Dar al-Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 4767

Report an issue

Sunan Abi Dawud · Hadith 4767

This message and the hadith reference are sent privately to the administrator. Your saved commentary is not included. Please avoid personal or sensitive information. Report terms.

Fighting The Khawārij

English source

Darussalam · Volume 5

39. THE BOOK OFTHE SUNNAH

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

Arabic source
Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 4767 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 244

DarussalamSahihAl-AlbaniSahih
Al-Albani source references (1)
View bookmarks

Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.

Text and translation

English translation

4767. It was narrated that Suwaid bin Ghafalah said: 'Ali said: "If I narrate to you a Hadīth from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, it is dearer to me to fall from the sky than to tell lies about him, but if I discuss with you matters between myself and you, then war is deceit. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'At the end of time there will be people who are young in age and feeble of mind. They will speak the best words of people, but they will pass out of Islam as an arrow passes through the target. Their faith will not go beyond their throats. Wherever you meet them, kill them, for killing them will bring reward on the Day of Resurrection to the one who kills them.””(Sahih)

Arabic text

4767 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثًا فَلَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنِي، وَبَيْنَكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «يَأْتِي فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ حُدَثَاءُ الْأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ قَوْلِ خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، لَا يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، فَأَيْنَمَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

My commentary

Personal notes

Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.