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2188. 'Abdullāh [bin Mas'ūd] narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "In the end of time there will come a people young in years, foolish in minds, reciting the Qur'ān which will not go beyond their throats, uttering sayings from the best of creatures, going through the religion as an arrow goes through the target." (Saḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī, Abū Sa'eed and Abū Dharr. [And] this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Saḥīḥ.
The description of these people – who recite the Qur'ān which will not go beyond their throats, going through the religion as an arrow goes through the target – has been reported from the Prophet ﷺ in other than this Ḥadīth, and they are the Ḥarūriyah Khawārij, and others from the Khawārij.
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Commentary
The expression 'Ākhir Az-Zamān' (end of time) as used here means the 'near the end of the best of times' when a large number of Companions were still alive, since the Khawārij had only raised their heads and revolted against the established authority as an aftermath of the Battle of Siffin, because of their opposition to the policy of Arbitration. They were a highly hot-headed and emotional people who used the policy of going for Arbitration as a ploy to declare the majority of Muslims as Kāfir (unbelievers).
