[Phassetus]

السلام عليكم

The Narrations are referring to those hypocrites from his nation and he referred to them as his "Companions" and this does not refer to the "Companions" which we are familiar with today because that word refers in its Istilahi sense refers to the Muslims that accompanied him and died while on Iman. These men in the narration waited until the Prophet SAWS died then they stopped obeying him and stopped practising Zakat amongst other things so the Companions may the peace of Allah be upon them under the leadership of the Rightly guided Caliphs formed an army and fought against them until they returned to the Laws of Allah.

Also if you notice the Prophet SAWS never knew their condition and this is the proof that they were never Muslims because the acts and deeds of the Muslims will be presented in front of the Prophet SAWS to see them on the day of judgement.

Some scholars added that this Hadith also includes the Khawarij whom the Prophet SAWS prophesied about in several narrations and the narration as the Sister pointed out is present in multiple forms for example I add these and there are others:

Narrated Asma 'bint Abu Bakr: The Prophet said, "I will be standing at the Lake-fount so that I will see whom among you will come to me; and some people will be taken away from me, and I will say, 'O Lord, (they are) from me and from my followers.' Then it will be said, 'Did you notice what they did after you? By Allah, they kept on turning on their heels (turned as renegades).' " The sub-narrator, Ibn Abi Mulaika said, "O Allah, we seek refuge with You from turning on our heels, or being put to trial in our religion." (Book #76, Hadith #592)

Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd: I heard the Prophet saying, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-fount (Kauthar), and whoever will come to it, will drink from it, and whoever will drink from it, will never become thirsty after that. There will come to me some people whom I know and they know me, and then a barrier will be set up between me and them." Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri added that the Prophet further said: "I will say those people are from me. It will be said, 'You do not know what changes and new things they did after you.' Then I will say, 'Far removed (from mercy), far removed (from mercy), those who changed (the religion) after me! " (Book #88, Hadith #174)

A minority opinion said that these are the people who continued to do Kabaer (Major Sins) and Bida'ah (Innovations) however this opinion isn't very strong as the Hadiths are clearly talking about those who changed their religion and turned apostate.


In other Sahih versions of this Hadith the Prophet SAWS shouts "أمتي أمتي" "My Nation! My Nation!" and the scholars used this to show that the Hadith is not only talking about the days of the prophet SAWS but about our days as well and about the nation as a whole and not only the people he SAWS met.

Allah also mentioned them in Surat al-Taubah verse 101.


و السلام عليكم و رحمة الله