Part of Al-Arba'un An-Nawawiyyah — Imam Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith
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The Forty Nuclear | Hadith No. (28)
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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.