What is the authenticity of the hadith: “Islam began as something strange, and it will return as something strange just as it began, so blessed are the strangers”? And is this the time of strangeness?
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The questioner:
I heard the Shaykh say that the questioner said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The question is: What is the authenticity of this hadith? And is this the time of strangeness? The hadith
The Shaykh:
It is authentic, narrated by Muslim in his Sahih: “Islam began as something strange, and it will return as something strange just as it began, so blessed are the strangers.” In one narration, when asked who the strangers are, the answer was: “The righteous people who are few, while the evil people are many.” In another wording: “Those who correct what people have corrupted of my Sunnah.” So the strangers are those who correct the people, those who guide them to good, and those who call to good. This is also a time of strangeness, and before it, for a long period, there was strangeness. Strangeness increases as scholars and good people decrease. It may be that in one country or region, strangeness is slight, while in another region, strangeness is severe. Regions, directions, and countries differ according to the manifestation of religion in them, the abundance of scholars from the people of good, and according to their scarcity and the scarcity of callers to Allah. In one direction, Islam is very strange, while in the other direction, its people are upright and on good, and there is no strangeness among them. Whoever looks at the conditions of people today knows this. In general, it is strange; Islam is strange in general, but some directions are more strange.
The presenter:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the master of the study, the one who is deeply versed.
The Shaykh:
And when Isa, son of Mary, descends, he will not accept anything but Islam or the sword. The people will all enter into Islam, and there will be no strangeness in the time of Isa (peace be upon him). Likewise, in the time of the Mahdi, Islam will spread by Allah, then by jihad. But in the time of Isa, he will abolish the jizyah and break the cross, and he will not accept anything but Islam, (peace be upon him). Wealth will become abundant and overflow to the extent that a person will not be able to walk with his charity finding anyone to accept it, due to the abundance and overflow of wealth, to the point that no one will accept it. This will come, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has mentioned it, and it will come (peace and blessings be upon him) when Isa descends from the sky and when the Dajjal emerges, when Isa (peace be upon him) kills him. Then Islam will spread, and wealth will become abundant and overflow among the people. Yes.
I heard the Shaykh say that the questioner said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Islam began as something strange, and it will return as something strange just as it began, so blessed are the strangers.
بدأ الإسلام غريبا، وسيعد غريبا كما بدأ فطوبى للغرباء.The Shaykh:
It is authentic, narrated by Muslim in his Sahih: “Islam began as something strange, and it will return as something strange just as it began, so blessed are the strangers.” In one narration, when asked who the strangers are, the answer was: “The righteous people who are few, while the evil people are many.” In another wording: “Those who correct what people have corrupted of my Sunnah.” So the strangers are those who correct the people, those who guide them to good, and those who call to good. This is also a time of strangeness, and before it, for a long period, there was strangeness. Strangeness increases as scholars and good people decrease. It may be that in one country or region, strangeness is slight, while in another region, strangeness is severe. Regions, directions, and countries differ according to the manifestation of religion in them, the abundance of scholars from the people of good, and according to their scarcity and the scarcity of callers to Allah. In one direction, Islam is very strange, while in the other direction, its people are upright and on good, and there is no strangeness among them. Whoever looks at the conditions of people today knows this. In general, it is strange; Islam is strange in general, but some directions are more strange.
The presenter:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the master of the study, the one who is deeply versed.
The Shaykh:
And when Isa, son of Mary, descends, he will not accept anything but Islam or the sword. The people will all enter into Islam, and there will be no strangeness in the time of Isa (peace be upon him). Likewise, in the time of the Mahdi, Islam will spread by Allah, then by jihad. But in the time of Isa, he will abolish the jizyah and break the cross, and he will not accept anything but Islam, (peace be upon him). Wealth will become abundant and overflow to the extent that a person will not be able to walk with his charity finding anyone to accept it, due to the abundance and overflow of wealth, to the point that no one will accept it. This will come, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has mentioned it, and it will come (peace and blessings be upon him) when Isa descends from the sky and when the Dajjal emerges, when Isa (peace be upon him) kills him. Then Islam will spread, and wealth will become abundant and overflow among the people. Yes.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 129 ما صحة حديث بدأ الإسلام غريبا وسيعود غريبا كما بدأ فطوبى للغرباء، وهل هذا زمن الغربة؟ — youtube.com
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