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AL IJTIMAA' Unity
[Imam ibn Manzur - "The Tongue of the Arab" - vol 8 p53-57]
AL SAHABAH
They are united under the Khalifah, on the main Ahkaam, In Jihad, on Aqeedah and
matters of the deen. They are the ones who transmitted to us the qur'an and all the
ahadith, They are the ones that the Prophet (saw) passed away while being pleased with
them and said that they would "never gather in misguidance."
The death of jahiliyyah here means he will die sinful, however if he alliances with the
kuffar, he is kafir.
Hudhaifah narrated that people used to ask the Prophet (saw) about the good and the bad
in order not to face that evil, he asked
"we used to be in jahiliyyah, in evil, and after that we are in good, will there be after that
any evil?" he (saw) said: "yes", "and after that will there be good?" he (saw) said "yes and
it will have a defection", he asked, "what is the defection?" Muhammad (saw) said:
"people will guide others opposite to my guidance. You know some of what they say, and
you reject some." he asked, "and after that will there be evil?" he (saw) said "yes, There
are callers to the hellfire, whoever responds to them are people of hellfire" he said,
"describe them to us," he (saw) said, "they are from our people, and they speak our
tongues," he asked, "what should I do if I face that?" he (saw) said, "be with the Jama'atul
muslimeen under one imam" he asked, "and if there is no Jama'ah?" he (saw) said, "do
not be with the deviants, even if you bite the trunk of the tree until you pass away."
[Muslim 1847, Bukhari 6557]
Jama'ah here is clear as meaning jama'atul Muslimeen, the Muslim Ummah under one
khalifah.
Ibn batta reported that Jama'ah is al Ahl Hall wal Aqd. [Fath ul Bari vol3 p316]
There are four types of people excluded from the Juristic definition of Al Jama'ah: