I was sitting with ‘Ali ؓ and he said: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and there was no one with him except ʿAʿishah ؓ , and he said: “O son of Abu Talib, how would you be with people of such and such a type?” I said: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: ʿSome people will emerge from the East who recite the Qurʿan but it will go no further than their collarbones. They will pass out of the faith as the arrow passes out of the prey. Among them will be a man with a deformed arm, as if his arm is the breast of an Abyssinian woman.” ʿAsim bin Kulaib narrated that his father said: I was sitting with ‘Ali ؓ when a man wearing travelling clothes entered upon him. He asked for permission to enter upon ‘Ali ؓ when he was speaking to the people, so he was distracted from him. ‘Ali ؓ said: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ʿAʿishah ؓ was with him. He said to me: “How will you be with people of such and such a type?ʿ I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Then he repeated it and I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: ʿSome people will emerge from the east who will recite the Qurʿan but it will go no further than their collarbones. They will pass out of the faith as the arrow passes out of the prey. Among them will be a man with a deformed arm, as if his arm is the breast of an Abyssinian woman.ʿ  

إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلا عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَقَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ قَوْمٌ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ المَشْرِقِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ فَمِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ كَأَنَّ يَدَيْهِ ثَدْيُ حَبَشِيَّةٍ