Hadith 19669

Chapter 47

باب 47

(47) باب ذِكْرِ الْخَوَارِجِ وَصِفَاتِهِمْ

(47) Chapter: The Khawarij and their attributes
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حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحُدَّانِيُّ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ " .

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.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1065 b

In-book reference: Book 12, Hadith 195

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 5, Hadith 2325