Who are the Ahl ar-Rayb?

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‘Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood رضي الله عنه said:

The righteous will pass away, and the Ahl ar-Rayb will remain.

They said: “O Abaa ‘Abdir-Rahmaan! and who are the Ahl ar-Rayb?”

He said: [They are those] people who do not command the good and nor do they forbid the evil.


Translation originally published on 21 December, 2017.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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