I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There will appear some people among you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours, and whose fasting will make you look down upon yours, but they will recite the Qur'an which will not exceed their throats (they will not act on it) and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing, and look at the unfeathered arrow but see nothing, and look at the arrow feathers but see nothing, and finally he suspects to find something in the lower part of the arrow."

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَخْرُجُ فِيكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ وَعَمَلَكُمْ مَعَ عَمَلِهِمْ وَيَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينَ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ يَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا وَيَنْظُرُ فِي الْقِدْحِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا وَيَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا وَيَتَمَارَى فِي الْفُوقِ

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar Rahman that Abu Said said that he had heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "A group of people will appear among you whose prayer, fasting and deeds will make you think little of your own prayer, fasting and deeds. They will recite the Qur'an, but it wil not get past their throats, and they will pass through the deen like an arrow passes through game. You look at the arrowhead, and you see nothing, and you look at the shaft, and you see nothing, and you look at the flights, and you see nothing. And you are in doubt about the notch."

قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَخْرُجُ فِيكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ مَعَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ تَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلاَ تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَنْظُرُ فِي الْقِدْحِ فَلاَ تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلاَ تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَتَمَارَى فِي الْفُوقِ

[Machine] He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Among you there will emerge a people who belittle your prayers compared to their prayers, your fasting compared to their fasting, and your good deeds compared to their good deeds. They recite the Quran, but it does not go beyond their throats. They pass through religion just as an arrow passes through its target. He looks at the edge of the sword and he sees nothing, then he looks at the bow and he sees nothing, and he looks at the arrow and he sees nothing. He pretends to be on the right path." Abdul Rahman said that Malik narrated this hadith to us.

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَخْرُجُ فِيكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ مَعَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ يَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ فِي الْقِدْحِ فَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا وَيَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا وَيَتَمَارَى فِي الْفُوقِ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There will come a people among you who will belittle your prayers compared to their prayers, and your fasting compared to their fasting, and your good deeds compared to their good deeds. They will recite the Quran, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will pass through the religion as the arrow passes through the target. Look at the arrowhead and you will see nothing, and look at the shaft and you will see nothing, and look at the feathers and you will see nothing, and examine the spine and you will see nothing, and examine your heart and you will find nothing."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ فِيكُمْ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَكُمْ مِنْ صِيَامِهِمْ وَعَمَلَكُمْ مَعَ عَمَلِهِمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ تَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلَا تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَنْظُرُ فِي الْقِدْحِ فَلَا تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلَا تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَتَمَارَى فِي الْفُوقِ»

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There will appear some people among you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours, and whose fasting will make you look down upon yours, but they will recite the Qur'an which will not exceed their throats (they will not act on it) and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing, and look at the unfeathered arrow but see nothing, and look at the arrow feathers but see nothing, and finally he suspects to find something in the lower part of the arrow." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5058)

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ وَعَمَلَكُمْ مَعَ عَمَلِهِمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ يَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ فِي الْقَدَحِ فَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا وَيَتَمَادَى فِي الْفُوقِ»