أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی الصُّوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَرْدَانِبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ سَيَکُونُ بَعْدِي هَنَاتٌ وَهَنَاتٌ فَمَنْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ أَوْ يُرِيدُ يُفَرِّقُ أَمْرَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَائِنًا مَنْ کَانَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَإِنَّ يَدَ اللَّهِ عَلَی الْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ يَرْکُضُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4035
It was narrated that ‘Arfajah bin Shuraih Al-Ashjai said: “I saw the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم on the Minbar addressing the people. He said: ‘After me there will be many calamities and much evil behavior. Whoever you see splitting away from the Jarna’ah or trying to create division among the Ummah of Muhammad ,, then kill him, for the Hand of Allah is with the Jama‘ah, and the Shaithn is with the one who splits away from the Um,nah, running with him.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020