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[2452] 144 - (...) Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "Alî bin Abî Tâlib sent to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ some gold from Yemen in a tanned leather bag, that had not been purified of the earth clinging to it. He distributed it among four men: 'Uaynah bin Badr, Al-Aqra' bin Hâbis, Zaid Al-Khail and the fourth, who was either 'Alqamah bin 'Ulâthah or 'Âmir bin At-Tufail. One of his Companions said: 'We had more right to it than these men.' News of that reached the Prophet ﷺ and he said: 'Do you not trust me, when I am the trustee of the One Who is above the heaven
and the news of heaven comes to me morning and evening?' A man with sunken eyes, prominent cheeks, a high forehead, a thick beard and shaven head stood up, folding his Izâr up, and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, fear Allâh!' He said: 'Woe to you! Am I not the one who should fear Allâh the most among the people of earth?' Then the man turned and left, and Khâlid bin Al-Walîd said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, should I not strike his neck (kill him)?' He said: 'No, perhaps he prays.' Khâlid said: 'How many of those who pray say with their tongues what is not in their hearts?' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'I have not been commanded to check people's hearts or split open their bellies.' Then he looked at him as he was going back and said: 'From among the progeny of this man will emerge people who recite the Book of Allâh fluently, but it will not go any further than their throats. They will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes out of the prey.'" He (one of the narrators) said: "I think he said: 'If I live to see them, then I will certainly kill them like the killing of Thamûd.'"
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