KASHF ALKURBAH FI WASFI HALL AHLFLGHURBAH

With Name of Allah the AllMercifuly the Most Merciful.

There is no might or movement except with Allah, the Exaltedy the Great.

All praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds; a praise that is pure and inherendy blessed, as our Lord loves and is pleased with, as befits the nobility of His face and the greatness of His Majesty. Abundant peace and blessings be upon our master, Muhammad, his family and his Companions.

23. Muslim records on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said, “Islam began as something strange and it shall return to being something strange just as it began, so tuba for the strangers.”

24. He also records on the authority of ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (H) said, “Indeed Islam began as something strange and it shall return to being something strange just as it began.”

25. Imam Ahmad and ibn Majah record this hadith on the authority of ibn Mas‘ud with the following addition, “…It was asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, who are they?’ He replied, ‘Those who have departed from the tribes.’”

26. Abu Bakr alAjurri also records this and his wording is, “…It was asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, who are they?’ He replied, ‘Those who rectify the affairs at a time when the people become corrupt.’”

27. Others record it with the wording, “Those who flee from trials and tribulations to safeguard their religion.”

28. TirmidhI records on the authority of Kathlr ibn ‘Abdullah alMuzam; from his father; from his grandfather that the Prophet said, “The religion began as something strange and shall return to being something strange, so tuba to the strangers: those who correct what the people have corrupted of my Sunnah after me.”

29. TabaranI records on the authority of Jabir that the Prophet said, “…those who rectify the affairs when the people are corrupt.”