Ibn Taymiyyahs explanation of the ghurabaa hadeeth Source: Majmoo il Fataawah Vol 18/291-305 Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, rahimahullah says in Majmoo il Fataawah Vol 18/291-305: Part Four: Shaykh ul Islam continues and says: ومثله من عدة أوجه . فقد أخبر الصادق المصدوق أنه لا تزال طائفة ممتنعة من أمته على الحق أعزاء لا يضرهم المخالف ولا خلاف الخاذل . فأما بقاء الإسلام غريبا ذليلا في الأرض كلها قبل الساعة فلا يكون هذا . وقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم { ثم يعود غريبا كما بدأ } أعظم [ ص: 297 ] ما تكون غربته إذا ارتد الداخلون فيه عنه وقد قال تعالى { من يرتد منكم عن دينه فسوف يأتي الله بقوم يحبهم ويحبونه أذلة على المؤمنين أعزة على الكافرين يجاهدون في سبيل الله ولا يخافون لومة لائم } . فهؤلاء يقيمونه إذا ارتد عنه أولئك . وكذلك بدأ غريبا ولم يزل يقوى حتى انتشر . فهكذا يتغرب في كثير من الأمكنة والأزمنة ثم يظهر حتى يقيمه الله عز وجل كما كان عمر بن عبد العزيز لما ولي قد تغرب كثير من الإسلام على كثير من الناس حتى كان منهم من لا يعرف تحريم الخمر . فأظهر الله به في الإسلام ما كان غريبا . وفي السنن : { إن الله يبعث لهذه الأمة في رأس كل مائة سنة من يجدد لها دينها } . والتجديد إنما يكون بعد الدروس وذاك هو غربة الإسلام . وهذا الحديث يفيد المسلم أنه لا يغتم بقلة من يعرف حقيقة الإسلام ولا يضيق صدره بذلك ولا يكون في شك من دين الإسلام كما كان الأمر حين بدأ . قال تعالى { فإن كنت في شك مما أنزلنا إليك فاسأل الذين يقرءون الكتاب من قبلك } إلى غير ذلك من الآيات [ ص: 298 ] والبراهين الدالة على صحة الإسلام . وكذلك إذا تغرب يحتاج صاحبه من الأدلة والبراهين إلى نظير ما احتاج إليه في أول الأمر . وقد قال له { أفغير الله أبتغي حكما وهو الذي أنزل إليكم الكتاب مفصلا والذين آتيناهم الكتاب يعلمون أنه منزل من ربك بالحق فلا تكونن من الممترين } { وتمت كلمة ربك صدقا وعدلا لا مبدل لكلماته وهو السميع العليم } { وإن تطع أكثر من في الأرض يضلوك عن سبيل الله إن يتبعون إلا الظن وإن هم إلا يخرصون } وقال تعالى { أم تحسب أن أكثرهم يسمعون أو يعقلون إن هم إلا كالأنعام بل هم أضل سبيلا } . وقد تكون الغربة في بعض شرائعه وقد يكون ذلك في بعض الأمكنة . ففي كثير من الأمكنة يخفى عليهم من شرائعه ما يصير [ به ] غريبا بينهم لا يعرفه منهم إلا الواحد بعد الواحد . ومع هذا فطوبى لمن تمسك بتلك الشريعة كما أمر الله ورسوله . فإن إظهاره والأمر به والإنكار على من خالفه هو بحسب القوة والأعوان . وقد قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم { من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه [ ص: 299 ] ليس وراء ذلك من الإيمان حبة خردل } . وإذا قدر أن في الناس من حصل له سوء في الدنيا والآخرة بخلاف ما وعد الله به رسوله وأتباعه فهذا من ذنوبه ونقص إسلامه كالهزيمة التي أصابتهم يوم أحد . وإلا فقد قال تعالى { إنا لننصر رسلنا والذين آمنوا في الحياة الدنيا ويوم يقوم الأشهاد } وقال تعالى { ولقد سبقت كلمتنا لعبادنا المرسلين } { إنهم لهم المنصورون } { وإن جندنا لهم الغالبون } . وفيما قصه الله تعالى من قصص الأنبياء وأتباعهم ونصرهم ونجاتهم وهلاك أعدائهم عبرة والله أعلم . Translation: And similarly from many aspects, the truthful and the believed :sal: informed us that there will always be a protected group from this Ummah upon the truth and distinguished [and victorious]. They will not be harmed by the one who opposes them, nor by the one who abandons them. And this will occur when those who remain [upon the truth] with be despised and will be strangers in the earth, and all of this will occur before the Hour is established, and the Hour will not be established until this has occurred. The Prophet, sallallhu alayhi wa salama, said Then it will return strange as it was it the beginning. , The most severe [period] of strangeness is when the people who entered into Al-Islam, apostate from from it. Allah the Most High has said, And whoever from amongst you apostates from his Deen, Allah will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Allah, they will be humble towards the believers and stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the path of Allah, not fearing the blame of the blamers. 