Narrated to us ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah, narrated to us Jarīr, from ʿUmārah ibn al-Qaʿqāʿ, with this same chain of transmission. He said: And ʿAlqamah ibn ʿUlāthah—and he did not mention ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl—and he said: "prominent of forehead" and did not say "protruding." And he added: Then ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall I not strike his neck?" He said: "No." He said: Then he turned away, and Khālid, the Sword of Allah, stood up to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall I not strike his neck?" He said: "No." Then he said: "Indeed, there will emerge from the loins of this man a people who will recite the Book of Allah with soft, fresh tongues." And he said: ʿUmārah said: I think he said: "If I reach them, I will surely kill them with the killing of Thamūd."