Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2188
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرٍّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ أَحْدَاثُ الأَسْنَانِ سُفَهَاءُ الأَحْلاَمِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مِنْ قَوْلِ خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَيْثُ وَصَفَ هَؤُلاَءِ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ إِنَّمَا هُمُ الْخَوَارِجُ وَالْحَرُورِيَّةُ وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’ narrated to us: Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyash narrated to us, from ‘Asim, from Zirr, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘At the end of time, people will emerge who are young in age and foolish in judgment. They will recite the Qur’an, but it will not pass beyond their collarbones. They will quote the words of the best of creation, yet they will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through its prey.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from ‘Ali, Abu Sa‘id, and Abu Dharr. This is a hasan sahih hadith. In other reports from the Prophet describing people who recite the Qur’an but it does not pass beyond their collarbones and who leave the religion as an arrow passes through prey, they are identified as the Khawarij, the Haruriyyah, and other groups among the Khawarij.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final source comment identifies the described group with the Khawarij and related groups; it is presented as Abu ‘Isa’s explanatory note, not inserted into the Prophet’s quoted wording.
وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَيْثُ وَصَفَ هَؤُلاَءِ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ إِنَّمَا هُمُ الْخَوَارِجُ وَالْحَرُورِيَّةُ وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ .
The Arabic adds cross-references, grading, and an explicit identification of these groups as Khawarij and Haruriyyah, absent from the English witness.
Keep Abu ‘Isa’s explanation attributed separately from the prophetic report.