I had long hoped to meet one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ so I could ask him about the Khawarij. One day, on the day of Eid, I met Abu Barzah among a group of his companions, and I said to him, "Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention the Khawarij?"He replied, "Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with my own ears and saw him with my own eyes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought some wealth, and he distributed it, giving to those on his right and to those on his left, but he gave nothing to those behind him. A man stood up from behind him and said, 'Muhammad, you have not been just in this distribution.' He was a black man with closely cropped hair, wearing two white garments. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ became severely angry and said, 'By Allah, you will not find after me a man more just than I am.' Then he said, 'In the end of times a people will appear as though this man is one of them. They will recite the Quran, but it will not pass beyond their throats. They will pass through Islam as an arrow passes through its prey. Their distinguishing mark is shaving the head. They will keep emerging until the last of them comes out with the Messiah, the Dajjal. When you encounter them, kill them. They are the worst of creation and creatures.'"Abu Abdul-Rahman, may Allah have mercy on him, said, Sharik bin Shihab is not particularly well known.
أخبرنا محمد بن معمر البصري الحراني قال حدثنا أبو داود الطيالسي قال حدثنا حماد بن سلمة عن الأزرق بن قيس
كنت أتمنى أن ألقى رجلا من أصحاب النبي ﷺ أسأله عن الخوارج فلقيت أبا برزة في يوم عيد في نفر من أصحابه فقلت له هل سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يذكر الخوارج فقال نعم سمعت رسول الله ﷺ بأذني ورأيته بعيني أتي رسول الله ﷺ بمال فقسمه فأعطى من عن يمينه ومن عن شماله ولم يعط من وراءه شيئا فقام رجل من ورائه فقال يا محمد ما عدلت في القسمة رجل أسود مطموم الشعر عليه ثوبان أبيضان فغضب رسول الله ﷺ غضبا شديدا وقال والله لا تجدون بعدي رجلا هو أعدل مني ثم قال يخرج في آخر الزمان قوم كأن هذا منهم يقرءون القرآن لا يجاوز تراقيهم يمرقون من الإسلام كما يمرق السهم من الرمية سيماهم التحليق لا يزالون يخرجون حتى يخرج آخرهم مع المسيح الدجال فإذا لقيتموهم فاقتلوهم هم شر الخلق والخليقة قال أبو عبد الرحمن رحمه الله شريك بن شهاب ليس بذلك المشهور
[Its isnad is hasan] Ibn Abu Shayba narrated it, 15/320-321, and Ahmad, 4/421, 424, 425, from the hadith of Hammad bin Salama with this wording. It is also in al-Kubra, no. 3566. Hakim graded it sahih according to the standard of the two Shaykhs, 2/146-147, and Dhahabi agreed with him. The hadith has corroborating narrations.