It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a piece of gold from Yemen wrapped in a tanned hide, "whose soil had not been spoiled," to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed it among Zaid al-Khair, Qura’ bin Habis, Uyaina bin Hisn, and Alqama bin Ulatha or Amir bin Tufail—four men. Some of the Qurayshi companions and the Ansar, etc., felt uneasy about this, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was giving to the chiefs of Najd and leaving us out. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: In the meantime, a man with deep-set eyes, red cheeks, a broad forehead, a thick beard, his lower garment raised high, and his head shaved, came and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Fear Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If I begin to disobey Allah, then who will obey Him? Should Allah appoint me as a trustee over the people of the earth, and you cannot trust me?" It is likely that Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Allow me to strike his neck?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped him, and when the man left, he said, "From the progeny of this man, there will come a people who will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will leave the religion as an arrow leaves its prey. They will kill the Muslims and leave the idol-worshippers. If I find them, I will kill them like the people of 'Ad were killed."