Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange as it began. So, gla…

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Hadith text: Islam began as something strange, and it will return to…

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «بَدَأَ الْإِسْلَامُ غَرِيبًا، وَسَيَعُودُ كَمَا بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا، فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ».

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange as it began. So, glad tidings to the strangers."

Explanation of the hadith: Islam began as something strange, and it will return to…

Lessons: Islam began as something strange, and it will return to…

• The report that Islam after its spread and popularity, will become strange again.
• It includes one of the signs of prophethood, as the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed about events that would occur after him, and they happened exactly as he had foretold.
• The merit of those who abandon their homelands and their families for the sake of Islam is that they will have Paradise.
• The strangers are those who stay righteous when people are corrupt and who reform what people corrupt.

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