The Forerunners, The Trendsetters, The Strangers, The Revivers, The Distinguished
They rush to do good deeds
They are in constant competition with themselves and one another
Prophet said rush to do good deeds
Allah says so in Quran too
These people do not wait for anyone
These people are self motivated to please their Lord
These people are directly under the shade of Allah's Throne
These are seven categories of people
The first people to enter Jannah
Allah mentions these people twice in Surah Waqiah
They rushed to Allah in this life and so they will be rushed to Allah in next life
There will be a driver and witness guiding you towards Allah
After the grave they will be taken immediately under the shade
They are the first to respond to good
The ones who joined first are not like those who joined afterwards
When you hear of a good in any form you respond right away
What do you do run or hesitate?
You kindle your light for the hereafter in this world
They are constantly in that pursuit towards Allah
They are the first to run away from evil
the first ones to the masjid
the trendsetters are another group of forerunners
You set the trend and people follow you in that trend
Another group are the strangers
Islam came as something strange and it will return to being strange
Glad tidings to the strangers or Al Ghuraba
They rectify themselves when everyone else is corrupt
Be in this world as if you are a stranger or a traveller by Ibn Umar
If you wake up in the morning do not except the evening
If you reach evening do not expect to reach the morning
Putting your hereafter in front of you
There is a valley in paradise for the strangers
They rectify the corruption in society as well
the majority is not always good
Another group are the revivers or mujadid
the one who revives the sunnah
Every 100 years Allah sends a reviver to bring people back to sunnah
What was lost from the deen
They revive different elements of the religion that were lost
Umar ibn Abdul Aziz revived the practice of Justice
The practice of his grandfather Umar bin Al Khattab
Salahuddin is a reviver
People that notice things that are missing from sunnah and bring it back
People of Taqwa become Ghuraba when they avoid popular sins
Mohsin is Ghuraba even among people of taqwa
Mohsin go above and beyond what other people will not
To be a true Mohsin you must be a person of taqwa first
Another group are the distinguished