Hadith: Arabic Text followed by English Translation.
عن حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ،
كَان النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْخَيْرِ، وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ، مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَنِي فَقُلْتُ
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَشَرٍّ فَجَاءَنَا اللَّهُ بِهَذَا الْخَيْرِ، فَهَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ
قَالَ ” نَعَمْ ”.
قُلْتُ وَهَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الشَّرِّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ
قَالَ ” نَعَمْ، وَفِيهِ دَخَنٌ ”.
قُلْتُ وَمَا دَخَنُهُ قَالَ ” قَوْمٌ يَهْدُونَ بِغَيْرِ هَدْىٍ، تَعْرِفُ مِنْهُمْ وَتُنْكِرُ ”.
قُلْتُ فَهَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ
قَالَ ” نَعَمْ، دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، مَنْ أَجَابَهُمْ إِلَيْهَا قَذَفُوهُ فِيهَا ”.
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صِفْهُمْ لَنَا.
قَالَ ” هُمْ مِنْ جِلْدَتِنَا، وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِنَا ”.
قُلْتُ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي إِنْ أَدْرَكَنِي ذَلِكَ
قَالَ ” تَلْزَمُ جَمَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِمَامَهُمْ ”.
قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ جَمَاعَةٌ وَلاَ إِمَامٌ
قَالَ ” فَاعْتَزِلْ تِلْكَ الْفِرَقَ كُلَّهَا، وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعَضَّ بِأَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ، حَتَّى يُدْرِكَكَ الْمَوْتُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ”.”
متفق عليه ، البخاري ٧٠٨٤ و مسلم ١٨٤٧
Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman:
The people used to ask Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about the good but I used to ask him about the evil lest I should be overtaken by them. So I said,
“O Messenger of Allaah, we were in a state of ignorance and evil, then Allaah brought us this good. Will there be any evil after this good?”
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Yes.”
Hudahyfah asked, “Will there be any good after that evil?”
He said, “Yes, but it would be tainted with dakhan (i.e. a little evil).”
I asked, “What will its dakhan be?” He said, “There will be some people who will guide (people) according to something other than my guidance and will lead them according to something other than my Sunnah. You will see their actions and disapprove of them.”
Hudhayfah said, “Will there be any evil after that good?”
He said, “Yes, there will be some people who will invite others to the doors of Hell, and whoever accepts their invitation to it will be thrown in it (by them).”
Hudhayfah said, “O Messenger of Allaah, describe those people to us.”
He said, “They will be from among us and speak our language (i.e., from among the Arabs).”
Hudhayfah asked, “What do you command us to do at that point?”
He said, “Adhere to the jamaa’ah (group) of the Muslims and their leader.”
Hudhayfah asked, “What if there is no jamaa’ah and no leader?”
He said, “Keep away from all those different sects, even if you have to bite (i.e. eat) the root of a tree, till you die while you are still in that state.”
Bukhari, 7084 and Muslim, 1847