Sahih al-Bukhari 3344

He said: Ibn Kathir reported from Sufyan, from his father, from Ibn Abi Nuʿm, from Abu Saʿid (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a small gold nugget to the Prophet ﷺ, who divided it among four: al-Aqraʿ ibn Habis al-Hanzali, then al-Mujashiʿi; ʿUyayna ibn Badr al-Fazari; Zayd al-Taʾi, one of Banu Nabhan; and ʿAlqama ibn ʿUlatha al-ʿAmiri, one of Banu Kilab. Quraysh and the Ansar became angry and said, ‘He gives the chiefs of Najd and leaves us out!’ He said, ‘I am only seeking to win them over.’ A man then came forward with sunken eyes, prominent cheekbones, a protruding forehead, a thick beard, and a shaved head. He said, ‘Fear Allah, Muhammad!’ He replied, ‘Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? Has Allah entrusted me with the people of the earth, while you do not trust me?’ A man asked him to kill that man—I think it was Khalid ibn al-Walid—but the Prophet ﷺ stopped him. When the man turned away, he said: ‘From this man’s lineage—or descendants—will come a people who recite the Qur’an, but it will not pass beyond their throats. They will leave the religion as an arrow passes through its prey. They will kill the people of Islam and leave the idolaters alone. If I live to see them, I will kill them as the people of ʿAd were killed.’