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Shaikhul-Islām Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhāb (rahimahullāh) said that Allah, the Most High, said:
هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَفِي هَذَا
“It is He (Allāh) who has named you Muslims, before and now in this Book.”
Al-Hārith al-Ashʿarī (radiyallāhu ʿanhu) narrated that the Prophet (salalla9hu ʿalaihi wasallam) said:
آمُرُكُمْ بِخَمْسٍ اللَّهُ أَمَرَنِي بِهِنَّ السَّمْعُ وَالطَّاعَةُ وَالْجِهَادُ وَالْهِجْرَةُ وَالْجَمَاعَةُ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الإِسْلاَمِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ وَمَنِ ادَّعَى دَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ جُثَا جَهَنَّمَ. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ صَلَّى وَصَامَ قَالَ وَإِنْ صَلَّى وَصَامَ فَادْعُوا بِدَعْوَى اللَّهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ
“I command you with five affairs that Allāh commanded me with: Hearing and obeying [the ruler], Jihād, Hijrah, and the Jamāʿah—for indeed whoever splits away from the Jamāʿah even by a hand-span has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck, unless he returns back. And whoever calls with the call of Jāhiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance), then he will be from the hordes of Hell.” A man said: “O Messenger of Allāh! Even if he prays and fasts?” He replied: “Even if he prays and fasts. So, call with the call of Allāh, who named you Muslims, believers, worshipers of Allāh.”
Al-Bukhārī reported in his Sahīh that Allāh’s Messenger (salallāhu ʿalaihi wasallam) said:
مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ إِلاَّ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً
“Whoever sees from his ruler something that he dislikes, let him be patient with him. For indeed, whoever splits away from the Jamāʿah (main body of the Muslims under the ruler) even by a handspan and dies, he dies a death of the people of Jāhiliyyah.” And in a narration: “The calls of Jāhiliyyah, while I am still among you.”
Discussed in this article:
Jamāʿah
Hijrah
Jihad
Hearing and Obeying the Ruler
Jāhiliyyah and its Calls
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