(47) باب ذِكْرِ الْخَوَارِجِ وَصِفَاتِهِمْ
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
A group would secede itself (from the Ummah) when there would be dissension among the Muslims. Out of the two groups who would be nearer the truth would kill them. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sahih Muslim 1065 b (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 12, Hadith 195 (DE)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 5, Hadith 2325 (DE)