Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ الْجِعْرَانَةِ وَهُوَ يَقْسِمُ فِضَّةً فِي ثَوْبِ بِلَالٍ لِلنَّاسِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اعْدِلْ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكَ وَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلْ لَقَدْ خِبْتُ إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْدِلُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَقْتُلْ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقَ فَقَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَتَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ أَنِّي أَقْتُلُ أَصْحَابِي إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَصْحَابَهُ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ أَوْ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنْ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنْ الرَّمِيَّةِ.
English Translation
Hasan ibn Musa told us, Abu Shihab informed us, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: I was with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in the year of al-Ji'ranah, while he was distributing silver from Bilal's garment to the people. A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, be just!" He said: "Woe to you! Who would be just if I am not just? I would indeed have failed if I were not just." Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, let me kill this hypocrite." He said: "God forbid that people should say I kill my companions! This man and his companions recite the Qur'an, but it does not pass beyond their throats" - or "their collarbones" - "they will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through its prey."