حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْأَنْطَاکِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ وَمُبَشِّرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْمَعِيلَ الْحَلَبِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَ يَعْنِي الْوَلِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ سَيَکُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي اخْتِلَافٌ وَفُرْقَةٌ قَوْمٌ يُحْسِنُونَ الْقِيلَ وَيُسِيئُونَ الْفِعْلَ يَقْرَئُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنْ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنْ الرَّمِيَّةِ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ حَتَّی يَرْتَدَّ عَلَی فُوقِهِ هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ طُوبَی لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُ يَدْعُونَ إِلَی کِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَلَيْسُوا مِنْهُ فِي شَيْئٍ مَنْ قَاتَلَهُمْ کَانَ أَوْلَی بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا سِيمَاهُمْ قَالَ التَّحْلِيقُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4765
Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri ; Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: Soon there will appear disagreement and dissension in my people; there will be people who will be good in speech and bad in work. They recite the Quran, but it does not pass their collar-bones. They will swerve from the religion as an animal goes through the animal shot at. They will not return to it till the arrow comes back to its notch. They are worst of the people and animals. Happy is the one who kills them and they kill him. They call to the book of Allah, but they have nothing to do with it. He who fights against them will be nearer to Allah than them (the rest of the people). The people asked: What is their sign? He replied: They shave the head.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020