At-Tawba • EN-ASBAB-AL-NUZUL-BY-AL-WAHIDI
﴿ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَلْمِزُكَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ فَإِنْ أُعْطُوا۟ مِنْهَا رَضُوا۟ وَإِن لَّمْ يُعْطَوْا۟ مِنْهَآ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْخَطُونَ ﴾
“And among them are such as find fault with thee [O Prophet] concerning [the distribution of] the offerings given for the sake of God: if they are given something thereof, they are well-pleased; but if they are not given anything thereof, lo! they are consumed with anger.”
(And of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms�) [9:58]. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tha�labi informed us> �Abd Allah ibn Hamid> Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Hafiz> Muhammad ibn Yahya> �Abd al-Razzaq> Ma�mar> al-Zuhri> Abu Salamah ibn �Abd al-Rahman> Abu Sa�id al-Khudri who said: �While the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, was dividing alms, Ibn Dhu Khuwaysirah al-Tamimi (Hurqus ibn Zuhayr, the origin of the Kharijites) came to him and said: �Be fair with us, O Messenger of Allah!� The Prophet replied to him: �Woe unto you, who is going to be fair if I am not?� And then the verse (And of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms�) was revealed�. This was narrated by Bukhari from �Abd Allah ibn Muhammad from Hisham from Ma�mar. Al-Kalbi said: �This was revealed about those whose hearts are to be reconciled, i.e. the hypocrites. One of them, whose name is al-Jawaz, said to the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace: �You did not divide [the alms] fairly!� And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (And of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms)�.