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Sahih Muslim 1065bصحيح مسلم 1065b
حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحُدَّانِيُّ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ " .
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A group would secede itself (from the Ummah) when there would be dissension among the Muslims. Out of the two groups who would be nearer the truth would kill them.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
شيبان بن فروخ ← القاسم بن الفضل بن معدان ← المنذر بن مالك بن قطعة ← سعد بن مالك بن سنان
Shayban ibn Farrukh → Al-Qasim ibn al-Fadl ibn Ma'dan → Al-Mundhir ibn Malik ibn Qit'a → Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri