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How to reconcile the hadith (A group from my Ummah will remain...) with the hadith (The worst of creation are those upon whom the Hour will be established)?

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The questioner : He says, may Allah reward you with good, we are seeking the answer to these questions regarding the hadiths. How do you reconcile the hadith
A group of people from my Umma لا تزال طائفة من أمتي
Sahih Muslim 1923
to its end with the hadith
The worst of creation are those upon whom the Hour will be established إن شرار الخلق الذين تقوم الساعة عليهم
? May you be rewarded.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Before answering this question, I would like to say that it is not possible for parts of the Qur'an to contradict each other, nor for the authentic Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to contradict itself, nor for the Qur'an to contradict the authentic Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his Companions), nor for the Qur'an and the Sunnah to contradict reality, nor for the Qur'an and the Sunnah to contradict clear reason. This is because the Qur'an is the speech of Allah, and Allah the Exalted said:
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction. أَفَلا يَتَدَبَّرونَ القُرءانَ وَلَو كانَ مِن عِندِ غَيرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدوا فيهِ اختِلافًا كَثيرًا
[An-Nisa 4:82]
And because the speech of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is truth, and truth does not contradict itself. Likewise, the Prophetic Sunnah that is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is truth, and truth does not contradict itself.
Based on this principle, we move to the answer to the question, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):
A group from my Ummah will remain manifestly upon the truth. Those who forsake them or oppose them will not harm them until the command of Allah comes. لا تزال طائفة من أمتي على الحق ظاهرين لا يضرّهم من خذلهم ولا من خالفهم حتى يأتي أمر الله
And in another wording:
Until the Hour is established حتى تقوم الساعة
And his saying:
The Hour will not be established except upon the worst of creation إن الساعة لا تقوم إلا على شرار الخلق
The first hadith is to be understood as meaning that "the Hour" refers to the approach of the Hour, and "the command of Allah" refers to the command of Allah by which the believers and the awliya (close friends of Allah) who are pious will die. When the believers and the pious die, only the worst of creation will remain, and upon them the Hour will be established. Yes.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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