Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah has removed from you the pride of the time of ignorance with its boasting of ancestors. Verily, one is only a righteous believer or a miserable sinner. All of the people are the children of Adam, and Adam was created from dust.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ascended mount Al-Safa one day and he called out, “O people! Come at once!” The Quraysh gathered before him, and the Prophet said, “Verily, I have been sent to warn you of a severe punishment before you. If I told you an …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not return to unbelief after me by striking the necks of each other. No man is to be punished for the crimes of his father or his brother.” Source: Sunan al-Nasā’ī 4131 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever is given an opinion not based on knowledge, his sin falls upon the one who gave him the opinion. Whoever directs his brother to a matter of which he knows good lies elsewhere, he has betrayed him.” Source: Sunan Abī …
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Ali ibn Abi Talib reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “In the last days, there will appear young people with foolish dreams. They will say the best of words, but they will go out of Islam just as an arrow goes through its game. Their faith will not go …
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Aisha reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, the son of Jud’an would maintain family ties and feed the poor in the time of ignorance. Will it benefit him?” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It will not benefit him, for he never said even for one day: My Lord, forgive my …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever withdraws from lawful obedience to the leader and divides the community and dies in this state, he will have died upon ignorance. Whoever fights under a banner of blindness, raging for the sake of tribalism, or calling to tribalism, or …
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Abu Huraira reported: It was said to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, “Which people are the most noble?” The Prophet said, “The most noble to Allah are the most righteous.” They said, “That is not what we are asking about.” The Prophet said, “The most noble of people was Joseph, the prophet …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: Two young men were fighting, one from the Muhajirin and one man from the Ansar. The Muhajir called out, “O Muhajirin!” And the Ansari called out, “O Ansar!” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out and he said, “What is this call of the people of …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah does not withhold knowledge by snatching it away from his servants, but rather he withholds knowledge by taking the souls of scholars, until no scholar remains and people follow ignorant leaders. They are asked and they issue judgments without knowledge. …
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Jundab ibn Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever is killed under the banner of blind following, who calls to tribalism or supports tribalism, then he has died upon ignorance.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1850 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ جُنْدَبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ …
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Al-Miswar ibn Makhramah reported: During the period of ignorance, Al-Mughirah accompanied some people, killed them, and took their wealth. Then, he later embraced Islam. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “As for your Islam, we have accepted it. As for the property, it is the wealth of treachery and we have no …
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Jubayr ibn Mut’im reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “He is not one of us who calls to tribalism. He is not one of us who fights for the sake of tribalism. He is not one of us who dies following the way of tribalism.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd …
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Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. Thus, he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his …
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