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Musnad Ahmad 616 (Book 5, Hadith 53) #34279
Warning Against Immaturity and False Faith

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the warning of the emergence of people who are young in age and immature, but speak like the best of people. They have no faith and should be killed wherever they are encountered.

It was narrated that Suwaid bin Ghafalah said: 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: When I narrate to you from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, it would be dearer to me to be thrown down from the sky than to tell lies about him. But if I narrate to you from anyone else, then I am a warrior and war is deceit. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'There will emerge at the end of time people who are young in age and immature. They will speak like the best of people but their faith will go no deeper than their throats. Wherever you encounter them, kill them, for killing them brings to the one who kills them reward with Allah on the Day of Resurrection'.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَلَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنْ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا رَجُلٌ مُحَارِبٌ وَالْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ أَقْوَامٌ أَحْدَاثُ الْأَسْنَانِ سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ يَقُولُونَ مِنْ قَوْلِ خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ فَأَيْنَمَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ‏.‏
TOPICS
warning  *  immaturity  *  faith  *  killing  *  ihtar  *  takhalluq  *  ghalat  *  qatl

QUICK LESSONS:
Kill those who have false faith whenever you encounter them with good intentions for reward from Allah on Judgment Day .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith warns against a certain type of people that will emerge at the end of time. These people will be young in age, but immature in their thinking and behavior. They may appear to be wise because they speak like the best of people, however their faith does not go any deeper than their throats. Therefore, it is advised to kill them wherever they are encountered as this brings reward with Allah on the Day of Resurrection. This hadith teaches us that we should not judge someone based on how well they can talk or how wise they may seem; rather we must look at what lies beneath their words and actions to determine if there is true faith or not. It also teaches us that killing someone for a good cause can bring reward from Allah on Judgment Day if done with good intentions.

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