Sahih Muslim Book - 50, Hadith - 7024

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى سَفَرٍ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَىٍّ لأَصْحَابِهِ لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِهِ. قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ وَهِىَ قِرَاءَةُ مَنْ خَفَضَ حَوْلَهُ. وَقَالَ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ - قَالَ - فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِىَّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ فَسَأَلَهُ فَاجْتَهَدَ يَمِينَهُ مَا فَعَلَ فَقَالَ كَذَبَ زَيْدٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- - قَالَ - فَوَقَعَ فِى نَفْسِى مِمَّا قَالُوهُ شِدَّةٌ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَصْدِيقِى (إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ) قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمُ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- لِيَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ - قَالَ - فَلَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ. وَقَوْلُهُ (كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌ) وَقَالَ كَانُوا رِجَالاً أَجْمَلَ شَىْءٍ.

Zaid bin Arqam said: "We set out on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), and the people encountered hardship. 'Abdullah bin Ubayy said to his companions: 'Spend not on those who are with Allah's Messenger, until they desert him.' And he ('Abdullah bin Ubayy) said: 'If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.' "I went to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and told him about that, and he sent for 'Abdullah bin Ubayy and asked him about that. 'Abdullah swore a vehement oath saying that he had not said that, and he said: 'Zaid is lying to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w).' I was very upset about what they said, until Allah revealed confirming what I had said: 'When the hypocrites come to you...' "Then the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) summoned them so that he could pray for forgiveness for them, but they turned their heads away. And His Words: '... They are as blocks of wood propped up...' And they were rather good-looking men."