Hadith On Khawarij
There are no specific comments of Ghamidi Sahab available on this specific narration. Although Imam Muslim has brought this narration and other similar variants under Chapter of Khawarij and their attributes ( باب ذِكْرِ الْخَوَارِجِ وَصِفَاتِهِمْ ). It is quite possible that in addition to these narrations prophesying Khawarij, when seen in the light of Quran, are also pointing towards Hypocrites of Medina, whose condemnation is mentioned in Quran more or less with the same attributes. وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ يَّلْمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ فَإِنْ أُعْطُوْا مِنْهَا رَضُوْا وَإِن لَّـمْ يُعْطَوْا مِنْهَا إِذَا هُمْ يَسْخَطُوْنَ. وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ رَضُوْا مَا آتَاهُمُ اللّهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ وَقَالُوْا حَسْبُنَا اللّهُ سَيُؤْتِينَا اللّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَرَسُوْلُهُ إِنَّا إِلَى اللّهِ رَاغِبُوْنَ Among them [O Prophet!] are those who censure you [in the distribution] of charity. [These are the ones whom greed has joined with you.] Thus if they are given from this wealth, they remain happy and if they are not given, they become annoyed. [It was better for them] if they had remained content with what God and His Messenger had given them and said: “God is sufficient for us” . (Quran 9:58-59) And also : فَلاَ وَرَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىَ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ يَجِدُواْ فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُواْ تَسْلِيمًا But no – [O Messenger!] I swear by your Lord – these people will never be true believers until they accept you as the arbitrator in their disputes. Then whatever decision you give, they submit to it without feeling any uneasiness in their hearts . (Quran 4:65) If one looks all the narrations in the light of these Quranic verses specific to hypocrites, one can justifiably say that this particular incident related to this specific person mentioned in narration could have to do with hypocrites and their attributes mentioned in Quran. It is also a possibility that Prophecy of a rogue muslim group (i.e. Khawarij ) was an independedent prophecy and it got conflated with this separate incident, but in reality, they could’ve been two separate sayings.