I was with my uncle and I heard ʿAbdullah bin Ubai bin Salul, saying, "Don't spend on those who are with Messenger of Allah ﷺ that they may disperse and go away from him." He also said, "If we return to Medina, surely, the more honorable will expel the meaner." So I informed my uncle of that and then my uncle informed Messenger of Allah ﷺ thereof. Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for ʿAbdullah bin Ubai and his companions. They swore that they did not say anything of that sort Messenger of Allah ﷺ deemed their statement true and rejected mine. Thereof I became as distressed as I have never been before, and stayed at home. Then Allah revealed (Surat Al-Munafiqin): 'When the hypocrites come to you.....(63.1) They are the ones who say: Spend nothing on those who are with Messenger of Allah ﷺ ..(63.7) Verily the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner..' (63.7-8) Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for me and recited that Sura for me and said, "Allah has confirmed your statement."  

فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَىٍّ ابْنَ سَلُولَ يَقُولُ لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا وَقَالَ أَيْضًا لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَمِّي فَذَكَرَ عَمِّي لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَحَلَفُوا مَا قَالُوا فَصَدَّقَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَذَّبَنِي فَأَصَابَنِي هَمٌّ لَمْ يُصِبْنِي مِثْلُهُ فَجَلَسْتُ فِي بَيْتِي فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ} فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَىَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ  

We set out on a journey along with Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ) in which we faced many hardships. 'Abdullah b. Ubayy said to his friends: Do not give what you have in your possession to those who are with Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ) until they desert him. Zubair said: That is the reciting of that person who recited as min haulahu (from around him) and the other reciting is man haulahia (who are around him). And in this case when we would return to Medina the honourable would drive out the meaner therefrom (lxiv. 8). I came to Allah's Apostle ( ﷺ) and informed him about that and he sent someone to 'Abdullah b. Ubayy and he asked him whether he had said that or not. He took an oath to the fact that he had not done that and told that it was Zaid who had stated a lie to Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ). Zaid said: I was much perturbed because of this until this verse was revealed attesting my truth:" When the hypocrites come" (lxiii. 1). Allah's Apostle ( ﷺ) then called them in order to seek forgiveness for them, but they turned away their heads as if they were hooks of wood fixed in the wall (lxiii. 4), and they were in fact apparently good-looking persons.  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَىٍّ لأَصْحَابِهِ لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِهِ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ وَهِيَ قِرَاءَةُ مَنْ خَفَضَ حَوْلَهُ وَقَالَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ فَسَأَلَهُ فَاجْتَهَدَ يَمِينَهُ مَا فَعَلَ فَقَالَ كَذَبَ زَيْدٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِمَّا قَالُوهُ شِدَّةٌ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَصْدِيقِي { إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ} قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِيَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ قَالَ فَلَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَقَوْلُهُ { كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌ} وَقَالَ كَانُوا رِجَالاً أَجْمَلَ شَىْءٍ  

“I heard Muhammad bin Ka’b Al-Qurazi – forty years ago – narrating from Zaid bin Arqam [may Allah be pleased with him] that during the battle of Tabuk, Abdullah bin Ubayy said: “If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.” He said: ‘So I went to the Prophet and mentioned that to him, but he (Abdullah) took an oath that he did not say it. My people blamed me for that, they said: “What did you expect to accomplish from this?’ So I went to my house and slept full of grief. Then the Prophet came to me’ or ‘I went to him, and he said: “Indeed Allah has verified the truth of what you said.” He said: ‘So this Ayah was revealed: there are the ones who say: “Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they desert from him.”  

فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ (لئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ ) قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَحَلَفَ مَا قَالَهُ فَلاَمَنِي قَوْمِي وَقَالُوا مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى هَذِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَنِمْتُ كَئِيبًا حَزِينًا فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَوْ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُُ ( هم الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا )  

[Machine] "Do not spend [anything] upon those who are near to the Messenger of Allah and said, 'If we return to Madinah, the more honored [for power] will surely expel therefrom the more humble.' And to Allah belongs the deposing matter of ascent and descent from power. And it is Allah who has knowledge of all things. So, there is no blame upon you, [O Muhammad], whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other - a greeting from Allah, blessed and good. Thus does Allah make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand." (Surah Al-Munafiqun 7)  

لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ وَقَالَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قَالَ فَلَامَنِي نَاسٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ وَجَاءَ هُوَ فَحَلَفَ مَا قَالَ ذَاكَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْمَنْزِلِ فَنِمْتُ قَالَ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ بَلَغَنِي فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ وَعَذَرَكَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ} [المنافقون 7]  

“I was with my uncle when I heard Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul saying to his companions: Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they desert from him. If we return to Al-Madinah then the more honorable will expel the meaner among them. So I mentioned that to my uncle, then my uncle mentioned it to the Prophet. So the Prophet called for me to narrated it to him. Then the Messenger of Allah sent message to Abdullah bin Ubayy and his companions but they took an oath that they had not said it. So he did not believe me and he trusted what they said. I was struck with distress the likes of which I had not suffered before. So I just at in my house, and my uncle said to me: ‘You only wanted the Messenger of Allah to not believe you and hate you.’ Then Allah [Most High] revealed: ‘When the hypocrites come to you’ So the Messenger of Allah sent for me, and he recites it and said: ‘Indeed Allah has verified the truth of what you said.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3312)   

فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ يَقُولُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ وَلَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَمِّي فَذَكَرَهُ عَمِّي لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَحَلَفُوا مَا قَالُوا فَكَذَّبَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَدَّقَهُ فَأَصَابَنِي هَمٌّ لَمْ يُصِيبُنِي مِثْلُهُ قَطُّ وَجَلَسْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ عَمِّي مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى أَنْ كَذَّبَكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَقَتَكَ قَالَ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ} [المنافقون 1] قَالَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ  

[Machine] "We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and the people faced hardship. Abdullah ibn Ubayy said to his companions, 'Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they disperse from him.' He also said, 'If we return to Medina, the honorable will expel the lowly from it.' So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him about this. He sent for Abdullah ibn Ubayy and questioned him, and Abdullah ibn Ubayy did his best to swear that he did not say such things. They accused Zaid, the Messenger of Allah, of lying. This troubled me to the extent that Allah revealed in confirmation of my statement, 'When the hypocrites come to you...' (Surah Al-Munafiqoon, verse 1). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then called them and sought forgiveness for them. They hung their heads low, and Allah, the Exalted, says, 'As though they were pieces of timber propped up' (Surah Al-Munafiqoon, verse 4). He said, 'They were the most handsome of men.'"  

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ شِدَّةٌ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ لِأَصْحَابِهِ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَقَالَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ فَسَأَلَهُ فَاجْتَهَدَ يَمِينَهُ مَا فَعَلَ فَقَالُوا كَذَّبَ زَيْدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِمَّا قَالُوا حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ تَصْدِيقِي فِي {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ} [المنافقون 1] قَالَ وَدَعَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ فَلَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَقَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌ} [المنافقون 4] قَالَ كَانُوا رِجَالًا أَجْمَلَ شَيْءٍ  

“I was with my uncle when I heard Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul saying to his companions: Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they desert from him. If we return to Al-Madinah then the more honorable will expel the meaner among them. So I mentioned that to my uncle, then my uncle mentioned it to the Prophet. So the Prophet called for me to narrated it to him. Then the Messenger of Allah sent message to Abdullah bin Ubayy and his companions but they took an oath that they had not said it. So he did not believe me and he trusted what they said. I was struck with distress the likes of which I had not suffered before. So I just at in my house, and my uncle said to me: ‘You only wanted the Messenger of Allah to not believe you and hate you.’ Then Allah [Most High] revealed: ‘When the hypocrites come to you’ So the Messenger of Allah sent for me, and he recites it and said: ‘Indeed Allah has verified the truth of what you said.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3312)   

فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهَ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ يَقُولُ {لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا} مِنْ حَوْلِهِ {لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ} فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَمِّي فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَدَعَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَحَلَفُوا مَا قَالُوا فَكَذَّبَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَدَّقَهُ وَأَصَابَنِي هَمٌّ لَمْ يُصِبْنِي مِثْلُهُ قَطُّ فَجَلَسْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ لِي عَمِّي مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ومَقَتَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ} فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ»  

[Machine] I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the battle of Tabuk. Abdullah bin Ubayy said, "If we return to Medina, the honorable ones will surely expel the lowly ones." [Surah Al-Munafiqun 63:8] So, I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him. Abdullah swore that he did not say anything like that and no one from his people did either. They said, "What do you intend by this?" So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me a message saying, "Indeed, Allah has revealed your defense." Then, this verse was revealed: "Those who make excuses among the believers for not contributing their wealth and those who were left behind until they were satisfied [by the booty]" [Surah Al-Munafiqun 63:7], until it reached the verse: "If we return to Medina, the more honored [elite] will surely expel therefrom the more humble." [Surah Al-Munafiqun 63:8].  

كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ {لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ} [المنافقون 8] فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَحَلَفَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا وَلَامَنِي قَوْمِي وَقَالُوا مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى هَذَا؟ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ عُذْرَكَ» فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا} [المنافقون 7] حَتَّى بَلَغَ {لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ} [المنافقون 8]  

We went out with the Prophet ﷺ : on a journey and the people suffered from lack of provisions. So ʿAbdullah bin Ubai said to his companions, "Don't spend on those who are with Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that they may disperse and go away from him." He also said, "If we return to Medina, surely, the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner. So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of that. He sent for ʿAbdullah bin Ubai and asked him, but ʿAbdullah bin Ubai swore that he did not say so. The people said, "Zaid told a lie to 'Messenger of Allah ﷺ." What they said distressed me very much. Later Allah revealed the confirmation of my statement in his saying:-- '(When the hypocrites come to you.' (63.1) So the Prophet ﷺ called them that they might ask Allah to forgive them, but they turned their heads aside. (Concerning Allah's saying: 'Pieces of wood propped up,' Zaid said; They were the most handsome men.) (Using translation from Bukhārī 4903)   

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ لِأَصْحَابِهِ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَقَالَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ قَالَ فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ فَاجْتَهَدَ يَمِينَهُ بِاللهِ مَا فَعَلَ قَالَ فَقَالُوا كَذَبَ زَيْدٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مَا قَالُوا حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ تَصْدِيقِي فِي {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ} [المنافقون 1] قَالَ وَدَعَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ فَلَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَقَوْلُهُ {كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌ} [المنافقون 4] قَالَ كَانُوا رِجَالًا أَجْمَلَ شَيْءٍ