It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, I saw some men whose lips were being cut with scissors. I asked: O Jibreel (peace be upon him)! Who are these? He said: They are the preachers of your ummah who enjoin good upon the people but forget their own selves, and they recite the Book. Do they then not understand?"
Hadith Referenceمسند عبدالله بن مبارك / 27
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«مسند احمد : 3/120، 231، 239، صحیح ابن حبان : 1/145، الموارد، الهیثم، (5)،الزهد، ابن مبارك : 282، حلیة الأولیاء، ابو نعیم : 8/44، 172، تاریخ بغداد : 12/47، سلسة الصحیحة: 291۔»