"I used to wish that I could meet a man among the Companions of the Prophet [SAW] and ask him about the Khawarij. Then I met Abu Barzah on the day of 'Id, with a number of his companions. I said to him: 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allah [SAW] mention the Khawarij?' He said: 'Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] with my own ears, and saw him with my own eyes. Some wealth was brought to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he distributed it to those on his right and on his left, but he did not give anything to those who were behind him. Then a man stood behind him and said: "O Muhammad! You have not been just in your division!" He was a man with black patchy (shaved) hair, wearing two white garments. So Messenger of Allah [SAW] became very angry and said: "By Allah! You will not find a man after me who is more just than me." Then he said: "A people will come at the end of time; as if he is one of them, reciting the Qur'an without it passing beyond their throats. They will go through Islam just as the arrow goes through the target. Their distinction will be shaving. They will not cease to appear until the last of them comes with Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal. So when you meet them, then kill them, they are the worst of created beings."  

أَنْ أَلْقَى رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْخَوَارِجِ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَرْزَةَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ الْخَوَارِجَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأُذُنِي وَرَأَيْتُهُ بِعَيْنِي أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَالٍ فَقَسَمَهُ فَأَعْطَى مَنْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَمَنْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَلَمْ يُعْطِ مَنْ وَرَاءَهُ شَيْئًا فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا عَدَلْتَ فِي الْقِسْمَةِ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مَطْمُومُ الشَّعْرِ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا وَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ تَجِدُونَ بَعْدِي رَجُلاً هُوَ أَعْدَلُ مِنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ كَأَنَّ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ سِيمَاهُمُ التَّحْلِيقُ لاَ يَزَالُونَ يَخْرُجُونَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ آخِرُهُمْ مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ شَرِيكُ بْنُ شِهَابٍ لَيْسَ بِذَلِكَ الْمَشْهُورِ  

[Machine] "The narrator Yunus al-Harithi said: 'I wish I had seen a man from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ who would tell me about the Khawarij. So, I met Abu Barza along with a group of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ and I said to him, 'Tell me something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the Khawarij.' He said, 'I will tell you something that I heard with my own ears and saw with my own eyes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given some Dinars and he divided them. Then, a man with disheveled hair, Adam or Aswad, came with the mark of prostration between his eyes. He had two white garments. He approached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from his right side and presented himself to him, but he was not given anything. He said, 'O Muhammad! What kind of distribution is this?' He became extremely angry and said, 'By Allah! After me, you will not find anyone more just to you than me, three times over.' Then he said, 'There will come out from the east, men whose appearance is similar to theirs. They recite the Quran but it does not go beyond their throats. They pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its target, then they do not return. Their characteristic is shaving their heads. They continuously go out and they will continue to emerge until the last of them joins the Dajjal. So when you meet them, kill them for they are the worst creatures of Allah and His creation.'"  

يُونُسُ الْحَارِثِيُّ وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ لَيْتَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُنِي عَنِ الْخَوَارِجِ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَرْزَةَ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْخَوَارِجِ قَالَ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَرَأَتْهُ عَيْنَايَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِدَنَانِيرَ فَقَسَمَهَا وَثَمَّ رَجُلٌ مَطْمُومُ الشَّعْرِ آدَمُ أَوْ أَسْوَدُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ أَثَرُ السُّجُودِ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ فَجَعَلَ يَأْتِيهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ يَمِينِهِ وَيَتَعَرَّضُ لَهُ فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا عَدَلْتَ الْيَوْمَ فِي الْقِسْمَةِ فَغَضِبَ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ قَالَ وَاللهِ لَا تَجِدُونَ بَعْدِي أَحَدًا أَعْدَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّارٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ رِجَالٌ كَأَنَّ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ هَدْيُهُمْ هَكَذَا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ثُمَّ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ فِيهِ سِيمَاهُمْ التَّحْلِيقُ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَخْرُجُونَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ آخِرُهُمْ مَعَ الدَّجَّالِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ  

[Machine] "To see a man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and for him to speak to me about the Khawarij, I met Abu Barzah on the day of Arafah among a group of his companions, so I said: 'O Abu Barzah, tell us something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding the Khawarij.' He said: 'I will inform you of something that my ears heard and my eyes saw. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given some dinars from a certain land and he used to distribute them. He had a man by his side who was dark-skinned with thick hair and was wearing two white garments with signs of prostration between his eyes. He came close to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from his front, but the Prophet did not give him anything. Then he approached him from his left side, but the Prophet did not give him anything. Then he approached him from his back, and he said: "By Allah, O Muhammad, you have not been fair in your distribution today." This made the Prophet ﷺ angry, and he said: "You will not find any other person after me who is more just towards you." He repeated this statement three times, and then he said: "A group will emerge from the east, reciting the Quran, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will pass through the religion just as an arrow passes through its target, and then they will not return to it." The Prophet ﷺ placed his hand on his chest and said: "They have the mark of a fork on their forehead; they will continue to emerge until the last of them appears. So when you see them, then kill them." Hammād repeated this statement three times, saying, "They are the worst of creation and creatures." Then he added, "They will not return to it."  

