Sahih Muslim Book - 12, Hadith - 2449

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِى الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ مُنْصَرَفَهُ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ وَفِى ثَوْبِ بِلاَلٍ فِضَّةٌ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقْبِضُ مِنْهَا يُعْطِى النَّاسَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اعْدِلْ. قَالَ « وَيْلَكَ وَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ إِذَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْدِلُ لَقَدْ خِبْتَ وَخَسِرْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْدِلُ ». فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رضى الله عنه دَعْنِى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَقْتُلَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقَ. فَقَالَ « مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَتَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ أَنِّى أَقْتُلُ أَصْحَابِى إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَصْحَابَهُ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنْهُ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ».

It was narrated that Jabir bin Abdullah said: “A man came to Messenger of Allah (SAW) in Al Jirranah, when he was on his way back from Hunain. In the cloak of Bilal there was a some silver and the Messenger of Allah (SAW) was giving handfuls of it to the people. He said: ‘O Muhammad, be fair! ’ He said: ‘Woe to you? Who will be fair if I am not fair? I will be doomed and lost if I am not fair.’ Umar bin Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (SAW), let me kill this hypocrite!’ He said: ‘Allah forbids that the people should say that I kill my Companions. This man and his like read the Quran but it does not go any further than their throats, and they pass through it like an arrow passing through prey.’”