حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَنْشَأُ نَشْئٌ يَقْرَئُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ کُلَّمَا خَرَجَ قَرْنٌ قُطِعَ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ کُلَّمَا خَرَجَ قَرْنٌ قُطِعَ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً حَتَّی يَخْرُجَ فِي عِرَاضِهِمْ الدَّجَّالُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 174
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah said: “There will emerge people who will recite the Qur’ân but it will not go any deeper than their collarbones. Whenever a group of them appears, they should be cut off (i.e. killed).” Ibn ‘Unmar said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H say: ‘Whenever a group of them appears, they should be killed’ — (he said it) more than twenty times — ‘until Dajjal emerges among them.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020