Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Chapter 41: Mentioning the reason for the revelation of some of the
Aayaat of Surah al-An`aam and Surah al-Kawthar
Ibn Is-ḥaaq said 309 : Whenever the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ used to sit in the Masjid,
some of his most vulnerable Companions used to sit close by him, such as Khabbaab,
`Ammaar, Abu Fukayhah Yasaar – the freed slave of Ṣafwaan Ibn Umayyah, Ṣuhayb and
other Muslims like them. The Quraish would mock them, saying to one another: ‘These
are his companions, as you see! Is it these (poor believers) that Allaah has favored from
amongst us to receive guidance and the religion of truth? And what Muḥammad had
brought, had it been a good thing, they (weak and poor) would not have preceded us
عز ‏ُوجل thereto! And certainly, Allaah would not have put them before us!’ So, Allaah
revealed these Aayaat about them:
‏﴿وَّلَُُتَط ر دُُِالَّذِينَُُيَد ع ونَُُرَبَّه مُبِال غَدَاةُُِوَال عَشِ‏ يُُِّي رِيد ونَُُوَج هَهُُُۖمَاُعَلَي كَُُمِن ‏ُُحِ‏ سَاِبِِمُمِّنُشَيءُُوَمَاُ‏
مِن ‏ُُحِ‏ سَابِكَُُعَلَي هِمُمِّنُشَيءُُفَتَط ر دَه م ‏ُُفَتَك ونَُُمِنَُُالظَّالِمِنيَُُ*ُوَكَ‏ ‏َذى لِكَُُفَتَنَّاُبَع ضَه مُبِبَع ض ‏ُُلِّيَق ول واُ‏
أَهَى ؤ ‏ّلَ‏ ءُُِمَُنَُُّاللَّهُُعَلَي هِمُمِّنُبَي نِنَاُُۖ‏ أَلَي سَُُاللَّهُُبِأَع لَمَُُبِالشَّاكِرِينَُُ*ُوَإِذَاُجَاءَكَُُالَّذِينَُُي ؤ مِن ونَُُبِآيَاتِنَاُفَق ل ُُ
سَالَ‏ مُُعَلَي ك م ‏ُُُۖكَتَبَُُرَبُّك م ‏ُُعَلَىُُنَف سِ‏ هُُِالرَّمح ‏َةَُُُۖأَنَّهُُمَن ُُ عَمِلَُُمِنك م ‏ُُس وء اُِبَِهَالَُةُُث ‏َُُّتَابَُُمِنُبَع دِهُِ‏ ُ
وَأَص لَحَُ‏ ‏ُفَأَنَّهُُغَف ور ‏ُُرَّحِ‏ يمُ﴾‏
{And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon seeking His
Face. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of
your account. So were you to send them away, you would (then) be of the
wrongdoers. Thus We have tried some of them with others, that they might say: “Is it
these (poor believers) that Allaah has favored from amongst us?” Does not Allaah
know best those who are grateful? When those who believe in Our Aayaat come to
you, say (to them): “Salaamun `Alaikum (peace be on you). Your Lord has written
Mercy for Himself, so that, if any of you does evil in ignorance, and thereafter repents
and does righteous good deeds (by obeying Allaah), then surely, He is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.”} [Surah al-An`aam (6): 52-54]
309 I (al-Albaanee) say: This is how Ibn Is-ḥaaq has reported it in his “al-Seerah” (2/33) in “Mu`allaq” form (i.e.
without a chain of narration). There are supporting narrations which act as a witness to it, which I will mention at
the end of this chapter.
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