The Prophetic light

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:

«فأهل الأرض كلهم في ظلمات الجهل والغي ، إلا من أشرق عليه نور النبوة.»

❝All the people on the earth are in the darkness of ignorance and misguidance except for the one who has the Prophetic light [the Sunnah] radiate upon him.❞

[Hadaya Al-Hayyari, (Page: 448) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

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