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For anyone who feels out of place

A description of how it began and how it will end.

بَدَأَ الإِسْلاَمُ غَرِيبًا وَسَيَعُودُ كَمَا بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ

Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange as it began, so blessed are the strangers.

The full narration

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Islam initiated as something strange, and it would revert to its (old position) of being strange. so good tidings for the stranger

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 372

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)
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