The Meaning of the Hadith: "Preachers at the Gates of Hell"

Question:
This questioner asks about the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Answer:
Yes, this is an authentic hadith. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked, and they said: "We were in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and evil, then Allah came with this religion and this Islam. Is there any evil after this good?" He said: "Yes," meaning that evil will come after this good?
He said, Yes, , they are callers at the gates of Hell, callers to misguidance, callers to atheism, callers to ignorance. These are at the gates of Hell, because their work is a path to Hell. One must be cautious of it and avoid it. Not every caller is to be listened to; one listens only to one whose knowledge is trusted, whose advice is trusted, and from whom benefit is derived. Not everyone who calls himself a caller or a guide is to be listened to, just anyone who comes along, as they say. We are on a clear path. Allah the Exalted said: So follow it, and do not follow the paths, for they will cause you to stray . So the path of Allah is clear. And in every unit of our prayer, we recite Surat al-Fatihah, and in it is: . So these are three paths. The first path is the path of those upon whom is the bounty, and they are those whom Allah mentioned in His saying: . Those upon whom is the anger are the scholars who do not act upon their knowledge.
There are scholars, but they do not act upon their knowledge. Misguidance took them, desires took them, propaganda took them, and conflicts took them, so they did not act upon their knowledge; they betrayed their knowledge. These are those upon whom the anger of Allah is, because they knew the truth but did not act upon it. So Allah became angry with them. At the forefront of them are the Jews; they have knowledge, but they did not act upon their knowledge and took the path of misguidance, so Allah became angry with them, because one who knows is not like one who does not know. These are those upon whom the anger of Allah is.
The second, or the third, is the astray, and they are those who have no knowledge; they speak in ignorance and misguidance, and they act in ignorance and with religious innovations. They act upon religious innovations and misguidance. At the forefront of these are the Christians. Ignorance predominates among the Christians. And this is not specific to the Christians, but rather everyone who acts without knowledge, with religious innovations and newly invented matters, and with what people are upon without insight, is astray, meaning astray from the path that leads to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So in every unit of prayer, we ask Allah to guide us to the path of those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor, and to keep us away from the path of those upon whom the anger of Allah is, and the path of the astray, the lost ones who stumble in ignorance. And how many of them there are! And today, the trial with these people is great. Through the websites, through the networks, through the programs they implement in the world and among the Muslims specifically, how many of them there are! But praise be to Allah, the path is clear for whoever wants the truth. Despite the abundance of misguidance, the path is clear. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Blessed and Exalted is He). So Allah does not leave the world without clarification, without explanation, and without guidance. Allah does not leave the world, but rather He clarifies for them and appoints for them those who clarify for them. This is from His mercy (Glorified and Exalted is He) toward His servants. Praise be to Allah, even if misguidance is abundant and even if the corrupt, harmful channels are numerous, there is, praise be to Allah, a call established to the truth. There are righteous channels. There are preachers to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) who establish the proof upon the servants. Yes.

The presenter:
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