Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40727 — Reports on the Khawarij

Sharik bin Shihab al-Harithi said: I wished to meet one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) who would tell me about the Khawarij. I met Sayyiduna Abu Barzah al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) on the day of Arafah; he was with a few of his companions. I said to him: "Tell me something you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the Khawarij." He said: "I will relate to you about them an incident that my ears heard and my eyes saw. It so happened that some dinars were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He began to distribute them. With him was a black man with clipped hair, wearing two white garments, with the mark of prostrations between his eyes. He kept coming close to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), wanting to take those dinars from him, but he did not give them to him. He came from the direction of his blessed face, but he gave him nothing; he came from the right side, and he gave him nothing; then he came from the left side, and he still gave him nothing; then he came from behind, and still he gave him nothing. Then he said: 'O Muhammad, today you have not acted justly in the distribution.' At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became very angry and said three times: 'By Allah, you will not find anyone more just towards you than me.' Then he said: 'People will rise against you from the direction of the east; this man is one of them. Their way will be that they will recite the Qur'an, but the Qur'an will not go down past their throats. They will leave the religion as an arrow passes out of its target, and then they will not return to it.' Then he placed his hand on his chest and said: 'Shaving the head will be their mark. They will keep on emerging until the last of them comes out with the Dajjal, the False Messiah.' Then he said three times: 'When you see them, kill them.' Then he said three times: 'They are the worst of people in creation and in character.'"