He also reported God’s messenger as saying, “Islam began as a small religion and will return to the state in which it began. Then blessed will be the few '
وسنذكر حديث أبي هريرة: "ذروني ما تركتكم" في كتاب لمناسك، وحديثي معاوية وجابر: "لا يزال من أمَّتي" و: "لا يزال طائفة من أمتي" في باب: ثواب هذه الأمة، إن شاء الله تعالى
We shall mention the1 tradition from Abu Huraira, “Leave me as long as I have said nothing to you ...” in the book on the rites of the Pilgrimage, and the traditions of Mu'awiya and Jabir, “A section of this people will continue ...”2 in the chapter on the reward of this people, if God will.
1 Book XI, Chap. I, first tradition.
2 Page 1383. Only Mu’awiya’s tradition is given. The wording is slightly different.
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone summons others to follow right guidance, his reward will be equivalent to those of the people who follow him without their rewards being diminished in any respect on that account; and if anyone summons others to follow error the sin of which he is guilty will be equivalent to those of the people who follow him without their sins’ being diminished in any respect on that account.”
