"تَقَدَّمُوا فَأتَمُّوا بِى، وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُم مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ، وَلَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّه يَومَ الْقِيامَةِ".
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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, SuyūṭīThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw (a tendency ) among his Companions to go to the back, so he said to them: Come forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead. People will continue to keep back till Allah will put them at the back.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ تَقَدَّمُوا فَائْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ لاَ يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ
"Come forward and follow me, and let those who are behind you follow your lead. If people continue to lag behind, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will put them back."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ تَقَدَّمُوا فَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ وَلاَ يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ ﷻ
Abu Sa’Id al-Khudri said; The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back. He said to them; come forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead people will continue to keep to the back till Allah would put them at the back.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ تَقَدَّمُوا فَائْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ وَلاَ يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ ﷻ
“Come forward and follow me, and let those who are behind you follow your lead. If people continue to lag behind, Allah will put them back.”
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ تَقَدَّمُوا فَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ لاَ يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ
“Come forward and follow me, and let those who are behind you follow your lead. If people continue to lag behind, Allah will put them back.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 978)
رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ تَقَدَّمُوا فَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ وَلَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللهُ
[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Follow me and the one who follows me will be with me in paradise. Those who come after you will continue to delay until Allah delays them."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ائْتَمُّوا بِي يَأْتَمُّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللهُ ﷻ
Abu Sa’Id al-Khudri said; The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back. He said to them; come forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead people will continue to keep to the back till Allah would put them at the back. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 680)
رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ تَقَدَّمُوا فَائْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللهُ ﷻ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
Abu Sa’Id al-Khudri said; The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back. He said to them; come forward and follow my lead, and let those who come after you follow your lead people will continue to keep to the back till Allah would put them at the back. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 680)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى فِي أَصْحَابِهِ تَأَخُّرًا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ تَقَدَّمُوا فَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلْيَأْتَمَّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللهُ
“Come forward and follow me, and let those who are behind you follow your lead. If people continue to lag behind, Allah will put them back.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 978)
"ائتمُّوا بي، وليأتَمَّ بكم مَنْ بَعْدَكُم، لا يزال قومٌ يتأخَّرون حتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهم الله".
"عَنْ أبِى سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: رَأى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ نَاسًا في مُؤَخرِ المَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ: لَا يَزَالُ قَوْم يَتَأخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمْ الله، ادْنُوا مِنِّي فَأتَمُّوا بِي، وَليأتَمَ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكم" (5).