Reconciling the Hadith of al-Najashi with the Hadith “You do not know what they will innovate after you”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner asks: How do we reconcile the report in the Hadith of al-Najashi that the Companions of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), once they embraced Islam, would not apostatize, with the established fact of apostasy, as some people cite in the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 6576.
Answer:
Whoever says that they would not apostatize is mistaken, for apostasy did occur among them after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner asks: How do we reconcile the report in the Hadith of al-Najashi that the Companions of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), once they embraced Islam, would not apostatize, with the established fact of apostasy, as some people cite in the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
You do not know what they did after you had left.
إنك لا تدري ما أحدثوا بعدكAnswer:
Whoever says that they would not apostatize is mistaken, for apostasy did occur among them after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 13-03-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (58:30)
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