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nasai-kubra:8501Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Dāwud > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"A group will secede at a time of division among the people, and they will be killed by the group that is closer to the truth." (Using translation from Muslim 1065d)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥٠١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ سَيَلِي قَتْلَهُمْ أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:1065bShaybān b. Farrūkh > al-Qāsim / Ibn al-Faḍl al-Ḥuddānī > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

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.  

مسلم:١٠٦٥bحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحُدَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ  

muslim:1065dMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Dāwud > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"A group will secede at a time of division among the people, and they will be killed by the group that is closer to the truth."  

مسلم:١٠٦٥dحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ فِي فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَيَلِي قَتْلَهُمْ أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ  

abudawud:4667Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > al-Qāsim b. al-Faḍl > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it.  

أبو داود:٤٦٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ  

ahmad:11448Wakīʿ > al-Qāsim b. al-Faḍl > Abū Naḍrah al-ʿAbdiyyuʿan Abū Saʿīd

In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4667)  

أحمد:١١٤٤٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ الْعَبْدِيُّعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ  

ahmad:11921ʿAffān > al-Qāsim b. al-Faḍl > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4667)  

أحمد:١١٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَمْرُقُمَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ تَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ  

ahmad:11275Wakīʿ > al-Qāsim b. al-Faḍl > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4667)  

أحمد:١١٢٧٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ  

nasai-kubra:8457Salmān b. ʿUbaydullāh > Bahz > al-Qāsim / Ibn al-Faḍl > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4667)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٤٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا سَلْمَانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»  

nasai-kubra:8504Sulaymān b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr al-Ghaylānī > Bahz > al-Qāsim / Ibn al-Faḍl > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4667)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْغَيْلَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ تَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»