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Sahih Muslim 1066a

Whenever I narrate to you anything from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) believe it to be absolutely true as falling from the sky is dearer to me than that of attributing anything…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ وَكِيعٍ، (قَالَ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ،) حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ عَلَيْهِ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ. سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «سَيَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ أَحْدَاثُ الأَسْنَانِ سُفَهَاءُ الأَحْلَامِ يَقُولُونَ: مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ الْبَرِيَّةِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ فَإِنَّ فِي قَتْلِهِمْ أَجْرًا لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

Whenever I narrate to you anything from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) believe it to be absolutely true as falling from the sky is dearer to me than that of attributing anything to him (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) which he never said. When I talk to you of anything which is between me and you (there might creep some error in it) for battle is an outwitting.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: There would arise at the end of the age a people who would be young in age and immature in thought, but they would talk (in such a manner) as if their words are the best among the creatures. They would recite the Qur’an, but it would not go beyond their throats, and they would pass through the religion as an arrow goes through the prey.

So when you meet them, kill them, for in their killing you would get a reward with Allah on the Day of Judgement.

মুহরিয ইবনু ‘আওন ইবনু আবূ আওন (রহঃ) ..... 'আমর ইবনু হুৱায়স (রাযিঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম এর পিছনে ফজরের সালাত আদায় করলাম। আমি তাকে فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ * الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ আমি শপথ করি পশ্চাদপসরণকারী নক্ষত্রের, যা প্রত্যাগমন করে ও দৃশ্য হয়"- (সুরাহ আত-তাকবীরঃ ১৫-১৬) পাঠ করতে শুনলাম। তিনি সম্পূর্ণভাবে সাজদায় না যাওয়া পর্যন্ত আমাদের কেউ নিজের পিঠ বাকা করত না।

حضرت عمرو بن حریث ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے روایت ہے ، انہوں نے کہا : میں نے نبی اکرمﷺ کے پیچھے فجر کی نماز پڑھی تو میں نے آپ کو ﴿فلا أقسم بالخنس0 الجوار الكنس﴾ ’’میں قسم کھاتا ہوں پیچھے ہٹنے والے ، سیدھے چلنے ، دبک جانے والے ( ستاروں ) کی ‘ ‘ پڑھتے ہوئے سنا اور ہم میں سے کوئی آدمی اپنی پشت نہیں جھکاتا تھا حتیٰ کہ آپ پوری طرح سجدے میں چلے جاتے تھے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhriz bin 'Aun bin Abi 'Aun] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Khalaf bin Khalifah al-Asyja'i Abu Ahmad] dari [al-Walid bin Sari' maula Alu Amru bin Huraits] dari [Amru bin Huraits] dia berkata, "Saya shalat shubuh di belakang Nabi Shallallahu'alaihiwasallam, lalu saya mendengarnya membaca, 'Falaa Uqsimu bi al-Khunnas al-Jawar al-Kunnas, ' (QS. Attakwir), dan dahulu tidak seorang pun dari kami memelengkungkan punggungnya hingga menyempurnakan sujudnya

Bize Muhriz b. Avn b. Ebî Avn rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Halef b. Halifete'l-Eşcaî Ebu Ahmed, Ali Amr b. Hureys-in azatlısı Velîd b. Serî'den, o da Amr b. Hureys'den naklen rivayet etti. Amr şöyle demiş: Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'in arkasında sabah namazını kıldım da onun Tekvir 15 ve 16 âyetini okuduğunu işittim. Bizden hiç birimiz o tamamiyle secdeye varmadıkça belini eğiltmezdi

Sahih Muslim 1066a, Book 12, The Book of Zakat, Hadith 199. 1 min read

What it means

The Commander of the Believers, ‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib (may Allah be pleased with him), informed that if you heard me narrating from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), I neither use figurative language, nor allusions, nor ambiguous statements; rather, I speak clearly. If I fall from the sky, it would be easier and lighter than to narrate from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) while attributing lies to him.

However, if I spoke about matters between myself and the people, then war is deception, and I may use figurative language, allusions, or double-meaning statements. Indeed, I heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say: At the end of time, there will come youth, young in age and weak in intellect. They will quote words from the Qur’an and recite them frequently, but they will leave Islam and transgress its bounds just as an arrow passes through its target.

Their faith will not go beyond their throats. Wherever you encounter them, kill them, for killing them will bring a reward for those who kill them on the Day of Judgment.

What it teaches

  • Highlighting part of the traits of the Khawārij.
  • The Hadīth contains a sign of the Prophet's prophethood, as he foretold events that would occur in his Ummah after him, and they happened just as he had informed.
  • The permissibility of using indirect speech and allusions in war. Deception in war is through misleading statements, ambushes, or the like, provided they do not involve breaking treaties or violating guarantees of safety, as there is an explicit prohibition against such actions.
  • An-Nawawi said regarding the phrase (they will speak about the best words of creation), i.e., apparently such as they say: There is no judgment except for Allah, and similar expressions where they call people to the Book of Allah Almighty.
  • Ibn Hajar said regarding the phrase (their faith will not go beyond their throats): The intended meaning is that faith has not taken root in their hearts, for whatever stops at the throat and does not go beyond it cannot reach the heart.
  • Al-Qādi said: Scholars have unanimously agreed that when the Khārijites, and those similar to them from among the heretic innovators and oppressors, rebel against the ruler, oppose the consensus of the community, and cause division, it becomes obligatory to fight them after warning them and providing them with irrefutable proof.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn NumayrTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn Said al-AshajWith, Fourth generation, died 256 AH
  4. 4وَكِيعٍ الأَشَجُّFrom
  5. 5Waki ibn al-JarrahTold us, Third generation, died 196 AH
  6. 6Sulayman al-AmashTold us, Successor, died 147 AH
  7. 7Khaythamah ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Successor, died 80 AH
  8. 8Suwayd ibn GhafalahFrom, Successor, died 76 AH

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