English Translation

Hashim told us: Shu'bah told us, from al-Hakam, who said: I heard Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi say: I heard Zayd ibn Arqam say: When Abdullah ibn Ubayy said what he said — Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah — or he said: If we return to Medina — he said: I heard it, so I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned that to him. He said: Some people from the Ansar blamed me. He said: And he came and swore he had not said that. So I returned home and slept. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came to me — or it reached me, so I went to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him — and he said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has confirmed you as truthful and vindicated you. So this verse was revealed: {It is they who say, Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah}. My father said: Ubaydullah ibn Mu'adh told us: my father told us: Shu'bah told us, from al-Hakam, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, from Zayd ibn Arqam, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, something similar. Ubaydullah ibn Mu'adh told us: my father told us: Shu'bah told us, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu Hamzah, from Zayd ibn Arqam, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, something similar.