It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the year of the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon leaning against the trunk of a date palm and said: I will tell you about the best and the worst of people. The best person is the one who rides his horse or camel, or walks on foot in the path of Allah, and death comes to him. The worst person is the wicked and shameless one who recites the Book of Allah but does not pay heed to its contents.