Ghurbatul-Islam
Question :
What is the meaning of the Hadith:
"Islam began strange and it will return strange, so good news is for the strangers".
Answer:
It means that Islam was strange and new for people in the early days of Islam, in Makkah and Al-Madinah not many people knew of it, and fewer still believed in it and practiced it. After that it spread and people entered the fold of Islam in droves, and it was victorious over all other religions. But later on, during the final times, Islam will return as strange - only a few people will truly know Islam and only a few will correctly apply it, and they are the "strangers."
The Hadith:
"Good news is for the strangers."
is further explained in a narration of Muslim and others:
"Those who are righteous when the people will be corrupt."
And in yet another wording,
"They are the ones who will make right what people have corrupted of my Sunnah."
We ask Allâh to make us from them; indeed, He is the best to ask.
Source:
Ibn Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7 Pages 175-176
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