Abû Hurayrah relates that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “Islam began strange, and it will become strange again just like it was at the beginning, so blessed are the strangers.” Sahîh Muslim
This hadîth tells us that a time will come when you and I would feel strange to be on righteousness in terms of knowledge and deeds, and thus we finds few who agree with us and uphold the same beliefs and deeds but the masses will disagree and even look at us as stranger and make fun of us or ridicule us. People won't listen to us when we calls them to adhere to righteousness as learned from the Book of Allah and from the Sunnah of His Messenger in accordance to the understanding of our Salaf (the pious predecessors)
The Prophet sallallahu alaihi Wassallam gave description of the strangers … he said: “They are righteous people among many evil people ... who disobey them more than those who obey them.” They are Saleheen .. in themselves righteous on the straight path following the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger sallallahu Alaihi wassallam. The second attribute of the stranger is that they are Muslheen ... they command good and forbid evil, they adhere to the Sunnah and protect it from change, and command people to follow it as well. Yet people will not listen and obey to their teaching of the Sunnah!
The Prophet sallallahu Alaihi wassallam said "They are the ones who will make right what people have corrupted of my Sunnah." (At-Tirmithi) ...
To be honest and modest and to do the right things in accordance to Allah’s Command, indeed it has become strange nowadays!
When someone asks me “why do you grow your beard” I ask him back “why do you shave your beard”... I tell him “I follow Allah’s Prophets & Messengers; whom you follow!”
Indeed, nowadays it would be very strange for the Muslim women to uphold the Islamic decency act and adhere to the right dress code (not just putting on a head scarf while wearing beautiful garments and tight and bright clothes that would make her more attractive to men!!)
Sadly, in this era of Ghurbah you find people advocating the dilution of our Islamic identity to follow the non-Muslims in their way of living in everything! Let men shave their beards, let women dress up freely without wearing hijab or covering their beauties, let people buy houses using interest-bearing loans, etc ... weakness and love of this life had become part of today’s Muslim characters.
We should follow our deen and be proud of our obedience to Allah’s Command. Why fearing others! Why hiding ourselves by copying others’ identity and losing our own!
Let’s always remember the golden words of Omar ibnul Alkhattab radaia Allahu anh when he said to Abu Obaidah as they were approaching Jeruslem to meet its people and to take its keys .. he said “Allah Azza wajjal has honoured us by Al-Islam, and if we were to seek honor in anything other than Al-Islam, Allah will humiliate us”
All that I would say to my fellow Muslims, adhere to the book of Allah and to the Sunnah of His Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi wassallam, pride yourself on being one of the strangers who are on the right path that will lead you to salvation in this life and in the second life. And always remember the glad tiding of Rasulullah sallallahu Alaihi wassallam "Toobah (Good news) is for the strangers"(Muslim)
Our victory as Ummah will materialize when we achieve victory at individual level by upholding the teaching of our religion and live by Allah's Command without any fear of the masses around us! We should have victory over our own shaitan and our own lusts and our own fear ...
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