Mishkat al-Masabih — Hadith #51712

On his authority, he said: People used to ask the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, about good, and I used to ask him about evil for fear that it would overtake me. He said: I said: O Messenger By God, we were in times of ignorance and evil, and God brought us this good. Is there any evil after this good? He said: “Yes.” I said: And so Is there any good after that evil? He said: “Yes, and it contains smoke.” I said: What did he smoke? He said: “A people who follow other than my Sunnah and follow guidance other than my guidance. You recognize some of them and you deny.” I said: Is there any evil after that good? He said: “Yes, there are callers at the gates of Hell. Whoever responds to them, they will throw him into it.” “In it.” I said: O Messenger of God, describe them for us. He said: “They are of our kind and speak in our tongues.” I said: What do you command me if that happens to me? He said: “You must adhere to the community of Muslims and their imam.” I said: What if they do not have a group or an imam? He said: “Then withdraw from all those groups. Even if you bite the root of a tree until death overtakes you while you are in that state.” agreed. And in a narration by Muslim: He said: “After me there will be imams who do not follow my guidance and do not follow my Sunnah, and among them will rise men whose hearts are Devils in a human’s corpse.” Hudhayfah said: I said: What should I do, O Messenger of God, if I realize that? He said: You listen and obey the prince, and if he strikes your back and takes your money, then listen and obey.