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ahmad:11611ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrahaʿan Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be two factions among my Ummah, and a rebellious group will emerge, followed by the majority who will kill them or be killed by them, and they will be upon the truth."  

أحمد:١١٦١١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَكُونُ فِيأُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَانِ يَخْرُجُ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ يَلِي قَتْلَهَا أَوْلَاهُمَا بِالْحَقِّ  


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muslim:1065cAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

There would be two groups in my Ummah, and there would emerge another group (seceding itself from both of them), and the party nearer to the truth among the two would kill them (the group of the Khawarij).  

مسلم:١٠٦٥cحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَانِ فَتَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمَا مَارِقَةٌ يَلِي قَتْلَهُمْ أَوْلاَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ  

ahmad:11416Bahz > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "My Ummah will divide into two groups, and a deviant group will emerge between them whose killing will be justified by the first group."  

أحمد:١١٤١٦حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ تَكُونُ أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَيْنِ يَخْرُجُ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ يَلِي قَتْلَهَا أَوْلَاهُمَا بِالْحَقِّ  

ahmad:11196Yaḥyá > ʿAwf > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "My nation will split into two groups and a stray individual will pass between them, and the group closer to the truth will kill that stray individual."  

أحمد:١١١٩٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عَوْفٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَيْنِ فَيَمْرُقُ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ تَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ قَضَاءِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا وَقْعَةَ صِفِّينَ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

ibnhibban:6735Aḥmad b. Muḥammad Abū ʿAmr al-Ḥīrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Hāshim > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAwf > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will be two groups in my Ummah, and a passing faction will emerge between them that will be killed, and the group closest to the truth between the two will be the one that kills it."  

ابن حبّان:٦٧٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْحِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَانِ تَمْرُقُ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ تَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»  

nasai-kubra:8502Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

There would be two groups in my Ummah, and there would emerge another group (seceding itself from both of them), and the party nearer to the truth among the two would kill them (the group of the Khawarij). (Using translation from Muslim 1065c)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَتَكُونُ أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَيْنِ فَتَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ يَلِي قَتْلَهَا أَوْلَاهُمَا بِالْحَقِّ»  

nasai-kubra:8503ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > ʿAwf > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "My nation will divide into two groups, and there will be a group that deviates between them, killing them is more deserving of the two groups with the truth."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَيْنِ يَمْرُقُ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ تَقْتُلُهُمْ أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»