Hadith #230

Arabic Text

English Translation

'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Sufyan informed us, from his father, from Ibn Abi Nu'm, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) who said: 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) sent to the Prophet ﷺ — while he was in Yemen — a piece of gold in its ore. the Prophet ﷺ divided it among al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Hanzali, 'Uyaynah ibn Badr al-Fazari, 'Alqamah ibn 'Ulathah al-'Amiri, and Zayd al-Khayr al-Ta'i. The Quraysh and the Ansar became angry and said: He gives the chiefs of Najd and leaves us! He said: I am only trying to win their hearts. Then a man with a thick beard, prominent cheekbones, sunken eyes, protruding forehead, and shaved head came and said: Fear Allah, O Muhammad! He said: Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? Allah entrusts me with the people of the earth, and you do not trust me? Then a man from the people asked permission to kill him — they think it was Khalid ibn al-Walid — and the Prophet ﷺ said: From the descendants of this man will emerge a people who recite the Quran but it does not go beyond their throats. They pass through Islam as an arrow passes through game. They kill the people of Islam and leave the people of idols. If I were to reach them, I would kill them the way 'Ad was killed.