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ahmad:11488Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Sūwayd b. Najīḥ > Yazīd al-Faqīr

[Machine] I said to Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri: "Indeed, among us are men who are more knowledgeable in the Quran, who pray more, who uphold family ties, and who fast more. Yet, they come out against us with their swords." Abu Sa'eed said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'There will emerge a group of people who recite the Quran, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will pass through the religion just as an arrow passes through its target.'"  

أحمد:١١٤٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ إِنَّ مِنَّا رِجَالًا هُمْ أَقْرَؤُنَا لِلْقُرْآنِ وَأَكْثَرُنَا صَلَاةً وَأَوْصَلُنَا لِلرَّحِمِ وَأَكْثَرُنَا صَوْمًا خَرَجُوا عَلَيْنَا بِأَسْيَافِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