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4. Whoever Turns Away from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is not from his True Followers
Anas Ibn Mālik (Allah be pleased with him) said:
جَاءَ ثَلاَثَةُ رَهْطٍ إِلَى بُيُوتِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا أُخْبِرُوا كَأَنَّهُمْ تَقَالُّوهَا فَقَالُوا وَأَيْنَ نَحْنُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ. قَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي أُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ أَبَدًا. وَقَالَ آخَرُ أَنَا أَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ وَلاَ أُفْطِرُ. وَقَالَ آخَرُ أَنَا أَعْتَزِلُ النِّسَاءَ فَلاَ أَتَزَوَّجُ أَبَدًا. فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ قُلْتُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَمَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَتْقَاكُمْ لَهُ لَكِنِّي أَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأُصَلِّي وَأَرْقُدُ وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي
“Three men came to the houses of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asking about the worship of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). When they were told about it, they thought it to be not much. So, they said: ‘Where are we compared to the Messenger of Allah—his previous and later sins have been forgiven.’ Then, one of them said: ‘As for me, I will pray through the night continually.’ Another said: ‘I will fast continually and I will not cease fasting.’ And another one said: ‘I will stay away from women and never get married.’
When Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to them, he said: ‘You are the ones who said such-and-such?! As for me, then by Allah! I am the most fearful of Allah among you and the most dutiful to Him. Nevertheless, I fast sometimes and sometimes, I refrain from fasting. I pray [a part of the night] and I sleep [a part of it], and I marry women. So, whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me.” (Al-Bukhārī no. 5063.)
In a narration:
أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَأَلُوا أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ عَمَلِهِ فِي السِّرِّ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ أَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ آكُلُ اللَّحْمَ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ أَنَامُ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ . فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ . فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ قَالُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا لَكِنِّي أُصَلِّي وَأَنَامُ وَأَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي
“A small group of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked the wives of the Prophet about his actions in private. So, one of them said: ‘I will not marry women.’ Another said: ‘I will not eat meat.’ Another said: ‘I will not sleep on a bed.’ When the Prophet heard of that, he praised Allah and extolled Him and said: ‘What is wrong with a people who say these things whereas I pray at night and I sleep, I fast sometimes and sometimes I do not, and I get married to women. So, whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me.’” (Muslim no. 1401)
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