Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 169
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَذْكُرُ فِي الْحَرُورِيَّةِ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَذْكُرُ قَوْمًا يَتَعَبَّدُونَ " يَحْقِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَلاَتَهُ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ وَصَوْمَهُ مَعَ صَوْمِهِمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ " . أَخَذَ سَهْمَهُ فَنَظَرَ فِي نَصْلِهِ فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا فَنَظَرَ فِي رِصَافِهِ فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا فَنَظَرَ فِي قِدْحِهِ فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا فَنَظَرَ فِي الْقُذَذِ فَتَمَارَى هَلْ يَرَى شَيْئًا أَمْ لاَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Yazid ibn Harun reported to us: Muhammad ibn Amr informed us, from Abu Salamah, who said: I asked Abu Said al-Khudri, ‘Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) mention anything about the Haruriyyah?’ He replied, ‘I heard him mention a people devoted in worship: “One of you would consider his own prayer and fasting insignificant beside theirs, yet they will exit the religion as an arrow exits its prey.”’ He picked up his arrow and examined its tip, but saw nothing. He examined its binding and saw nothing. He examined its shaft and saw nothing. Then he examined its feathers, wondering whether there was anything there or not.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives detailed parts of the arrow: its head, binding, shaft, and feathers. The English witness includes an explanatory gloss about the binding not present in the Arabic.