Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna al-Walid bin Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) to Banu Wali'ah, and there had been enmity between them since the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah). When he reached Banu Wali'ah, those people came out to meet him in order to see what was in his heart. Al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) became afraid of those people, and he returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Banu Wali'ah intended to kill me, and they refused to give me the charity (sadaqah)." When what al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) had said before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Banu Wali'ah, they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Al-Walid has lied. The matter is that there was enmity between us and him, and we feared that he would punish us because of that old enmity." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Banu Wali'ah must desist, or else I will send to them a man who is to me like my own self; he will kill their fighting men and take their offspring captive, and he is this one." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) struck his hand on the shoulder of Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator said: And Allah Almighty revealed this verse concerning al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him): "O you who believe, if a sinful person comes to you (with news)" to the end of the verse.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-A'mash except Abdullah bin Abd al-Quddus."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب العين / 3797
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف لضعف عبد الله بن عبد القدوس التميمي
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: وفيه عبد الله بن عبد القدوس التميمي وقد ضعفه الجمهور ووثقه ابن حبان وبقية رجاله ثقات «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 7، ص 110»»