5:54, they are the ones who establish the Deen, whilst the others are apostatizing from al-Islam. Similarly, it [al-Islam] always begins are something strange, and does not become strong until after is becomes widespread, and this [cycle] has occurred in many different places and many different times, just like in the time of Umar ibn Abdil Azeez, rahimahullah, then he became the ruler. At that time, [the strangers] were strangers to the Muslims, who [in turn] were strangers to the [non-muslim] people, to the point where there were [muslim] people who did not [even] know that intoxicants are prohibited. So through Umar ibn Abdil Azeez, Allah made known to the people that which had become [obscure and] strange to them. And it is [authentically narrated] in the Sunan [Abu Dawood 4291] that the Prophet, sallallhu alayhi wa salama, said, At the head of every century, Allah will send to this Ummah a person who will revive for the Ummah, their Deen. , and revival can only occur after something has been extinguished, and this [extinguished state] is [also] from the strangeness of al-Islam. And one of benefits that a Muslim can derive from this hadeeth, is not to be worried about the small amount of people who understand the realities of al-Islam, or to feel any tightness [sadness] in his chest because of that, and not to have any doubt in the [correctness of the] Deen of al-Islam, as this was just how it was in the beginning of al-Islam, and Allah the Most High says [about this], And if you are in any doubt about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book before you. [12:94], this and other verses are evidences which prove the correctness of Islam. And this is just like the strangeness of the one who is in need of evidences and proofs, up until he finds that which he needs from the evidences, just as it was [for the people] in the beginning of Islam. And Allah the Most High has said, If you are in any doubt about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book before you. [12:94] Allah the Most High says, Or, do you think that most of them hear and understand, they are like cattle, rather, they are [even more] astray from our path. 24:19 And [this is a proof that] the strangeness may happen to a part of the Shariah [divine legislation]. And this [has] happened in different places [in the muslim lands]. In many places, a part of the Shariah would become hidden [unknown] to the people until it becomes something strange amongst them, up until nobody among them has any knowledge of the Shariah except one person who then passes that knowledge to another. So along with this, is Toobah [glad tidings, delight and paradise] to the one who holds firmly unto the [divinely legislated] Shariah, as he has been ordered to do by Allah and His Messenger :sal: , he should manifest the Shariah and order and command with it and prevent the one who opposes it, according to his ability and strength. The Prophet, sallallhu alayhi wa salama, said [in Saheeh Muslim] Whoever sees an evil, let him prevent it with his hand, and if he is unable, then with his tongue, and if he is unable, then with his heart, and beyond that there is not [even] a mustard seed amount of faith. . Whenever something bad, from the decree [of Allah], befalls the people in this worldly life or in the hereafter, this does not contradict the Promise of Allah to His Messenger or those who followed him :sal:, but rather it occurs due to the sins of the people and due to their deficiencies in their Islam, such as the defeat that befell them on the day of [the battle of] ] Uhud. Allah the Most High has [promised], Indeed it is incumbent upon us to assist Our Messengers and those who believe, [assisting them] in this worldly life and on the Day of Witnessing. Araf:51 and Allah the Most High also said, And verily, Our Word has proceeded for Our Servants, the Messengers, that they would be made to be victorious, and they would be the one who overcome [their enemies and obstacles]. 37:171-173. This is from the narrations of Allah the Most High, about the previous Prophets and those who followed them. Allah assisted them and saved them, and destroyed their enemies as an example, and Allah knows best.
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