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The Forty Hadiths of Al-Nawawi.

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On the authority of Abu Najih Al-Irbad ibn Sariya (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) delivered a sermon to us that filled our hearts with fear and caused our eyes to shed tears.

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So we said: 'O Messenger of Allah, it is as though this were a farewell sermon,

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so advise us.'

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He said:

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'I advise you to fear Allah, and to listen and obey,

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even if an Abyssinian slave were appointed as a ruler over you.

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For indeed, whoever among you lives long

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will see much disagreement.

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So adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs;

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bite onto it with your molar teeth.

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And beware of newly invented matters,

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for every innovation is a misguidance.'"

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It was narrated by Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmidhi,

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and he said: It is a good and authentic hadith.

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This hadith

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teaches us that a sincere sermon moves the heart,

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awakening it and bringing it closer to Allah.

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It also shows the Prophet (peace be upon him) advising us to adhere to his Sunnah

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and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs,

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and to stay away from innovations and division after his time.

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Thus, salvation lies in adhering firmly to the Book and the Sunnah

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and remaining steadfast upon the truth,

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no matter how great the tribulations become.