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Does the virtue of "red camels" encompass guiding a disobedient Muslim?

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Question:
Does guiding a person from misguidance to righteousness, while he remains a Muslim, fall under the hadith: "That Allah guides one person through you is better for you than red camels"?

Answer:
What appears is that the ruling is general. Although the context involved the Jews and their entry into Islam, the criterion is the generality of the wording, not the specificity of the cause, and the bounty of Allah is vast . If Allah guides a person from disbelief until he enters Islam through the hand of a person, then this is included in the hadith without doubt. And if He guides him through his hands from intoxicants, from unlawful sexual intercourse, or from undutifulness to parents, then it is better for him than red camels. Likewise, it is a great blessing if Allah guides through his hands a brother who was undutiful to his parents, so Allah guided him through his efforts. If he was a fornicator, Allah guided him through his efforts. If he was a drunkard, Allah guided him through his efforts. If he was a usurer, Allah guided him through his efforts, and he is a Muslim. We hope for you this virtue, and that you have this virtue which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned:
than that you should acquire the red ones among the camelsخيرٌ لك من حمر النعم
Sunan Abi Dawud 3661Sahih (Al-Albani)
. In fact, it is better than the world and what is in it, because the Messenger intended an illustration, not a restriction. But because red camels were known among the Arabs and they preferred them greatly, he (peace and blessings be upon him) used them as an illustration.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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