The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “You have completed seventy nations. You are the last of them and the noblest of them before Allaah.”
Shaikh Ali ibn Naaṣir al-Faqeehi said:
“By following the Book of Allaah, holding fast to it and seeking guidance with it and by adopting the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), this Ummah became the best of nations and the most moderate and just of them. This is due to the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “I have left amongst you that which, if you hold fast to it, you will never become misguided: The Book of Allaah and my Sunnah.” The happiest of this Ummah with this superiority and the most diligent of them in terms of statement, action and belief are the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings be upon him), then the taabi’een, then those who followed them in goodness from the three virtuous generations of Muslims. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified to their superiority in his statement: “The best of my Ummah are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them.”
