Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مُلَيْلٍ السَّلِيحِيُّ وَهُمْ إِلَى قُضَاعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ جَالِسًا قَرِيبًا مِنْ الْمِنْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَخَرَجَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُورَةً مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَقْرَإِ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَيَقْرَأَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ رِجَالٌ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنْ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنْ الرَّمِيَّةِ.
English Translation
'Ali ibn Ishaq narrated to us, 'Abdullah - meaning Ibn al-Mubarak - narrated to us, he said: Harmalah ibn 'Imran narrated to us, he said: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd al-Malik ibn Mulayl al-Salihi - and they belong to Quda'ah - told me, he said: My father told me, he said: I was sitting with 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir near the pulpit on a Friday, when Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfah came out and stood upon the pulpit and delivered a sermon to the people, then recited to them a surah of the Qur'an - and he was among the best reciters of people. 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir said, "Allah and His Messenger have spoken truly. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, 'Men will recite the Qur'an, but it will not pass beyond their collarbones; they will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through its target.'"