What is the authenticity of the saying: "The end of this Ummah will not be rectified except by what rectified its beginning"?
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The questioner : Yes. We see that when we finish... Does anyone have a question regarding the previous research? Please go ahead. We are in the process of launching. There is a hadith that is being named, and we need to know its degree of authenticity. I would like to clarify that the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is not "The end of this Ummah will not be rectified except by its benefit,"
The Shaykh : By Allah, we mention this in many of our words on this specific occasion. But we must remember that this is not a hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); rather, it is a statement attributed to Imam Malik. He said: "Whoever innovates in Islam an innovation that he considers good has claimed that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) betrayed the message." Then he said: "Read the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] So whatever was not a religion at that time will not be a religion today, and the end of this Ummah will not be rectified except by what rectified its beginning." This is the truth, and the previous speech revolves around this. We cannot restore the Islamic society unless we know Islam. And we cannot know Islam except by the path of the righteous Salaf. Therefore, I said recently that when the Messenger (peace be upon him) informed us of seventy-three sects, and that only one sect is the saved one, how do we know the saved sect? By knowledge, and knowledge is knowing what the righteous Salaf were upon. Thus, action is based on knowledge, and action is based on beneficial knowledge, and action is not acceptable to Allah unless it is righteous action. These are two matters connected to each other. I cannot imagine an Islamic society being established through ignorance, nor can I imagine an Islamic society being established through knowledge without action, but rather through beneficial knowledge and righteous action. These are two words light for the person, but beloved to the Most Merciful, and heavy in the scale: knowledge and action. But the realization of this, as you heard, is a matter that requires great effort. Therefore, I do not see that half of the Muslims should neglect speaking about these truths and take the head of the matter with the enthusiasm of the Islamic state and Islamic society, and then we do not follow this plan by which the Islamic society can be realized: beneficial knowledge and righteous action. As for this phrase, it is a phrase from the ruling of Malik, not from the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : By Allah, we mention this in many of our words on this specific occasion. But we must remember that this is not a hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); rather, it is a statement attributed to Imam Malik. He said: "Whoever innovates in Islam an innovation that he considers good has claimed that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) betrayed the message." Then he said: "Read the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.
الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا
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نوادر بوابة تراث الإمام الألباني، الشريط 40 — al-albany.com (1:12:01)
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