While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he was distributing some spoils, Dhul-Khuwaysirah, a man from Banu Tamim, came up to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, be just."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Woe to you. Who would be just if I am not just? I would be ruined and lost if I were not just."Umar said, "Messenger of Allah, give me permission to strike off his neck."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave him. He has companions whose prayer any of you would consider insignificant compared to theirs, and whose fasting compared to theirs. They recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their throats. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its prey. One looks at the arrowhead and finds nothing on it, then looks at the shaft and finds nothing on it, then looks at the arrow's body and finds nothing on it, then looks at the feathers and finds nothing on them, for the arrow has gone clean through the dung and blood. Their distinguishing sign is a black man, one of whose upper arms is like a woman's breast, or like a piece of flesh that quivers. They will appear at a time when the people are divided."Abu Saeed said, "I bear witness that I heard this hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I bear witness that Ali bin Abu Talib fought them while I was with him. He gave orders concerning that man, who was searched for and brought, and I looked upon him exactly as the Prophet ﷺ had described him."
حدثنا أبو اليمان أخبرنا شعيب عن الزهري قال أخبرني أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن أن
بينما نحن عند رسول الله ﷺ وهو يقسم قسما أتاه ذو الخويصرة وهو رجل من بني تميم فقال يا رسول الله اعدل فقال ويلك ومن يعدل إذا لم أعدل قد خبت وخسرت إن لم أكن أعدل فقال عمر يا رسول الله ائذن لي فيه فأضرب عنقه فقال دعه فإن له أصحابا يحقر أحدكم صلاته مع صلاتهم وصيامه مع صيامهم يقرءون القرآن لا يجاوز تراقيهم يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهم من الرمية ينظر إلى نصله فلا يوجد فيه شيء ثم ينظر إلى رصافه فما يوجد فيه شيء ثم ينظر إلى نضيه وهو قدحه فلا يوجد فيه شيء ثم ينظر إلى قذذه فلا يوجد فيه شيء قد سبق الفرث والدم آيتهم رجل أسود إحدى عضديه مثل ثدي المرأة أو مثل البضعة تدردر ويخرجون على حين فرقة من الناس قال أبو سعيد فأشهد أني سمعت هذا الحديث من رسول الله ﷺ وأشهد أن علي بن أبي طالب قاتلهم وأنا معه فأمر بذلك الرجل فالتمس فأتي به حتى نظرت إليه على نعت النبي ﷺ الذي نعته