أَنْ أَرَىَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَيُحَدِّثُنِي عَنِ الْخَوَارِجِ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَرْزَةَ فِي يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا بَرْزَةَ حَدِّثْنَا بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْخَوَارِجِ قَالَ أُحَدِّثُكَ مَا سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَرَأَتْ عَيْنَايَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِدَنَانِيرَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ فَكَانَ يَقْسِمُهَا وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مَطْمُومُ الشَّعْرِ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ أَثَرُ السُّجُودِ فَتَعَرَّضَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ وَجْهِهِ فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ شَيْئًا فَأَتَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ شِمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ شَيْئًا فَأَتَاهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا عَدَلْتَ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ فِي الْقِسْمَةِ فَغَضِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا تَجِدُونَ بَعْدِي أَحَدًا أَعْدَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ» قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ قَوْمٌ كَأَنَّ هَدْيَهُمْ هَكَذَا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ثُمَّ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ سِيمَاهُمُ التَّحْلِيقُ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَخْرُجُونَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ آخِرُهُمْ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ قَالَهَا حَمَّادٌ ثَلَاثًا هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ قَالَهَا حَمَّادٌ ثَلَاثًا وَقَالَ قَالَ أَيْضًا لَا يَرْجِعُونَ فِيهِ  

"I used to wish that I could meet a man among the Companions of the Prophet [SAW] and ask him about the Khawarij. Then I met Abu Barzah on the day of 'Id, with a number of his companions. I said to him: 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allah [SAW] mention the Khawarij?' He said: 'Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] with my own ears, and saw him with my own eyes. Some wealth was brought to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he distributed it to those on his right and on his left, but he did not give anything to those who were behind him. Then a man stood behind him and said: "O Muhammad! You have not been just in your division!" He was a man with black patchy (shaved) hair, wearing two white garments. So Messenger of Allah [SAW] became very angry and said: "By Allah! You will not find a man after me who is more just than me." Then he said: "A people will come at the end of time; as if he is one of them, reciting the Qur'an without it passing beyond their throats. They will go through Islam just as the arrow goes through the target. Their distinction will be shaving. They will not cease to appear until the last of them comes with Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal. So when you meet them, then kill them, they are the worst of created beings." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4103)  

أَنْ أَلْقَى رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ الْخَوَارِجِ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَرْزَةَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ الْخَوَارِجَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِأُذُنِي وَرَأَيْتُهُ بِعَيْنِي أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَالٍ فَقَسَمَهُ فَأَعْطَى مَنْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَمَنْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَلَمْ يُعْطِ مَنْ وَرَاءَهُ شَيْئًا فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا عَدَلْتَ فِي الْقِسْمَةِ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مَطْمُومُ الشَّعْرِ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا وَقَالَ «وَاللهِ لَا تَجِدُونَ بَعْدِي رَجُلًا هُوَ أَعْدَلُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ كَأَنَّ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ سِيمَاهُمٌ التَّحْلِيقُ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَخْرُجُونَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ آخِرُهُمْ مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ هُمْ أَشَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ شَرِيكُ بْنُ شِهَابٍ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ الْمَشْهُورِ  

"عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ رسُولُ الله ﷺ بِدَنَانِيرَ فَجَعَلَ يُقَسِّمُهَا وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مَطمُومُ الشَّعْرِ، عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيضَانِ، بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ أَثَرُ السُّجودِ، وَكَان يَتَعَرَّضُ لِرَسُولِ الله -عليه الصلاة والسلام- فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ، فَأَتَاهُ فَعَرضَ لَهُ مِنْ قِبَل وَجْهِهِ فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ: مَا عَدَلْتَ منذُ الْيَوْمِ فيِ الْقِسْمَةِ، فَغَضِبَ رسُولُ الله ﷺ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَالله لَا تَجِدُونَ أَحَدًا أَعْدَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي -ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ- ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَخْرُجُ عَلَيْكُمْ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ -كأنَّ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ- هَدْيُهُمْ هَكَذَا يَقْرأوُنَ الْقُرآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرمية، ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُونَ إِلَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ، سِيمَاهُمْ التحليق (*)، لَا يَزَالُونَ يَخْرجُونَ كَمَا يَخْرُجُ آخِرُهُمْ مِنَ الْمسَيِحِ الدَّجَّالِ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ -ثَلَاثًا- هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ، يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا".