عَنْ أبِي هُريرةَ رضي الله عنه ، أنَّ رسولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ دَعَا إلى هُدًى، كان لهُ مِنَ الأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أجورِ مَنْ تَبِعهُ، لا يَنقُصُ ذلك مِنْ أجُورِهم شيئًا، ومَنْ دَعَا إِلَى ضَلالَةٍ، كان عليه مِنَ الإثمِ مثلُ آثامِ مَنْ تَبِعهُ، لا يَنْقُصُ ذلك مِنْ آثامِهم شَيئًا»
Abu Hurayrah narrated that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
1. Whoever advocates right guidance earns the same reward as the reward of those who follow him, without diminishing their reward in any way. 2. and whoever advocates error earns the same burden as the burdens of those who follow him, without diminishing their burdens in any way.
Abu ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl belonged to the ‘Adiy branch of the Quraysh. He embraced Islam when he was young. He migrated to Madinah with his father when he was still a child below the age of puberty. At the time of the Battle of Uḥud, he was too young to fight. His first military effort was the Encounter of the Moat, i.e. al-Khandaq. He also participated in the pledge under the tree. Zaynab bint Maẓ‘ūn, who was ‘Uthmān ibn Maẓ‘ūn’s sister, was his mother and the mother of his sister, Ḥafṣah the Mother of Believers. He narrated much useful information from the Prophet, and also from his father‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Abu Bakr, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī, Bilāl, Ṣuhayb and other companions of the Prophet. He issued many fatwas and narrated a large number of hadiths. He died in Year 74 AH 694 CE.
