[Machine] Regarding Alqama and Al-Aswad, they said, "We were with Abdullah when Hudhayfah passed by us and said, 'Hypocrisy has descended upon someone better than you.' We said, 'Glory be to Allah.' Abdullah laughed and went on. Then Hudhayfah passed by us again and instructed me to bring him some pebbles. I brought them to him and he said, 'Indeed, your companion has knowledge.' He laughed, and hypocrisy descended upon them, then he disappeared.' As for the saying of Allah ﷻ to His Prophet ﷺ about the hypocrites, 'Do not pray for any of them who dies' [Al-Tawbah 84], it was the cause for the revelation of this verse."
عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ قَالَا كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَمَرَّ بِنَا حُذَيْفَةُ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ نَزَلَ النِّفَاقُ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مِنْكُمْ فَقُلْنَا سُبْحَانَ اللهِ فَضَحِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَمَضَى فَمَرَّ بِنَا حُذَيْفَةُ فَرَمَانِي بِالْحَصْبَاءِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ عَلِمَ عِلْمًا فَضَحِكَ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ النِّفَاقُ ثُمَّ تِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُ اللهِ ﷻ لِنَبِيِّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمُنَافِقِينَ {وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا} [التوبة 84] فَسَبَبُ نُزُولِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