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Hudhaifa said, "O the Group of Al-Qurra! Follow the straight path, for then you have taken a great
lead (and will be the leaders), but if you divert right or left, then you will go astray far away."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 96, Hadith 14
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Some angels came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was sleeping. Some of them said, "He is sleeping." Others
said, "His eyes are sleeping but his heart is awake." Then they said, "There is an example for this
companion of yours." One of them said, "Then set forth an example for him." Some of them said, "He
is sleeping." The others said, "His eyes are sleeping but his heart is awake." Then they said, "His
example is that of a man who has built a house and then offered therein a banquet and sent an inviter
(messenger) to invite the people. So whoever accepted the invitation of the inviter, entered the house
and ate of the banquet, and whoever did not accept the invitation of the inviter, did not enter the
house, nor did he eat of the banquet." Then the angels said, "Interpret this example to him so that he
may understand it." Some of them said, "He is sleeping.'' The others said, "His eyes are sleeping but
his heart is awake." And then they said, "The houses stands for Paradise and the call maker is
Muhammad; and whoever obeys Muhammad, obeys Allah; and whoever disobeys Muhammad,
disobeys Allah. Muhammad separated the people (i.e., through his message, the good is distinguished
from the bad, and the believers from the disbelievers).
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "My example and the example of what I have been sent with is that of a man who
came to some people and said, 'O people! I have seen the enemy's army with my own eyes, and I am
the naked warner; so protect yourselves!' Then a group of his people obeyed him and fled at night
proceeding stealthily till they were safe, while another group of them disbelieved him and stayed at
their places till morning when the army came upon them, and killed and ruined them completely So
this is the example of that person who obeys me and follows what I have brought (the Quran and the
Sunna), and the example of the one who disobeys me and disbelieves the truth I have brought."