Sunan Ibn Majah, Chapter: The Book of the Sunnah

that the Prophet (saw) said: "There will be some people among my Ummah (nation) who will gain knowledge of the religion, and they will recite Quran, and will say: 'We come to the rulers so that we may have some share of their worldly wealth, and we will make sure that our religious commitments is not affected,' but that will not be the case. Just as nothing can be harvested from the Qatad* except thorns, so nothing can be gained from being close to them except (sins).'" (Daif) (One of the narrators) Muhammad (SAW) bin As-Sabbah said: "It is as if he meant, 'except sins.'" *Tragacanth, a thorny shrub.