Sahih Muslim Book - 12, Hadith - 2469

حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِى ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « إِنَّ بَعْدِى مِنْ أُمَّتِى - أَوْ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِى مِنْ أُمَّتِى - قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَلاَقِيمَهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَخْرُجُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ثُمَّ لاَ يَعُودُونَ فِيهِ هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ ». فَقَالَ ابْنُ الصَّامِتِ فَلَقِيتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو الْغِفَارِىَّ أَخَا الْحَكَمِ الْغِفَارِىِّ قُلْتُ مَا حَدِيثٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبِى ذَرٍّ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم-.

It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ‘After me among my Ummah there will be people who recite the Quran, but it does not go any further than their throats. They will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes out of the prey, then they will not return of it. They are the most evil people of the mankind and of all creation.’’ Ibn As-Samit said: “I met Rafi bin Amr Al-Ghifari, the brother of Al-Hakam Al-Ghifari, and I said: ‘What is this Hadith that I have heard from Abu Dharr, (saying) such and such?’ And I quoted this Hadith to him. He said: ‘I heard this from the Messenger of Allah (SAW) too.’”