Saturday, February 25, 2012

Groups

The hadith say this:

The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Follow the way of the largest group of Muslims! For, he who deviates from this group will be thrown into Hell!" (Ibn Majah)

The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) advised us to remain firm with the largest group of Muslims and remain steadfast upon their way in beliefs and in actions.

The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Allah will never allow my Ummah to unite upon misguidance and incorrect beliefs. Allah's mercy, blessings and protection are with the largest group of Muslims. And he who deviates from this largest group of Muslims will be thrown into Hell." (Tirmizi)

The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: "He who deviates from the largest group of Muslims, even as much as a hand span, has himself cut off his connection with Islam". (Abu Dawud)

But the Qur'an says this:

6:116 "And if you obey most of those on the earth they will lead you away from the path of God; that is because they follow conjecture, and that is because they only guess."

Anyone else see a problem here?

4 comments:

  1. Your prophet qualified "of Muslims." The Quran says "of those on the earth." So if you follow the largest groups of Muslims, good. If you follow the largest group on the earth (non-Muslims), not good.

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  2. What Susanne said. Unless there's something in the surrounding verses that makes the verse specific to Muslims then it seems to be speaking about the entire world population, the majority of which were polytheists at the time and remain non-Muslim at the current time. So if you followed them, presumably they would lead a Muslim away from the path of God Mohammed refers to in the Qur'an since they would be following their own faiths. The hadith, assuming that they have any validity at all, are very specifically referring to divisions within the Muslim population.

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  3. Asalalaum alaikum thx for sharing.
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