Islam began as a stranger

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The fifth question of Fatwa No. ( 6357 ):
Q5 Islam began as a stranger and will return as a stranger, so blessed are the strangers. It was said: Who are the strangers, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Those who do good among the people after their corruption.
بدأ الإِسلام غريبًا وسيعود غريبًا فطوبى للغرباء، قيل: ومن الغرباء يا رسول الله؟ قال: الذين يصلحون في الناس بعد فسادهم
Is this hadith authentic or weak?
A5: The original of the hadith is in [Sahih Muslim ], as he narrated it from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Indeed Islam began as something strange and it will return to being strange as it began. So Tuba is for the strangers.

بدأ الإِسلام غريبًا وسيعود غريبًا كما بدأ، فطوبى للغرباء

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2629Sahih (Darussalam)

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As for the addition ("It was said: Who are the strangers? ... etc."), Imam Ahmad narrated it in [Al-Musnad]; he reported from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Indeed, Islam began as a stranger and will return as a stranger as it began, so blessed are the strangers. It was said: Who are the strangers? He said: Those who are estranged from their tribes.

إن الإِسلام بدأ غريبًا وسيعود غريبًا كما بدأ، فطوبى للغرباء قيل: ومن الغرباء؟ قال: النزَّاع من القبائل

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34:139

1 \ 398, and he also narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said one day while we were with him:

Blessed are the strangers. It was said: Who are the strangers, O Messenger of Allah? He said: A group of righteous people among a large group of evil people, of whom those who disobey them are more numerous than those who obey them.

طوبى للغرباء، فقيل: من الغرباء يا رسول الله؟ قال: أناس صالحون في أناس سوءٍ كثير، من يعصيهم أكثر ممن يطيعهم

Hadith 2 \ 177. He also narrated from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sana (with a single nun) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

Islam began as a stranger, then it will return as a stranger as it began, so blessed are the strangers. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, who are the strangers? He said: Those who do good when the people become corrupt...

بدأ الإِسلام غريبًا، ثم يعود غريبًا كما بدأ، فطوبى للغرباء قيل: يا رسول الله، من الغرباء؟ قال: الذين يصلحون إذا فسد الناس...

Hadith, and by this it is known that the hadith is authentic. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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