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nasai-kubra:8511Aḥmad b. Sulaymān And al-Qāsim b. Zakariyyā > ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Sūwayd b. Ghafalah > ʿAlī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A group of people will emerge in the end times who recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their throats. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its target. Their fighting is an obligation upon every Muslim." Yusuf ibn Abi Ishaq disagreed with him and caused a conflict between Abi Ishaq and Suwaid ibn Ghafalah Abdulrahman ibn Tharwan.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥١١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَالْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ قِتَالُهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ» خَالَفَهُ يُوسُفُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ فَأَدْخَلَ بَيْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَبَيْنَ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ ثَرْوَانَ  


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ahmad:1346Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Sūwayd b. Ghafalah > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿAt the end of time, there will be people who recite Qurʿan but it will go no further than their collarbones; they will pass out of Islam as the arrow passes out of the prey. Fighting them is a duty upon every Muslim.”  

أحمد:١٣٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ قِتَالُهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