AbuImran said: We went out on an expedition from Medina with the intention of (attacking) Constantinople. AbdurRahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid was the leader of the company. The Romans were just keeping their backs to the walls of the city. A man (suddenly) attacked the enemy. Thereupon the people said: Stop! Stop! There is no god but Allah. He is putting himself into danger. AbuAyyub said: This verse was revealed about us, the group of the Ansar (the Helpers). When Allah helped His Prophet ﷺ and gave Islam dominance, we said (i.e. thought): Come on! Let us stay in our property and improve it. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, revealed, "And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your hands contribute to (your destruction)". To put oneself into danger means that we stay in our property and commit ourselves to its improvement, and abandon fighting (i.e. jihad). AbuImran said: AbuAyyub continued to strive in the cause of Allah until he (died and) was buried in Constantinople. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2512)  

النَّاسُ مَهْ مَهْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يُلْقِي بِيَدَيْهِ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِينَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَمَّا نَصَرَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ وَأَظْهَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ نُقِيمُ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحُهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ} [البقرة 195] فَالْإِلْقَاءُ بِأَيْدِينَا إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ أَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحَهَا وَنَدَعَ الْجِهَادَ قَالَ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى دُفِنَ بِالْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ  

[Machine] Abu Ayyub, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , said: "O people, you interpret this verse in this way, but indeed this verse was revealed regarding us, the Ansar, when Allah glorified His religion and multiplied His supporters. We said secretly among ourselves that our wealth has been lost. If only we had stayed in our wealth and repaired what was lost from it. So Allah, blessed and exalted, revealed in His book to respond to what we had intended. He said: 'And spend in the way of Allah and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction' (Quran 2:195). The destruction we intended was to preserve our wealth and repair it. We were then commanded to engage in warfare. So Abu Ayyub continued to fight in the cause of Allah until he passed away."  

أَبُو أَيُّوبَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تَتَأَوَّلُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ عَلَى هَذَا التَّأْوِيلِ وَإِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِينَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَمَّا أَعَزَّ اللهُ دِينَهُ وَكَثَّرَ نَاصِرِيهِ قُلْنَا بَيْنَنَا بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ سِرًّا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَمْوَالَنَا قَدْ ضَاعَتْ فَلَوْ أَنَّا أَقَمْنَا فِيهَا وَأَصْلَحْنَا مَا ضَاعَ مِنْهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا مَا هَمَمْنَا بِهِ قَالَ {وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ} [البقرة 195] فَكَانَتِ التَّهْلُكَةُ الْإِقَامَةُ الَّتِي أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا فَنُصْلَحَهَا فَأُمِرْنَا بِالْغَزْوِ فَمَا زَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى قُبِضَ  

AbuImran said: We went out on an expedition from Medina with the intention of (attacking) Constantinople. AbdurRahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid was the leader of the company. The Romans were just keeping their backs to the walls of the city. A man (suddenly) attacked the enemy. Thereupon the people said: Stop! Stop! There is no god but Allah. He is putting himself into danger. AbuAyyub said: This verse was revealed about us, the group of the Ansar (the Helpers). When Allah helped His Prophet ﷺ and gave Islam dominance, we said (i.e. thought): Come on! Let us stay in our property and improve it. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, revealed, "And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your hands contribute to (your destruction)". To put oneself into danger means that we stay in our property and commit ourselves to its improvement, and abandon fighting (i.e. jihad). AbuImran said: AbuAyyub continued to strive in the cause of Allah until he (died and) was buried in Constantinople. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2512)   

النَّاسُ مَهْ مَهْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ يُلْقِي بِيَدِهِ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ؓ إِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِينَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَمَّا نَصَرَ اللهُ نَبِيَّهُ وَأَظْهَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ قُلْنَا هَلُمَّ نُقِيمُ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحُهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ} [البقرة 195] فَالْإِلْقَاءُ بِأَيْدِينَا إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ أَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحَهَا وَنَدَعَ الْجِهَادَ قَالَ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى دُفِنَ بِالْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي هَذَا الْمَعْنَى أَحَادِيثُ