Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Wahid narrated to us, from ‘Umarah ibn al-Qa‘qa‘: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Nu‘m narrated to us, saying: I heard Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri say: ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib sent to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Yemen a piece of gold in a tanned leather pouch, not yet separated from its dust. He said: The Prophet ﷺ distributed it among four men: ‘Uyaynah ibn Hisn, al-Aqra‘ ibn Habis, Zayd al-Khayl, and the fourth was either ‘Alqamah ibn ‘Ulathah or ‘Amir ibn al-Tufayl. One of his companions said: We were more deserving of this than those. He said: This reached the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: “Do you not trust me, when I am the trustee of the One in heaven? The news of heaven comes to me morning and evening.” He said: Then a man with sunken eyes, prominent cheeks, a protruding forehead, a thick beard, a shaved head, and a tucked-up waistcloth stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, fear Allah. He said: “Woe to you! Am I not the most deserving of the people of the earth to fear Allah?” He said: Then the man turned away, and Khalid ibn al-Walid said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I strike his neck? He said: “No, perhaps he prays.” Khalid said: How many a person who prays says with his tongue what is not in his heart! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I have not been commanded to probe into people’s hearts, nor to split open their bellies.” He said: Then he looked at him as he was walking away and said: “From the loins of this man will come forth a people who recite the Book of Allah fluently, but it will not pass beyond their throats. They will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through a hunted animal.” He said: I think he said: “If I were to reach them, I would surely kill them like the killing of Thamud.”