*A reference to the Hadeeth of Al-‘Irbaad ibn Saariyah (radhiyallaahu ‘anhu) who said, ‘The Messenger of Allaah (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) admonished us with an admonition. The eyes shed tears due to it the hearts became fearful because of it. So someone said,
‘O Messenger of Allaah! It is as though this is a farewell sermon, so what do you enjoin upon us?’ He said:
((I advise you to have fear of Allaah; and to listen and obey – even if the one who is given command over you is a Habashi slave. For indeed whosoever lives from amongst you after me, then he shall see many differences. So upon you is my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly-Guided Khulafaa. Hold onto it firmly and bite onto it with your molar teeth and beware of the newly invented affairs. Since every newly invented affair is an innovation, and every innovation is a misguidance.))
Reported by Aboo Dawood 4/200-201 & At-Tirmidhee 5/45 & Ibn Maajah 1/67 & Ahmad in his Musnad 4/126 and others. It was declared Saheeh (authentic) by Shaikh Al-Albaani in his Saheeh Sunan Abee Dawood 3/118-119 Hadeeth 4607. (Translators note)
Shaykh Rabee` bin Haadee
Taken from the audio cassette entitled: 'Al-Makhraj minal fitan' (no.1)
Translated by Aboo Haatim Muhammad Farooq
