Al Fitan

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Foretold events

A group that stays on the truth until the Hour

Appeared

In brief

The Prophet ﷺ said a group of his ummah will always stay on the truth, victorious, not harmed by those who let them down or oppose them, until the command of Allah comes. It is a promise that the truth will never fully disappear from the ummah.

This group is not one organisation. Al-Bukhari said they are the people of knowledge, and Ahmad said the people of hadith. Al-Nawawi said they may be spread among many kinds of believers: scholars, fighters, people of worship, those who call to good, in different lands. They remain through history, and the last of them fight alongside Isa (AS). Scholars warn that any group claiming to be 'the' victorious group, to the exclusion of other Muslims, has misread the hadith.

What to do

Strive to be among them by holding to the truth, whoever stands with you.

Where it sits in the sequence

Phase 2 / 7Signs that spread among people

The narrations do not put these in order, and many of them overlap. Sahih al-Bukhari 7121 lists several together.