Hudhaifah Ibn Al-(RAA) said: People used to ask Allah´s Messenger (SAW) about good but I used to ask him about evils lest I be overtaken by them. So I said: O Allah´s Messenger, we were living in ignorance and in an (extremely) bad atmosphere, then Allah brought to us this good (i.e., Islam); will there be any evil after this good? He said: Yes. I said: will there be any good after that evil? He replied: Yes, but it will be tainted (i.e., not pure). I asked: What will be its taint? He replied: (There will be) some people who will guide others (but) not according to my guidance. You will approve of some of their deeds and disapprove of some others. I asked: Will there be any evil after that good? He replied: Yes, (there will be) some people who summon others at the gates of Jahannam into which they will cast those who respond to them. I asked Allah´s Messenger (SAW) to describe them to us and he said: They will be from our own people and will speak like us. I asked what command he had to give me if that happened in my time and he replied: You must adhere to the Jama´ah (i.e., the community of Muslims which is organized as a Jama´ah) and the Imam (i.e., the Ameer or leader of the Jama´ah whose authority is established through the act of Baiy´ah). I said: if there is neither a Jama´ah nor an Imam? He said: Then turn away from all those firaq (i.e., misguided Muslim groups which have failed to constitute themselves as a Jama´ah with an Ameer/Imam whose authority is established through an act of Baiy´ah) even if you have to eat the roots of a tree until death overtakes you while you are in that state. (Bukhari and Muslim)
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