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Musnad Ahmad 848 (Book 5, Hadith 278) #34504
Speaking the Truth without Action

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a group of people who speak the truth but it will not go further than their throats, and they will pass out of the truth as an arrow passes through its prey. It also mentions that among them will be a black man with a deformed hand, with black hairs on his hand.

It was narrated that Tariq bin Ziyad said: We went out with 'Ali to the Khawarij, and he fought them and killed them. Then he said: Look, for the Prophet ﷺ of Allah said: "There will emerge people who speak the truth but it will not go further than their throats; they will pass out of the truth as the arrow passes through the prey. Their sign is that among them will be a black man with a deformed hand, with black hairs on his hand". If it is him, you will have killed the worst of people, and if it is not him, you will have killed the best of people". We wept, then he said: Go and look. So we looked, and we found the one with the deformity. We fell down in prostration and 'Ali fell down in prostration with us, but he said: 'They speak the word of truth".
حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى الْخَوَارِجِ فَقَتَلَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ انْظُرُوا فَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَلْقَهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ الْحَقِّ كَمَا يَخْرُجُ السَّهْمُ مِنْ الرَّمِيَّةِ سِيمَاهُمْ أَنَّ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ فِي يَدِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ سُودٌ إِنْ كَانَ هُوَ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ شَرَّ النَّاسِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ فَبَكَيْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ اطْلُبُوا فَطَلَبْنَا فَوَجَدْنَا الْمُخْدَجَ فَخَرَرْنَا سُجُودًا وَخَرَّ عَلِيٌّ مَعَنَا سَاجِدًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِكَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ‏.‏
TOPICS
truth  *  speech  *  arrow  *  prey  *  haqq  *  kalam  *  sayf  *  dahiyyah

QUICK LESSONS:
Speak your truths , Take action for justice & righteousness , Follow your words with actions .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about speaking the truth and how it should be followed up by action. It talks about how there are some people who speak the truth but do not act upon it, which is like an arrow passing through its prey without doing any damage. The Prophet Muhammad also mentioned that among this group of people would be a black man with a deformed hand and black hairs on his hand. When 'Ali found this person he said that they spoke the word of truth, indicating that even though they spoke the truth, they did not act upon it so their words were useless in achieving justice or righteousness. This hadith teaches us to always strive to follow our words with action in order to make sure our words have meaning and impact in society. We must remember that speaking alone does not bring change; we must take action if we want to see real results from our efforts for justice and righteousness in society.

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