Our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And from Mu'awiyah, he said:
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The reader: Our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And from Mu'awiyah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:".
The Shaykh : I have it from Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, and this is what we read.
The reader: This is what we read, but may Allah reward you, we stopped at the end of the hadith, and after it there is a preserved hadith, so no.
The Shaykh : Nothing contradicts it. Read... from Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan.
The reader: "And from Mu'awiyah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:.
And he said:Sunan Abi Dawud 4597Hasan (Al-Albani)".
The student: In my copy, it is "from my Ummah."
The Shaykh : What did he say?
The reader: "From my Ummah."
The Shaykh : No, make it a copy because the meanings are close.
The reader: "Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 2:144. This is a preserved hadith from the hadith of Safwan ibn 'Amr from al-Azhur ibn 'Abd Allah al-Harazi from Abu 'Amir 'Abd Allah ibn Lahi from Mu'awiyah. More than one person narrated it from him, among them Abu al-Yaman".
The Shaykh : It appears to me that his saying:Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 2:144 is inserted from the words of Mu'awiyah. This is what appears, because such an address does not come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The reader: Here, O Shaykh, there is a mention of speech regarding this.
The Shaykh : What did he say?
The reader: He said: "Ahmad narrated it in *Al-Musnad*, and Abu Dawud narrated it briefly in *Kitab al-Sunnah*, and Ibn Abi 'Asim in *Kitab al-Sunnah* in the mention of the condemned desires, and he did not mention his sayingAl-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 2:144 to the end of the hadith".
The Shaykh : It is Shaykh al-Islam who cited it, but in any case, it appears to me that it is inserted. Yes.
The reader: "More than one person narrated it from him, among them: Abu al-Yaman, Baqiyah, and Abu al-Mughirah. Ahmad and Abu Dawud narrated it in *His Sunan*.
And Ibn Majah narrated this meaning from the hadith of Safwan ibn 'Amr from Rashid ibn Sa'd from 'Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i, and it is narrated from other routes. Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed of the splitting of his Ummah into seventy-three sects, and seventy-two of them; there is no doubt that they are those who delved into matters as those before them delved.
Then this disagreement that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed of is either in religion only, or in religion and worldly affairs, and then it may lead to bloodshed, or the disagreement may be in worldly affairs only.
And this disagreement that these hadiths indicate is what was forbidden in His saying, Exalted is He:[Ali 'Imran 3:105]. And His saying: [Al-An'am 6:159] And His saying: [Al-An'am 6:153] This is in agreement with what Muslim narrated in *His Sahih*, from 'Amir ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas from his father And he also narrated in his Sahih from Thawban, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ".
The Shaykh : This hadith does not contradict what has occurred in some of the Ummah regarding drowning and the like, because the intended meaning is general destruction, and likewise a general year of famine. For this reason, Islamic lands have continued to experience drowning, destructive storms, drought, and hunger, but this does not contradict the hadith because He did not destroy them by a general year of famine. As for not making their affliction among them, this is also known by one who follows history; it sometimes subsides and sometimes flares up. Sometimes the Ummah is calm, and sometimes it rises up, and their affliction is among them. But it is not far-fetched that we are in these days in a time about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that there will be much *haraj*, meaning killing, killing where the killer does not know for what he killed, and the killed does not know for what he was killed. People are in heedlessness and foolishness, without deliberation, neither the killers nor the killed. Yes.
As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And from Mu'awiyah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The People of the Book split into seventy-two
إن أهل الكتابين افترقوا في دينهم على اثنتين وسبعينThe Shaykh : I have it from Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, and this is what we read.
The reader: This is what we read, but may Allah reward you, we stopped at the end of the hadith, and after it there is a preserved hadith, so no.
The Shaykh : Nothing contradicts it. Read... from Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan.
The reader: "And from Mu'awiyah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The People of the Book split into seventy-two sects in their religion, and this Ummah will split into seventy-three sects—meaning the desires of the soul—all of them in the Fire except one, and that is the community.
إن أهل الكتابين افترقوا في دينهم على اثنتين وسبعين ملة ، وإن هذه الأمة ستفترق على ثلاث وسبعين ملة - يعني الأهواء - كلها في النار إلا واحدة وهي الجماعةAnd he said:
There will appear among my community people who will be dominated by desires like
إنه سيخرج من أمتي أقوام تتجارى بهم تلك الأهواء كماThe student: In my copy, it is "from my Ummah."
