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suyuti:623-8bAbiá Zayd al-Anṣāri
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السيوطي:٦٢٣-٨b

"عَنْ أَبِى زَيدٍ الأَنْصَارِىِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الله -تَعَالَى- وَليْسُوا مِنْ الله تَعَالَى في شَىْءٍ، وَمَنْ قَاتَلَهُمْ كَانَ أَوْلَى مِنَ الله -تَعَالَى- مِنْهُمْ مَضَى الْحَقُّ أَرجُ".  

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tabarani:14178ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn al-Miṣṣīṣī > Muḥammad b. Bakkār b. Bilāl > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah > Abū al-Khalīl > Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "They invite to Allah, but they are not of Allah in anything. Whoever fights against them is closer to Allah than they are." This refers to the Khawarij.  

الطبراني:١٤١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارِ بْنِ بِلَالٍ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَدْعُونَ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ وَلَيْسُوا مِنَ اللهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مَنْ قَاتَلَهُمْ كَانَ أَوْلَى بِاللهِ مِنْهُمْ» يَعْنِي الْخَوَارِجَ