Hakikat Kitabevi Publications No: 10 answer to an enemy of islam

“After me there will be
differences among my umma. Those who live in that time must
hold fast to my sunna and to the sunna of the Khulafâ’ Ar-
râshidîn! They must shun the innovations in the religion! Every
innovation in the religion is a bid’a. All bid’as are heresy. The
destination of heretics is the fire of Hell.” This hadîth sherîf
pointed out that there would be various differences among this
umma; it says that, of them, we must cling to the one which follows
the path of Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) and his four
caliphs. Sunna means his utterances, all ’ibâdât, beliefs and morals,
and [the things approved by] his keeping quiet when he saw them
being done.
It is declared in a hadîth sherîf, 
“When corruption is spread
among my umma, the one who clings to my sunna will be given the
thawâb of a hundred martyrs!” That is, when people go beyond
the limits of Islam by following the nafs, bid’as and their own
intellect, a person who follows his sunna is given the thawâb of a
hundred martyrs one the Day of Rising. For, during the time of
disunion and corruption, following Islam will be as difficult as
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fighting against disbelievers.
It is declared in a hadîth sherîf, 
“Islam began lonely (gharîb).
It will be lonely in its final times, too. Glad tidings be to those
lonely people! They will amend my sunnat defiled by people.”
That is, as most people in the beginning of Islam did not know
Islam and found it odd, so in the latest time those who know Islam
will be few. They will restore his sunna, which will be defiled after
him. To this end they will perform al-amru bi ’l-ma’rûf wa ’n-
nahyi ’ani ’l-munkar. They will be examples for others in
following the Sunna, that is, Islam. They will write the teachings
of Islam correctly, and will try to disseminate their books. Few
people will listen to them, and they will have a lot of adversaries.
During that time, the man with a religious post with many
sympathisers will be the person who mixes sweet but false words
with the truth. For, a person who tells the naked truth will have
many adversaries.
It is declared in a hadîth sherîf,