Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 172
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِالْجِعِرَّانَةِ وَهُوَ يَقْسِمُ التِّبْرَ وَالْغَنَائِمَ وَهُوَ فِي حِجْرِ بِلاَلٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ اعْدِلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تَعْدِلْ . فَقَالَ " وَيْلَكَ وَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ بَعْدِي إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلْ " . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ دَعْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِنَّ هَذَا فِي أَصْحَابٍ - أَوْ أُصَيْحَابٍ - لَهُ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah reported to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was at Ji‘ranah, distributing gold and spoils while they were in Bilal’s lap. A man said, ‘Be just, Muhammad, for you have not been just.’ He replied, ‘Woe to you! Who would be just after me if I am not just?’ Umar said, ‘Messenger of Allah, let me strike the neck of this hypocrite.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘This man has companions—or a small band of companions—who recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their collarbones. They pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through its prey.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves two forms for ‘companions’: ashab or usayhab (a diminutive, ‘small band of companions’).