Shayban ibn Farrukh narrated to us, Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah narrated to us, Humayd ibn Hilal narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn al-Samit, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, after me from my ummah — or there will be after me from my ummah — a people who recite the Quran, but it does not go beyond their collarbones. They will exit from the religion just as the arrow exits from the prey, and then they will not return to it. They are the worst of creation and of creatures." Ibn al-Samit said: So I met Rafi' ibn Amr al-Ghifari, the brother of al-Hakam al-Ghifari, and I said: What is a hadith I heard from Abu Dharr, such and such? And I mentioned this hadith to him. He said: And I too heard it from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.