Taghyeer (change) by Mahmoud Abdul-Kareem Hasan

Nations and people after the passing of their Prophets begin to follow the footsteps of Shaytaan, they change the Deen, distort the Risaalah (message) and let go of their Amaanah. They therefore go astray and worship other than Allah and no way is left for them for guidance, being saved and to carry the Amaanah (trust) unless a new Nabi is sent with a new message from Allah. So what is the path left open to the Ummah of the Nabi Muhammad (saw) if the Amaanah has been lost and the Sunan (ways) of those who came before them have been followed in terms of being led astray and following misguidance? And this is after knowing for certain that there will be no new message after this message and no new Prophet after this Prophet (saw)?

The fortress that does not disappear in respect to safeguarding this Ummah and her message, and her carrying of the Amaanah, is the help of Allah and His guarantee that this message will not be lost and will never be forgotten irrespective of how much the Muslims have gone away from it and regardless of the efforts of those who wish to distort it.

Allah (swt) said:

As such the Risaalah (message) will remain and continue to go and the path to Imaan and guidance will never disappear or be extinguished. The message will remain a light that scatters all darkness and the path will remain clear until the Day of Judgement.

In the case where the message will continue, be preserved and safeguarded until the Day of Judgement, then who will carry it if the people neglect to or deny it? In regards to the previous nations, if they were to go astray, Allah (swt) would send a Messenger and a message to them, so who will carry the message of Islaam if the people were to go astray and if there was no Messenger?

The answer to this is: Just as Allah (swt) has guaranteed the protection of this message from being lost or distorted He (swt) by His mercy has also guaranteed that the Ummah will not go astray and that all of it will not relinquish the carrying of the Da’wah regardless of the great number of those who are misguided or those who distort and deny. So just as the Risaalah as a whole is protected and safeguarded there will remain within the Ummah those who will carry it in its entirety.

The Messenger (saw) said:

(Agreed upon and this is the Lafzh (worded version) of Muslim.

So however much the Ummah strays away from Islaam, however misguided she becomes or follows the steps of Shaytaan, and however much she is pulled into darkness, there will always remain in the Ummah a Taa’ifah (group) that holds fast to the Kitaab and the Sunnah, being illuminated by them and by the guidance of the Anibyaa’ (prophets). They will undertake their work that Allah (swt)

has passed on to them and they will carry the inheritance of the Anbiyaa’ as the Taa’ifah which Allah has passed on the responsibility of safeguarding its Amaanah (trust) and carrying it. This trust (Amaanah) is the issue of Laa Ilaaha Illallah and they will adopt it and carry it until Allah (swt) brings about His command and accomplishes His affair.

Allah (swt) said:

In this the way the Islamic Ummah, the Ummah of the Muslims, regardless of how much she disobeys or is led astray, will due to the existence of the Taa’ifah (group) that undertakes the work of the Anbiyaa’, represent the Khaira (best) Ummah raised up for mankind. This is because she is an Ummah that orders the Ma’rouf, forbids the Munkar and believes in Allah. The Ummah will remain charged with the responsibility that Allah (swt) has entrusted her with and to perform her responsibility on behalf of humankind.

Allah (swt) said:

It is a duty upon every Mukallaf (legally responsible person) to strive and exert himself to understand this Amaanah so that he can carry it and proceed upon its clear path. He would strive to be a part of this Taa’ifah (group) with his Imaan, actions and striving along with it in order to establish the rule of Allah Ta’Aalaa upon the earth.