Muwatta Malik #487
The Qur'an
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" يَخْرُجُ فِيكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ وَأَعْمَالَكُمْ مَعَ أَعْمَالِهِمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ تَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلاَ تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَنْظُرُ فِي الْقِدْحِ فَلاَ تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلاَ تَرَى شَيْئًا وَتَتَمَارَى فِي الْفُوقِ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad
ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar Rahman
that Abu Said said that he had heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, say, "A group of people will appear
among you whose prayer, fasting and deeds will make you think little
of your own prayer, fasting and deeds. They will recite the Qur'an,
but it wil not get past their throats, and they will pass through the
deen like an arrow passes through game. You look at the arrowhead, and
you see nothing, and you look at the shaft, and you see nothing, and
you look at the flights, and you see nothing. And you are in doubt
about the notch."
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This hadith is #487 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Qur'an.