Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَالضَّحَّاكِ الْمِشْرَقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ يَقْسِمُ مَالًا إِذْ أَتَاهُ ذُو الْخُوَيْصِرَةِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اعْدِلْ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عَدَلْتَ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاللَّهِ لَا تَجِدُونَ بَعْدِي أَعْدَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَأْذَنُ لِي فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّ لَهُ أَصْحَابًا يَحْقِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَلَاتَهُ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَهُ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنْ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنْ الرَّمِيَّةِ يَنْظُرُ صَاحِبُهُ إِلَى فُوقِهِ فَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا آيَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ كَالْبَضْعَةِ أَوْ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ يَخْرُجُونَ عَلَى فِرْقَتَيْنِ مِنْ النَّاسِ يَقْتُلُهُمْ أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِاللَّهِ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَأَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنِّي شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا حِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ فَالْتَمَسَ فِي الْقَتْلَى فَوَجَدَ عَلَى النَّعْتِ الَّذِي نَعَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Muhammad b. Mus'ab narrated to us, al-Awza'i narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah and al-Dahhak al-Mishraqi, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: While the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was one day distributing wealth, Dhu al-Khuwaysirah, a man from Banu Tamim, came to him and said, "O Muhammad, be just, for by Allah you have not been just today!" The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "By Allah, you will not find after me anyone more just to you than me" - three times. Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, will you permit me to strike his neck?" He said, "No, for he has companions - one of you will regard his own prayer as insignificant compared to their prayer, and his fasting compared to their fasting - they pass out of religion just as an arrow passes through its target: its owner looks at the notch and sees nothing. Their sign is a man whose one hand is like a piece of flesh, or like a woman's breast. They will emerge during a split between two factions of people, and they will be killed by whichever of the two groups is closer to Allah." Abu Sa'id said: I bear witness that I heard this from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and that I witnessed Ali when he killed them - he searched among the slain and found one matching the description that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had described.