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tabarani:5607[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > ʿAlī b. Mushir [Chain 3] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > Yasīr b. ʿAmr

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say about the Khawarij, "Shall I not inform you of what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I will not add anything to it? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say and he struck his hand, 'They will emerge from here,' and he pointed with his hand. 'A group of people who recite the Quran but it will not pass beyond their throats. They will exit the religion as an arrow passes through its target.'"  

الطبراني:٥٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَا ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ يَسِيرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ فَقُلْتُ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا

سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْحَرُورِيَّةِ قَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَزِيدُكَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ «يَخْرُجُ مِنْ هَهُنَا وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَأُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ»  


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bukhari:6934Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Shaybānī > Yusayr b. ʿAmr > Lisahl b. Ḥunayf Hal

I asked Sahl bin Hunaif, "Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ saying anything about Al-Khawarij?" He said, "I heard him saying while pointing his hand towards Iraq. "There will appear in it (i.e, Iraq) some people who will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out from (leave) Islam as an arrow darts through the game's body.' "  

البخاري:٦٩٣٤حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يُسَيْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قُلْتُ لِسَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ هَلْ

سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْخَوَارِجِ شَيْئًا قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ وَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ قِبَلَ الْعِرَاقِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ  

ahmad:15977Abū al-Naḍr > Ḥizām b. Ismāʿīl al-ʿĀmirī > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > Yusayr b. ʿAmr

[Machine] I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ talking about the Khawarij. He said: "I will tell you what I heard, and I will not add anything to it. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioning a group of people who would come out from this place, and he pointed with his hand towards Iraq. They would recite the Quran but it would not go beyond their throats. They would leave the religion just as an arrow leaves its bowstring." I asked: "Did he give them any signs?" He said: "This is what I heard, and I will not add anything more to it."  

أحمد:١٥٩٧٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِزَامُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَامِرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ يُسَيْرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ فَقُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي مَا

سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْحَرُورِيَّةِ قَالَ أُحَدِّثُكَ مَا سَمِعْتُ لَا أَزِيدُكَ عَلَيْهِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ قَوْمًا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْعِرَاقِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ قُلْتُ هَلْ ذَكَرَ لَهُمْ عَلَامَةً؟ قَالَ هَذَا مَا سَمِعْتُ لَا أَزِيدُكَ عَلَيْهِ  

tabarani:5608[Chain 1] Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Ḥayyān al-Māzinī > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb [Chain 3] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Sulaymān al-Shaybānī > Yasīr b. ʿAmr > sahl b. Ḥunayf Hal

[Machine] Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say anything about the Khawarij? He said, "I heard him say, 'A group will emerge among them who recite the Quran, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will leave the religion as an arrow leaves its target.'"  

الطبراني:٥٦٠٨حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْمَازِنِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا يَسِيرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قُلْتُ لِسَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ هَلْ

سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْخَوَارِجِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ وَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْعِرَاقِ «يَخْرُجُ بَيْنَهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَأُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ»  

nasai-kubra:8036Muḥammad b. Ādam b. Sulaymān > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Ibn Isḥāq > Yasīr b. ʿAmr

[Machine] I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding the Haruriyyah sect, he said, "Shall I inform you of what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ? I will not add anything to it. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he struck his hand towards the west, saying, 'A group will emerge from here who recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its target.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٠٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَسِيرِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا

سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَرُورِيَّةِ قَالَ أُخْبِرُكُ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَغْرِبِ قَالَ «يَخْرُجُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ»