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In Muslim, this Hadith is narrated by 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her), and in both these narrations Ibn Wahb has said that the meaning of Muhaddithun is recipients of Divine inspiration.

Ali ibn Abi Talib (Radhi Allahu Anhu)

✨ENJOINING GOOD, FORBIDDING EVIL ✨ This is a responsibility upon every Muslim to guide each other towards the right path but can we acknowledge a few things first: • How we convey it. This is so highly misunderstood. When someone goes down the wrong path, they're belittled, sarcastically commented and chastised upon. This will only send them further away. We must remember, our Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)had the kindest and most gentle tone and we are to follow and live by his (ﷺ) words and actions. So use the most kind and compassionate tone when conveying your advice. • Have knowledge of what we are speaking about and never speak out of assumptions. This might create more doubts or the person may take it as the truth which may not make sense further down the line. We must strive to gain knowledge of the deen, first and foremost for ourselves and then, also help others along with us. • The situation. We should not bring it out of nowhere and create an uncomfortable situation for the person rather wait for the right time and place. We are all struggling and flawed. Empathize with them. That being said, never sugarcoat the truth but speak of it in a gentle way. • And lastly remember we are no one to force anyone, we can only advice. The rest is between the person and Allah. May He guide us all to the straight path. Aameen✨ #muslim #islamic #islamicquotes #islamicreminders #muminah #muslimah #amrbilmaroof #remindersofislam #muslimconvert #muslimcontent #muslimquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4nwv8PUwR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Of course her eyes could not see!! How could a “wood carrier” of Hell dare to see our Holy Prophet (PBUH), who was under Allah’s protection and grace?

After feeling pulled to Islam and learning about the deen, I took my Shahada alone in my room around March 2019. Fast forward to today, 13th January 2020, I’m now wearing hijab and have just taken my Shahada with a Muslim witness! Subhanallah. May Allah keep my heart on the deen and guide myself and all my brothers and sisters to the straight path. Ameen! 🥰

