Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْجَارُودِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالُوا ثنا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ بَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ وَهُوَ بِالْيَمَنِ بِذُهَيْبَةٍ بِتُرْبَتِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَسَمَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ الْأَقْرَعِ بْنِ حَابِسٍ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ وَعُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ حِصْنٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ وَعَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عُلَاثَةَ الْعَامِرِيِّ أَحَدِ بَنِي كِلَابٍ وَزَيْدِ الْخَيْلِ الطَّائِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدُ بَنِي نَبْهَانَ فَغَضِبَتْ صَنَادِيدُ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَتْ يُعْطِي صَنَادِيدَ نَجْدٍ وَيَدَعُنَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَتَأَلَّفَهُمْ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ مُشْرِفُ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ غَائِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ نَاتِئُ الْجَبِينِ مَحْلُوقُ الرَّأْسِ فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللهَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللهَ إَنْ عَصَيْتُهُ يُأَمِّنُنِي عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا تُأَمِّنُونِي ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فِي قَتْلِهِ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إَنَّ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا قَوْمًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَيَدَعُونَ أَهْلَ الْأَوْثَانِ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ لَئِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ لَأَقْتُلَنَّهُمْ قَتْلَ عَادٍ
English Translation
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri narrated that Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a nugget of gold in its raw soil from Yemen to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). The Prophet divided it among four men: al-Aqra' ibn Habis, Uyaynah ibn Hisn, Alqamah ibn Ulathah, and Zayd al-Khayl. The chiefs of Quraysh were angered and said: "He gives to the chiefs of Najd and leaves us!" The Prophet said: "I only do this 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!" The Prophet said: "Who will obey Allah if I disobey Him? He entrusts me with the people of the earth, yet you do not trust me?" After the man turned away, someone asked permission to kill him. The Prophet said: "From the descendants of this man will come people who recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their throats. They will kill the people of Islam and spare the idol-worshippers. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through game. If I were to reach them, I would kill them like the killing of the people of Ad."