Hadith 207

Sahih Muslim

Book 12: The Book of Zakat

Chapter 49

The Khawarij are the most evil of people and of all creation

باب الْخَوَارِجُ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ ‏

Sahih Muslim 1068a
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ يُسَيْرِ بْنِ، عَمْرٍو قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَذْكُرُ الْخَوَارِجَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ - وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ لاَ يَعْدُو تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ‏"
Yusair b. 'Amr reported that he inquired of Sahl b. Hunaif:

Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) making a mention of the Khawarij? He said: I heard him say (and he pointed with his hand towards the east) that these would be a people who would recite the Qur'an with their tongues and it would not go beyond their collar bones. They would pass clean through their religion just as the arrow passes through the prey.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Sahl bin Hunayf

سهل بن حنيف

19 narrations

follower
2

Yasayr bin 'Amr

يسير بن عمرو الشيباني

3 narrations

follower
3

Sulaiman bin Abi Sulaiman

سليمان بن أبي سليمان

122 narrations

successor
4

'Ali bin Ms'hr

علي بن مسهر

178 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba

أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة

2,203 narrations