Following The Truth Even If The Followers Are Few

By Shaykh ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abdur-Rahman Aba Batīn, may Allāh have mercy upon him, said:

And a person, if the truth becomes clear to him, should not be discouraged by the fewness of those who agree with him in that, and the great number of those who oppose him — especially in these latter times.

And as for the statement of the ignoramus: ‘If this is indeed true, then it would not have been hidden from so and so!’ This is the very claim of the disbelievers, as in their statement:

لو كان خيرا ما سبقونا إليه

“If it had truly been good, they would not have preceded us to it!” (al-Ahqāf: 11)

And in their statement:

أهؤلاء من الله عليهم من بيننا

“Is it these whom Allah has favored from amongst us?” (al-‘Anaam: 53)

Indeed A’lī Ibn Abī Tālib, may Allah be pleased with him, said, ‘Know the truth, and you will know its people.’ But as for the one who is in confusion and lacks clarity, then every doubt affects him. Indeed, if it had been that the majority of the people today were upon the truth, then Islam would not have been considered strange. But, by Allāh, today it is from the strangest of affairs.

Source: ad-Durar as-Sannīyyah, vol. 10, p. 400

Translated by: Abu Yusuf Khaleefah

27th of Shawwaal, 1435 (22nd of August, 2014)

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