Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that a group (Khawarij) would emerge from the different parties (the party of Hadrat 'Ali and the party of Amir Mu'awiya), the group nearer the truth between the two would kill them.
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1065e |
| In-book reference | : Book 12, Hadith 198 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 5, Hadith 2327 |
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