Once ʿUmar (bin Al-Khattab) said to the companions of the Prophet ﷺ "What do you think about this Verse:--"Does any of you wish that he should have a garden?" They replied, "Allah knows best." ʿUmar became angry and said, "Either say that you know or say that you do not know!" On that Ibn ʿAbbas said, "O chief of the believers! I have something in my mind to say about it." ʿUmar said, "O son of my brother! Say, and do not under estimate yourself." Ibn ʿAbbas said, "This Verse has been set up as an example for deeds." ʿUmar said, "What kind of deeds?" Ibn ʿAbbas said, "For deeds." ʿUmar said, "This is an example for a rich man who does goods out of obedience of Allah and then Allah sends him Satan whereupon he commits sins till all his good deeds are lost."
عُمَرُ ؓ يَوْمًا لأَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيمَ تَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ {أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ} قَالُوا اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ قُولُوا نَعْلَمُ أَوْ لاَ نَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قُلْ وَلاَ تَحْقِرْ نَفْسَكَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ضُرِبَتْ مَثَلاً لِعَمَلٍ قَالَ عُمَرُ أَىُّ عَمَلٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لِعَمَلٍ قَالَ عُمَرُ لِرَجُلٍ غَنِيٍّ يَعْمَلُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الشَّيْطَانَ فَعَمِلَ بِالْمَعَاصِي حَتَّى أَغْرَقَ أَعْمَالَهُ {فَصُرْهُنَّ} قَطِّعْهُنَّ