Do you want to drink from the POND of Rasulullaah صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم??

Sheikh Saleh al-Fawzan حفظها الله: 

If you want to drink from this pond (the Prophet’s pond on the Day of Judgment), then be obedient to Allaah and His Messenger. As for the person who claims to be from the Ummah of Muhammad but does not obey nor comply, nor adheres to the Manhaj of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم , then, this person will NOT benefit from using the name Islaam. Rather he will be prevented from drinking from the pond at a time when the people will be extremely thirsty. And with Allaah refuge is sought.

Therefore the one who wants to drink from this pond let him adhere to the Sunnah. And adhering to the Sunnah is not an easy matter. It comes with trials and ordeals. There are people who will rebuke you, harm you, and degrade you. They will say: ‘This person is extreme, haughty, etc.' or perhaps they will not suffice with speech, perhaps they will kill you, or beat you, or imprison you.

But BE PATIENT if you want safety and if you want to drink from this pond. Be patient with adhering to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم until you meet him at the POND.

 

The following points were mentioned in Sheikh Fath al-Qadsi  حفظه الله's lesson of Saheeh Muslim Hadeeth #81, Chapter Ma'rifa Tareeq ar-Ru'ya:

Those who will be prevented from the pond of Rasulullaah  صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم : 

·    The Kuffaar - (the disbelievers) they are those who have refused to drink from the pond;

·       The Murtad - Those who apostate (left Islaam);

·       The Hypocrites - Those who showed Islaam outwardly and hid their disbelief;

·      Those who innovated and introduced new things into the Deen of Islaam -- (the people of Ahlul Bid'ah)