Hadith
The Prophet ﷺ said
“I have left you upon a clear path, its night is like its day. No one deviates from it after me except that he will be destroyed.”
عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السَّلَمِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ، يَقُولُ قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: قَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا لاَ يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي إِلاَّ هَالِكٌ
Sunan Ibn Majah 43
Ponder This Hadith
The Prophet ﷺ left us upon a clear and unmistakable path, repeatedly emphasizing the core foundations of Islam: worshipping Allah alone without partners, establishing the five daily Salah, fasting the month of Ramadan, giving Zakat, and performing Hajj to the Kaʿbah.
In light of this clarity, can those who abandon or replace these teachings be said to remain upon that path? Would modern-day Ismailis not fall among those who have deviated from what the Prophet ﷺ made so explicit?