The Shaykh : What did he say?
The reader: "From my Ummah."
The Shaykh : No, make it a copy because the meanings are close.
The reader: "
It will emerge from my Ummah a group of people whom those desires will carry away as a dog carries away its owner, so no vein or joint of him will remain but that it will enter it. And by Allah, O Arabs, if you do not stand by what Muhammad brought, then other people are more likely not to stand by it.
إنه سيخرج من أمتي أقوام تتجارى بهم تلك الأهواء كما يتجارى الكلَب بصاحبه ، فلا يبقى منه عرق ولا مفصل إلا دخله ، والله يا معشر العرب لئن لم تقوموا بما جاء به محمد لَغَيركم من الناس أحرى أن لا يقوم بهThe Shaykh : It appears to me that his saying:
By Allah, O Arabs
والله يا معشر العربThe reader: Here, O Shaykh, there is a mention of speech regarding this.
The Shaykh : What did he say?
The reader: He said: "Ahmad narrated it in *Al-Musnad*, and Abu Dawud narrated it briefly in *Kitab al-Sunnah*, and Ibn Abi 'Asim in *Kitab al-Sunnah* in the mention of the condemned desires, and he did not mention his saying
By Allah, O Arabs
والله يا معشر العربThe Shaykh : It is Shaykh al-Islam who cited it, but in any case, it appears to me that it is inserted. Yes.
The reader: "More than one person narrated it from him, among them: Abu al-Yaman, Baqiyah, and Abu al-Mughirah. Ahmad and Abu Dawud narrated it in *His Sunan*.
And Ibn Majah narrated this meaning from the hadith of Safwan ibn 'Amr from Rashid ibn Sa'd from 'Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i, and it is narrated from other routes. Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed of the splitting of his Ummah into seventy-three sects, and seventy-two of them; there is no doubt that they are those who delved into matters as those before them delved.
Then this disagreement that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed of is either in religion only, or in religion and worldly affairs, and then it may lead to bloodshed, or the disagreement may be in worldly affairs only.
And this disagreement that these hadiths indicate is what was forbidden in His saying, Exalted is He:
And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed
ولا تكونوا كالذين تفرقوا واختلفواIndeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects - you, [O Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything
إن الذين فرقوا دينهم وكانوا شيعًا لست منهم في شيءٍAnd, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways
وأن هذا صراطي مستقيمًا فاتبعوه ولا تتبعوا السبلThat he came forward with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a group of his Companions from al-'Aliyah, and when he passed by the mosque of Banu Mu'awiyah, he entered and prayed two rak'ahs, and we prayed with him, and he supplicated to his Lord for a long time, then he turned to us and said: "I asked my Lord for three things, and He granted me two and withheld one from me: I asked my Lord not to destroy my Ummah by famine, and He granted it to me; and I asked my Lord not to destroy my Ummah by drowning, and He granted it to me; and I asked Him not to make their affliction among them, and He withheld it from me."
أنه أقبل مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في طائفة من أصحابه من العالية حتى إذا مَرَّ بمسجد بني معاوية دخل فركع فيه ركعتين وصلينا معه ودعا ربه طويلا ثم انصرف إلينا فقال : سألتُ ربي ثلاثا فأعطاني اثنتين ، ومنعني واحدة : سألتُ ربي أن لا يُهلك أمتي بالسَنة فأعطانيها وسألت ربي أن لا يهلك أمتي بالغَرق فأعطانيها، وسألته أن لا يجعل بأسهم بينهم فمنعنيهاThe Shaykh : This hadith does not contradict what has occurred in some of the Ummah regarding drowning and the like, because the intended meaning is general destruction, and likewise a general year of famine. For this reason, Islamic lands have continued to experience drowning, destructive storms, drought, and hunger, but this does not contradict the hadith because He did not destroy them by a general year of famine. As for not making their affliction among them, this is also known by one who follows history; it sometimes subsides and sometimes flares up. Sometimes the Ummah is calm, and sometimes it rises up, and their affliction is among them. But it is not far-fetched that we are in these days in a time about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that there will be much *haraj*, meaning killing, killing where the killer does not know for what he killed, and the killed does not know for what he was killed. People are in heedlessness and foolishness, without deliberation, neither the killers nor the killed. Yes.