d. Tolerance Shown in Bureaucracy It is noticed that Christians (in general non-Muslims) were not employed during the first periods of Islam although there was a need for them. However, it is known that beginning from the rule of Umayyads in Damascus where there was an intense Christian population, Christians were widely employed in government offices. In the state of Abbasids that was supported by large masses of people, Christians along with various groups were shown tolerance and employed in government offices. There were some people who could not bear this tolerance. One of the most important reasons why people were led to have wrong feelings is that they lacked tolerance education. It is thought that Caliphs preferred daily political solutions. Although non-Muslims were employed in bureaucracy due to the need for them, it is also regarded as a result of tolerance. In the Abbasid bureaucracy, many Christians were employed, including the post of ministry. As it is known al-Mawardi divides ministries into two main groups as decision-makers and appliers and states that non-Muslims can be employed as the ministers of application. However, during the applications in history, there were some non-Muslims who worked as decision-making ministers. Ministers of Christian origin existed beginning from the rule of Abbasids. However, a Christian was employed as a decision-maker minister by the Caliph al-Muttaqi Billah and by the Buwayhid dynast Adud ad-Dawlah. It is known that al-Khiraqi, one of the scholars during the reign of al-Muttaqi Billah, who lived about a century before al-Mawardi has a positive regarding this issue. It is noticeable that in a lot of states established by Muslims after those dates the employment of Christians as ministers continued. In many periods of the states established in the first five centuries of Islam, Christians were appointed as chiefs of villages, bankers, clerks, doctors, - though they were exempt from military service because they paid jizyah – soldiers in the Islamic army, chiefs of military centers, as special deputies, guards of sellers, administrators, police chiefs, etc. Apart from these posts, they were also employed as governors, measurement officials of the river Nile, administrators of government lands and even alms officials in the course of time. Due to their build-up and great talents they were employed in medicine and related issues as palace doctors or in the establishment of hospitals and they were shown respect. The activities of translation were started by them. They formed the basis for Bayt-ul Hikmah (House of Wisdom). Their social life has always been welcomed with tolerance. Especially the doctors who worked in the palace were regarded as members of the family, they could enter the rooms of the Caliph and his relatives without permission; they could worship both in their homes and in the palace easily. Their demands of permission to build churches on behalf of their congregations were received with tolerance. It is known that Ahtal, who had an important place in the Umayyad palace as a poet of the palace, took part in the palace meetings with his special clothes and cross on his neck; let alone being tolerated, he was treated with great respect because of his poems recited against Arab opposition members. A lot of Christian poets came to the palace and recited their poems and received rewards during the Abbasid period. Apart from supporting art, it should be regarded as more important to show respect and tolerance to the works of other cultures. e. Some Pictures from Social Life and Tolerance: Maybe one of the most striking examples of Islamic tolerance is the fact that non-Muslims were not isolated to live in certain districts like ghettos. It is known that the first period conquerors moved to the houses and streets where Christians lived and that Christians and Muslims lived in the same city for centuries. Throughout history, many states generally tried to change the cultures, beliefs, and values of the countries they ruled. It was recorded by historians that before Islam, the members of religions whose origins were the same often oppressed each other and even destroyed the worshipping places of people of other beliefs. It is seen that Islam closed the doors that could lead to such attitudes through the principles it emphasized and made it possible to live together based on the principles of respect and tolerance. Its distinguished examples were presented by the Messenger of Allah himself and the Four Caliphs. It can be said that in the periods after them the social life experienced together with Christians – if some mistakes that need to thought about and that lessons need to be drawn are left aside - is formed from a togetherness directed towards a mutual love and understanding based on the principles of tolerance and respect. Apart from that, many issues were regarded as natural rights and endeavors were made to apply them. Even today we can draw lessons from those approaches that are thought to be left in the ancient pages of history. We think that today we need to experience those nice examples and maintain them by increasing their number more than in the past.  f. Legal Status of non-Muslims: The foundations of zimmah (covenant) are based on the applications of the Prophet (PBUH) depending on the verse of jizyah. The Messenger of Allah sent envoys to the People of the Book and made contracts with them on the order of the Quran that wanted the alternatives of war or jizyah to be presented to them. The status of zimmi was applied in the same way during the period of the Four Caliphs, who were his successors. Apart from the application of zimmi status for the People of the Book with whom contracts were made, Hazrat Umar applied the status of zimmi not prisoners of war for the people of the regions that were conquered as a result of wars and showed a great example of humanism to non-Muslims. So, those people that surrendered through contracts or wars were accepted as zimmis. The status of zimmi, in essence, depends on accepting the sovereignty of Islam by paying a certain amount of tax. Zimmis that preferred to live on the land of Islam by paying jizyah gained a legal status primarily. In return, they gained rights like the security of life and estate, freedom of religion and conscience, exemption from military service, return of jizyah if necessary, the possibility of applying their own laws and allocation from the treasury. They even paid less tax than Muslims. As Arnold mentions rightly, jizyah was not something taken to oppress Christians but to protect them.  In return for it, zimmis were given the guarantee of protection. During the first conquest movements, when the Byzantines wanted to launch an attack in order to make Muslim armies withdraw, Muslims returned the taxes they had collected because they understood that they would not be able to protect zimmis; This attitude influenced the people of the region deeply.  It will be useful to mention the following in defining the status of zimmis under the sovereignty of Islam. As it is known when zimmis got old they were allocated some money and they were looked after. The following words that Hazrat Umar said to an old zimmi are very famous: It won't be right to take jizyah from you when you are young and to leave you as you are when you are old. It is known that Hazrat Umar allocated some money from zakat (alms) income to the Christians of Jabiyah suffering from leprosy and that he helped them. It is seen that Hanafis regard non-Muslims as people of dar (a kind of citizens with a contract) due to that application and similar ones. g. Legal Problems and the Laws to be applied to Zimmis It is stated in the Quran that the religious communities living under the rule of Islam are free to apply their religious rule in all phases of their lives; it is also stated that Muslims are free to hear their cases if they apply to Muslims and that if Muslims prefer to hear their cases, Muslims will decide in accordance with the rules that Allah sent down to Muslims. h. Other Social Relations and some Information about the Social Life of Christians Marriages: According to the Quran there is no drawback in marrying the woman of the People of the Book. The effort to pave the way for more people to know Islam and see the reality of Islam should be sought in the base of this permission presented by Islam. It is generally thought that the values a man owns have a stronger influence on the culture of family and environment. In this regard, if it is considered that a Muslims being a good example to the people around him, which is also aimed by the Quran, will enhance the Islamization process, it will be seen that the best way to do it will be living together. Therefore the pursuit of such wisdom outweighs in marrying a woman of the People of the Book. Marriages with women of the People of the Book beginning from the first conquests should perhaps be regarded as the most original aspect of religious tolerance. If what lies on the basis of non-Muslim Muslim relationships is humane behavior and good treatment, our religion has no weaknesses regarding this issue, and actually, it is too tolerant. We get married to Jewish people and Christians, and we take them into our homes. In this case, Muslim man will show respect to the religious applications and culture of his wife, he will tolerate the issues that conflict his belief (for instance, bread and wine ritual, taking alcohol, eating pork and worshipping in the church). In the Islamic community, the best examples of tolerance and respect were experienced in the most vivid field of social life like trading with non-Muslims, lending and borrowing money. There are a lot of Muslims who borrow from the People of the Book. The fact that Jewish people and Christians prevail in trade and in some important sectors shows the tolerance, and there is no example showing that this right was withdrawn.