English translation
4764. It was narrated that Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī said: "Alī sent a gold nugget still in its dirt to the Prophet ﷺ, and he divided it among four people: 'Al-Aqra' bin Ḥābis Al-Ḥanzālī Al-Mujāshīrī, 'Uyainah bin Badr Al-Fazārī, Zaid Al-Khail Aṭ-Ṭā'ī, who was one of Banū Nabhān, and 'Alqamah bin 'Ulāthah Al-'Āmirī, who was one of Banū Kilāb. The Quraish and the Anṣār got angry and said: 'He is giving to the chiefs of Najd, and not to us.' He said: 'It is only to soften their hearts.' Then a man with deep-set eyes, high cheekbones, a prominent brow, a thick beard, and a shaven head came forward and said: 'Fear Allāh, O Muḥammad!' He said: 'Who will obey Allāh if I disobey Him? Allāh has entrusted me over the people of the earth but you do not trust me.' A man asked if he should kill him – I think it was Khālid bin Al-Walīd – but he did not let him. When he left, he said: 'From the stock of this man – or from his offspring – will come people who will recite the Qur'ān but it does not go beyond than their throats. They will pass out of Islam like the arrow passing through its target. They will kill the Muslims but leave the idolaters alone. By Allāh, if I live to see them, I will kill them as 'Ād were killed.'" (Sahīh)