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Holding to the community and its leader (luzum al-jama'a)

لزوم الجماعة والإمام

In Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy's lesson, a narration he attributes to Sahih al-Bukhari has a Companion ask the Prophet ﷺ about evil after good and good after evil; the answer tells Muslims to hold to the community of believers and its leader. The speaker reads it as a description of the time of trials in which the nation lives.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Global / Diaspora
Review

Factions, splits and schisms

Summary

The narration Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy presents concerns good, evil and the community, and he reads it as a description of the time of trials. 1

The narration as he gives it

He says it is narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari. 1 In it a Companion asks the Prophet about evil after good, and about good after evil. 2 (needs_source: the Companion's name is not clear in the automatic transcript.)

The instruction to hold together

He recounts that the Prophet described people who are known and disliked, who call to the gates of hell. 3 The Prophet instructed Muslims to hold to the community of believers and its leader. 4

Application to his time

He holds that this description fits what the nation is living through in his own time. 4

People and things also explored

Ali declines to keep Muawiya in office· Ali's pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr· The Baratha Mosque Affair in 420· The death of Abdullah ibn Ubayy and the Prophet's prayer over him· Fatima's claim to the Prophet's inheritance and Fadak· Ghadir Khumm· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf· The Prophet's request for a writing in his last illness

Sources

  1. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Aadau Al Islam, episode 1, at 00:10:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  2. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Aadau Al Islam, episode 1, at 00:10:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  3. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Aadau Al Islam, episode 1, at 00:11:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  4. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Aadau Al Islam, episode 1, at 00:11:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
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islam.museum contributors. “Holding to the community and its leader (luzum al-jama'a)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/luzum-al-jamaa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.

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