مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كِتَاب الْإِيمَانِ
The Book of Faith
(وَصْفُ الإِسْلَامِ)
(The characteristic of Islam)
Hadith Number: 159
159 - وعنه قال: قال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -: بدا الإسلام غريبا، وسيعود كما بدا، فطوبى للغرباء". متفق عليه.
He also reported God’s messenger as saying,“Islam began as a small religion and will return to the state in which it began. Then blessed will be the few [who hold to it] ' Muslim transmitted it.
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