"pledge allegiance" OR "shelter AND prayer Create complex phrase and word queries by using Boolean logic | The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate |
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Yahya al-Ghassani about the word i'tabata bi qatlihi spoken by him as mentioned in the previous tradition | He asked: What do you command me to do, Messenger of Allah? These are wordings of Abu al-Walid |
When the sword is used among my people, it will not be withdrawn from them till the Day of Resurrection, and the Last Hour will not come before the tribes of my people attach themselves to the polytheists and tribes of my people worship idols.
I asked: What should I do if people enter my house and find me? I asked: Messenger of Allah, what do you mean by an illusory community? I asked: Messenger of Allah, what will then happen? My Lord said to me: Muhammad, If I make a decision, it is not withdrawn ; and I shall not destroy them by prevailing famine, and I shall not give their control to an enemy, except from among themselves, who exterminates them en masse, even if they are stormed from all sides of the earth ; only a section of them will destroy another section, and a section will captive another section | He asked: If anyone has more of these, what should he do? As regards the verse "if a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell" He said: If a man knows the command of Islam and intentionally kills a believer, his repentance wil not be accepted |
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He then mentioned the tradition and said: I asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good? He said: My ears heard it and my heart retained it | I replied: At thy service and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah |
He greeted Abdullah ibn Zakariyya who knew his rank.
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