Is this in the end times?
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The questioner : Is this hadith about the end times?
The Shaykh : The hadith is general; the righteous are the first, then the next, like the saying, "The best of people are my generation."
The questioner : Do we consider ourselves the dregs? Because the righteous have departed from among the Companions.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah knows best. Perhaps we can say that we, in relation to the Ummah as a whole, how many Muslims are there in the Ummah now?
The questioner : A billion
The Shaykh : I think there are a billion. Well, if there are a billion, what is the proportion of the righteous among them? Nothing. So if we look at the general population, we find that those present now are the dregs. Even those who are holding on to Islam now, are they applying Islam in every aspect? No, they have not applied it in every aspect, neither their rulers nor their people have applied it in every aspect. But people differ; some apply the majority, some apply only the minority, and some apply half. They differ. As for finding a Ummah now that applies the rulings of Islam one hundred percent, in the people and in the rulers, you will not find that.
The Shaykh : The hadith is general; the righteous are the first, then the next, like the saying, "The best of people are my generation."
The questioner : Do we consider ourselves the dregs? Because the righteous have departed from among the Companions.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah knows best. Perhaps we can say that we, in relation to the Ummah as a whole, how many Muslims are there in the Ummah now?
The questioner : A billion
The Shaykh : I think there are a billion. Well, if there are a billion, what is the proportion of the righteous among them? Nothing. So if we look at the general population, we find that those present now are the dregs. Even those who are holding on to Islam now, are they applying Islam in every aspect? No, they have not applied it in every aspect, neither their rulers nor their people have applied it in every aspect. But people differ; some apply the majority, some apply only the minority, and some apply half. They differ. As for finding a Ummah now that applies the rulings of Islam one hundred percent, in the people and in the rulers, you will not find that.