[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever separates himself from the congregation by the length of a cubit has taken off the band of Islam from his neck until he returns to them." He said, "And whoever dies without an imam of the congregation over him, his death is a death of ignorance." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon and said, "O people, I am ahead of you at the pond (in Paradise), and its capacity is between Al-Kufah and the Black Stone, and its utensils are like the number of stars. And I saw people from my Ummah, but when they approached me, a man came out among them and said about them (to me). Then another group came and he did the same with them, and none of them escaped except like a stray camel. Abu Bakr said to Ali, "O Prophet of Allah, perhaps I am one of them?" He said, "Not you, but there are people who will come after you who will walk the path of deviation."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَمَاعَةِ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ حَتَّى يُرَاجِعَهُ» قَالَ «وَمَنْ مَاتَ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ إِمَامُ جَمَاعَةٍ فَإِنَّ مَوْتَتَهُ مَوْتَةٌ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ» وَخَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي فَرَطٌ لَكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ وَإِنَّ سَعَتَهُ مَا بَيْنَ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَآنِيَتُهُ كَعَدَدِ النُّجُومِ وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أُنَاسًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَمَّا دَنَوْا مِنِّي خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلٌ قَالَ بِهِمْ عَنِّي ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ زُمْرَةٌ أُخْرَى فَفَعَلَ بِهِمْ كَذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا كَمَثَلِ النَّعَمِ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعَلِّي مِنْهُمْ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَخْرُجُونَ بَعْدَكُمْ وَيَمْشُونَ الْقَهْقَرَى»