Hadith 152

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 1: Faith Sahīh

Chapter 6

Reliance on the Book and the Sunnah - Section 1

باب الاعتصام بالكتاب والسنة - الفصل الأول

Sahīh
Mishkat al-Masabih 159
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «بَدَأَ الْإِسْلَامُ غَرِيبًا وَسَيَعُودُ كَمَا بَدَأَ فَطُوبَى للغرباء» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم
He also reported God’s messenger as saying, “Islam began as a small religion and will return to the state in which it began. Then blessed will be the few [who hold to it]' Muslim transmitted it.