Hell; whoever answers them, they will throw him into it." I said: O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us. He said: "Yes, they are of our own skin and speak our tongues." I said: O Messenger of Allah, what do you command me if that overtakes me? He said: "Hold fast to the community (jama'ah) of the Muslims and their imam." I said: And if they have neither a community nor an imam? He said: "Then keep away from all those sects, even if you have to bite on the root of a tree, until death comes to you while you are in that state."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قتال أهل البغي / 16795