“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]  

[Machine] I heard Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul saying, "Do not spend on those who are near the Messenger of Allah until they disperse." So I came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him, and Ibn Ubayy came to him and swore that he did not say that. Then the companions of the Prophet ﷺ blamed me, so I went to my house and slept. He said, "I felt sad." The Prophet ﷺ sent for me, or he said, "I went to the Prophet ﷺ , and he said, 'Indeed, Allah has confirmed your words and excused you.'" And he recited these two verses to me, "They are the ones who say, 'Do not spend on those who are near the Messenger of Allah'" until he completed the two verses.  

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيِّ بْنِ سَلُولٍ يَقُولُ {لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا} فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ وَأَتَاهُ ابْنُ أُبَيٍّ فَحَلَفَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ قَالَ فَأَتَانِي أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَامُونِي فَأَتَيْتُ مَنْزِلِي فَنِمْتُ قَالَ كَأَنَّهُ كَئِيبٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ أَوْ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ وَعَذَرَكَ» وَتَلَا هَاتَيْنِ الْآيَتَيْنِ {هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ} حَتَّى خَتَمَ الْآيَتَيْنِ