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nasai:4022ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

"I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] say: 'After me there will be many calamities and much evil behavior. Whoever wants to create division among the Ummah (of Muhammad [SAW]) when they are all united, strike him with the sword.'"  

النسائي:٤٠٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عِلاَقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ سَتَكُونُ بَعْدِي هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَهُمْ جَمْعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:1852aAbū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Nāfiʿ > Ghundar Wqāl Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Different evils will make their appearance in the near future. Anyone who tries to disrupt the affairs of this Umma while they are united you should strike him with the sword whoever he be. (If remonstrance does not prevail with him and he does not desist from his disruptive activities, he is to be killed.)  

مسلم:١٨٥٢aحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ ابْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ وقَالَ ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَتَكُونُ هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَهِيَ جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ  

abudawud:4762Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿAlāqah > ʿArfajah

various corruptions will arise in my community, so strike with sword the one who tries to cause separation in the matter of Muslims when they are united, whoever he be.  

أبو داود:٤٧٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عَلاَقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ سَتَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ  

ahmad:19000Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Different evils will make their appearance in the near future. Anyone who tries to disrupt the affairs of this Umma while they are united you should strike him with the sword whoever he be. (If remonstrance does not prevail with him and he does not desist from his disruptive activities, he is to be killed.) (Using translation from Muslim 1852a)  

أحمد:١٩٠٠٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَتَكُونُ هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَهِيَ جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ  

ahmad:18295Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

various corruptions will arise in my community, so strike with sword the one who tries to cause separation in the matter of Muslims when they are united, whoever he be. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4762)   

أحمد:١٨٢٩٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ تَكُونُ هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ  

ahmad:20277Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Different evils will make their appearance in the near future. Anyone who tries to disrupt the affairs of this Umma while they are united you should strike him with the sword whoever he be. (If remonstrance does not prevail with him and he does not desist from his disruptive activities, he is to be killed.) (Using translation from Muslim 1852a)  

أحمد:٢٠٢٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَتَكُونُ هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْقَتْلِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ بِفِرَاقِهِ الْجَمَاعَةَ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ

ibnhibban:4406Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Different evils will make their appearance in the near future. Anyone who tries to disrupt the affairs of this Umma while they are united you should strike him with the sword whoever he be. (If remonstrance does not prevail with him and he does not desist from his disruptive activities, he is to be killed.) (Using translation from Muslim 1852a)  

ابن حبّان:٤٤٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَرْفَجَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ»  

tabarani:14484ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There will come after me times of weakness, and whoever among you sees someone trying to divide the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ while they are all united, then kill him regardless of who he may be."  

الطبراني:١٤٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ فَاقْتُلُوه كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ»  

tabarani:14486Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > Abū Khālid al-Dālānī > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah al-Ashjaʿī

[Machine] I heard the Prophet saying, "There will be divisions and divisions after me, so extend his voice with it. So, whoever wants to differentiate between the Ummah (nation) of Muhammad and all their affairs, then kill him, no matter who he is. He has made a false oath except for one person from among the people."  

الطبراني:١٤٤٨٦حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالَانِيِّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَطَوَّلَ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأمْرُهُمْ جَمِيعٌ فَاقْتُلُوهُ كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ حَلَفَ مَا اسْتَثْنَى أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ»  

tabarani:14490[Chain 1] Zakariyyā b. Ḥamdawayh al-Ṣaffār > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

various corruptions will arise in my community, so strike with sword the one who tries to cause separation in the matter of Muslims when they are united, whoever he be. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4762)  

الطبراني:١٤٤٩٠حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ حَمْدَوَيْهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «سَتَكُونُ هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَ أَمْرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَهُم جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْف كَائِنًا مَنْ كَانَ»  

nasai-kubra:3471ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > ʿArfajah

various corruptions will arise in my community, so strike with sword the one who tries to cause separation in the matter of Muslims when they are united, whoever he be. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4762)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٤٧١أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَمِيعٌ فَاضْرِبُوهُ بِالسَّيْفِ»  

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السيوطي:١٤٧٥٦a

"ستَكُونُ بَعْدِى هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ أراد أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ أَمْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وهم جميعٌ، فَاضْرِبُوهُ بالسَّيْفِ كائنًا مَنْ كَانَ".  

[د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن عَرْفَجَةَ بن شُرِيحٍ
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السيوطي:٧٩٤٥a

"إِنَّها ستكُون هنَاتٌ وهنَاتٌ، فمَنْ أَراد أَنْ يُفرِّقَ أَمَر هذه الأُمَّةِ وهُم جَميعُ فاضْرِبُوه بالسيِّفِ كائنًا مَنْ كانَ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن عرفجة
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السيوطي:٧٨٢٢a

"إِنَّه ستكونُ هَناتٌ وهناتٌ فمنْ أرادَ أَنْ يفرِّق أمْر هذِه الأُمَّةِ وَهِى جميعٌ فاضربُوهُ بالسَّيف كائنًا مَنْ كان ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي عن عرفجة