Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3543

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " سَيَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي اخْتِلَافٌ وَفُرْقَةٌ قَوْمٌ يُحسِنونَ القيلَ ويُسيئونَ الفِعلَ يقرؤون الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُروقَ السَّهمِ فِي الرَّمِيَّةِ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ حَتَّى يَرْتَدَّ السَّهْمُ عَلَى فُوقِهِ هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ طُوبَى لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَلَيْسُوا منَّا فِي شيءٍ مَنْ قاتلَهم كَانَ أَوْلَى بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا سِيمَاهُمْ؟ قَالَ: «التَّحْلِيقُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of God said: Division and discord will arise among my community. There will be people who speak well but act badly. They will recite the Quran, but it will not pass beyond their throats. They will leave the religion as an arrow passes through its target, and will not return until the arrow comes back to its notch. They are the worst of creation. Blessed is whoever kills them and is killed by them. They call to the Book of God, yet have no connection with us. Whoever fights them is more entitled to God than they are. They asked, Messenger of God, what is their distinguishing mark? He said, Shaving the head. Abu Dawud transmitted it.