A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Jiranah on his return from Hunayn. Bilal had silver in his garment, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taking handfuls of it and distributing it to the people.The man said, "Muhammad, be just!"He replied, "Woe to you! Who will be just if I am not just? You would indeed have failed and lost out if I were not just."Umar bin Khattab said, "Let me, Messenger of Allah, kill this hypocrite."He said, "Allah forbid that people should say I kill my own companions. This man and his companions recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their throats. They pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its target."
أتى رجل رسول الله ﷺ بالجعرانة منصرفه من حنين، وفي ثوب بلال فضة، ورسول الله ﷺ يقبض منها يعطي الناس، فقال: يا محمد، اعدل، قال: ويلك، ومن يعدل إذا لم أكن أعدل؟ لقد خبت وخسرت إن لم أكن أعدل، فقال عمر بن الخطاب: دعني يا رسول الله، فأقتل هذا المنافق، فقال: معاذ الله أن يتحدث الناس أني أقتل أصحابي، إن هذا وأصحابه يقرؤون القرآن لا يجاوز حناجرهم، يمرقون منه كما يمرق السهم من الرمية.
Muslim narrated it in the book of zakat (1063) from Muhammad bin Rumh bin Muhajir, who said, Layth informed us, from Yahya bin Saeed, from Abu Zubayr, from Jabir bin Abdullah, and he related it. Bukhari narrated it in the book of the obligation of khumus (3138) through another route from Jabir, in a shortened form.His saying, "It does not pass beyond their throats," Qadi Iyad said this has two interpretations. The first is that their hearts do not comprehend it, and they gain no benefit from what they recite of it, having no share in it beyond the recitation of the mouth, the larynx, and the throat. The second is that no deed or recitation of theirs rises up or is accepted, and hanajir is the plural of hanjarah (throat).His saying, "They pass out of the religion," means they depart from it.