在众多的圣训中，先知穆罕默德ﷺ宣布："我的民众中将永远有一群人坚守真理，不会因反对他们的人而受到伤害，直到安拉的命令降临。"336 历史上有过那么多宗教兴起又消逝，然而先知ﷺ却坚定地宣告：尽管世事腐败、道德沦丧，伊斯兰教的真正信徒必将长存。

In a multitude of reports, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم declared, “There will never cease to be a group from my nation victorious upon the truth, unharmed by those who will oppose them, until Allah’s decree comes to pass.”336 So many religions have come and gone, and yet he صلى الله عليه وسلم boldly expressed that despite all the corruption and moral degradation, true believers in Islam will endure.

即使在维护伊斯兰教的过程中，所面临的困境将如同“握住一块燃烧的炭”，仍然会有穆斯林珍视信仰胜过生命。因此，先知ﷺ在另一段圣训中进一步描述了他们，说道：“除非有人经过他兄弟的坟墓，说：‘我但愿自己身处他的位置。’否则末日不会到来。”338 伊本·巴塔勒（卒于1057年）解释说，这并非出于任何轻生的念头，而是出于一种忧虑：盛行的罪恶和敌人的强大可能会使他们失去自己的宗教。339

Even when the adversity involved in preserving Islam will be tantamount to “grasping onto a burning coal,”337 Muslims will always exist who value their faith over their lives, and hence the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم further described them in another hadith by saying, “The Hour will not commence until a man passes by the grave of his brother and says, ‘I wish I were in his place.’”338 Ibn Baṭṭ āl (d. 1057) explains that this will not be due to any suicidal ideation, but rather an anxiety that the prevalent evils and the strength of their adversaries may cost them their religion.339