73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

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73 DIVISIONS IN ISLAM AND ONE TRUE JAMA’AT 3 “There shall be no compulsion in religion for guidance and error have been clearly distinguished. ” (2:257) and the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) according to whom a mere recitation of the creed was sufficient to bring someone into the fold of Islam as we read in the following hadith: “Usamah ibn Zaid relates: The Holy Prophet (pbuh) sent us on a scouting expedition to Huraqah, a valley of Juhnah and we arrived at its springs in the morning. A man of the Ansar and I came upon one of their men and when we had covered him he called out: T here is none worthy of worship save Allah. On this the Ansari held back, but I finished him off with my spear. When we returned to Medina, this incident came to the knowledge of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), he asked me: Usama, did you kill him after he had aff irmed: There is none worthy of worship save Allah? I said: Messenger of Allah, he made the affirmation only to save himself. He said again: Did you kill him after he had affirmed: There is none worthy of worship save Allah? He went on repeating it till I w ished I had not accepted Islam before that day. ” Another version is “Holy Prophet said: Did he affirm: There is none worthy of worship save Allah; and yet you killed him? I said: Messenger of Allah, he said it out of fear of our arms. He said: Why did you not cleave his heart to discover whether he had said it from his heart or not? He kept repeating it till I wished I had accepted Islam only that day. (Riyadh as - Salihin, ch. 49 Hadith