Reference for the Hadith “Whoever Holds Fast to My Sunna…”

Question

[ar]وَمَنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِسُنَّتِي عِنْدَ فَسَادِ أُمَّتِي فَلَهُ أَجْرُ مِائَةِ شَهِيدٍ[/ar] “And whoever holds fast to my sunna at the corruption of my community, for him is the reward of a hundred martyrs” — or words to that effect. A reference for this [narration] is required.

Answer

[ar]عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِسُنَّتِي عِنْدَ فَسَادِ أُمَّتِي فَلَهُ أَجْرُ مِائَةِ شَهِيدٍ[/ar] Abu Hurayra ﵁ narrated: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever holds fast to my sunna at the corruption of my community, for him is the reward of a hundred martyrs.’” Cited in “Mishkat al-Masabih” (p.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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