Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4667
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ " .
Translation
Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us; al-Qasim ibn al-Fadl narrated to us, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: ‘A seceding group will break away during a schism among the Muslims. The party nearer to the truth will kill them.’