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On the authority of Abu Najeeh al-’Irbaad ibn Saariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. So we said, “O Messenger of Allah! It is as though this is a farewell sermon, so counsel us.” He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “I counsel you to have taqwa (fear) of Allah, and to listen and obey [your leader], even if a slave were to become your ameer. Verily he among you who lives long will see great controversy, so you must keep to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the Khulafa ar-Rashideen (the rightly guided caliphs), those who guide to the right way. Cling to it stubbornly [literally: with your molar teeth]. Beware of newly invented matters [in the religion], for verily every bidah (innovation) is misguidance.” [Abu Dawud] It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said that it was a good and sound hadeeth

عن ابي نجيح العرباض بن سارية رضي الله عنه قال: وعظنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم موعظة وجلت منها القلوب، وذرفت منها العيون، فقلنا: يا رسول الله! كانها موعظة مودع فاوصنا، قال: اوصيكم بتقوى الله، والسمع والطاعة وان تامر عليكم عبد، فانه من يعش منكم فسيرى اختلافا كثيرا، فعليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين، عضوا عليها بالنواجذ، واياكم ومحدثات الامور؛ فان كل بدعة ضلالة . [رواه ابو داود]، والترمذي [رقم:266] وقال: حديث حسن صحيح