حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْحَکَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ قَال سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ کَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيَّ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ قَالَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوکَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَی الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرْتُ ذَلِکَ لَهُ فَحَلَفَ مَا قَالَهُ فَلَامَنِي قَوْمِي وَقَالُوا مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَّا هَذِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَنِمْتُ کَئِيبًا حَزِينًا فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَکَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ هُمْ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَی مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّی يَنْفَضُّوا قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3314
Al-Hakam bin Utaibah said: “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.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020