حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا خُصَيْفٌ حَدَّثَنَا مِقْسَمٌ مَوْلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَمَا کَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَغُلَّ فِي قَطِيفَةٍ حَمْرَائَ فُقِدَتْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَذَهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَا کَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَغُلَّ إِلَی آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد يَغُلَّ مَفْتُوحَةُ الْيَائِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3971
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The verse "And no Prophet could (ever) be false to his trust" was revealed about a red velvet. When it was found missing on the day of Badr, some people said; Perhaps the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has taken it. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down "And no prophet could (ever) be false to his trust" to the end of the verse. Abu Dawud said: In the word yaghulla the letter ya has a short vowel a.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020