The Meaning of the Hadith: "The Prophethood Will Remain Among You for as Long as Allah Wills..."
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Question:
In a hadith, it says:
Answer:
All of this has occurred: the Rightly Guided Caliphs, during the time of the Companions, which contained immense good; then the preferred generations; and then the trials came after that. May Allah grant us assistance.
Q: Is it authentic?
The Shaykh: Yes.
In a hadith, it says:
The Prophethood will remain among you for as long as Allah wills it to remain, then He will take it away when He wills to take it away. Then there will be a Caliphate following the method of the Prophethood, and it will remain for as long as Allah wills it to remain, then He will take it away when He wills to take it away. Then there will be a biting kingship...
تكونُ النُّبوَّةُ فيكم ما شاء اللهُ أنْ تكونَ، ثُمَّ يَرفَعُها إذا شاء أنْ يَرفَعَها، ثُمَّ تكونُ خِلافةٌ على مِنهاجِ النُّبوَّةِ، فتكونُ ما شاء اللهُ أنْ تكونَ، ثُمَّ يَرفَعُها إذا شاء اللهُ أنْ يَرفَعَها، ثُمَّ تكونُ مُلكًا عاضًّا...Answer:
All of this has occurred: the Rightly Guided Caliphs, during the time of the Companions, which contained immense good; then the preferred generations; and then the trials came after that. May Allah grant us assistance.
Q: Is it authentic?
The Shaykh: Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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