Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
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Asbab <strong>al</strong>-Nuzul<br />
sired the world…), i.e. the marksmen who did what they did at Uhud”. 44<br />
(It is not for any prophet to embezzle (an yaghilla)…) [3:161].<br />
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman <strong>al</strong>-Mutawwa‘i informed us> Abu ‘Amr Muhammad ibn Ahmad <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Hiri> Abu Ya‘la> Abu ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn ‘Umar ibn Aban> Ibn <strong>al</strong>-Mubarak> Sharik> Khusayf> ‘Ikrimah><br />
Ibn ‘Abbas who said: “Some red velvet acquired as booty from the idolaters at the Battle of Badr was unaccounted<br />
for, and some people said: ‘Perhaps it is the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah, bless him and give him peace, who<br />
took it’. And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (It is not for any prophet to embezzle (an yaghulla)). Khusayf<br />
asked Sa‘id ibn Jubayr: ‘Is it (It is not for any prophet to be embezzled (an yugh<strong>al</strong>la))’ He answered: ‘No,<br />
he can be embezzled and even killed’ ”. 45<br />
Abu’l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Ibrahim <strong>al</strong>-Najjar> Abu’l-Qasim Sulayman ibn Ayyub <strong>al</strong>-Tabarani> Muhammad<br />
ibn Ahmad ibn Yazid <strong>al</strong>-Narsi> Abu ‘Amr Hafs ibn ‘Umar <strong>al</strong>-Duri> Abu Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-Yazidi><br />
Abu ‘Amr ibn <strong>al</strong>-‘<strong>Al</strong>a’> Mujahid> Ibn ‘Abbas who used to object against anyone who read (It is not for any<br />
prophet to be embezzled (an yugh<strong>al</strong>la)) and used to say: “How could he not be embezzled when he used<br />
to be killed <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, says (… and slew the Prophets wrongfully…) [3:112]. Rather the hypocrites<br />
accused the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, of taking to himself some of the booty,<br />
and <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (It is not for any prophet to embezzle (an yaghulla))”.<br />
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad <strong>al</strong>-Asfahani informed us> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Ahmad <strong>al</strong>-Asfahani> Abu<br />
Yahya <strong>al</strong>-Razi> Sahl ibn ‘Uthman> Waki‘> S<strong>al</strong>amah> <strong>al</strong>-Dahhak who said: “<strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
bless him and give him peace, sent some men in a reconnaissance patrol and he acquired some booty<br />
which he distributed on people while denying those who went in that reconnaissance patrol. When the<br />
latter came they said: ‘He has distributed the booty without apportioning anything for us’, as a result of<br />
which this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed (It is not for any prophet to embezzle (an yaghulla)) which was read by <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Dahhak as an yagh<strong>al</strong>la”. 46<br />
Said Ibn ‘Abbas according to the narration of <strong>al</strong>-Dahhak: “When the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him<br />
and give him peace, got possession of the booties of Hawazin at the Battle of Hunayn, one man cheated<br />
him by holding back a needle, and so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse”.<br />
And Qatadah said: “It was reve<strong>al</strong>ed when groups from amongst his Companions cheated”. 47<br />
Said <strong>al</strong>-K<strong>al</strong>bi and Muqatil: “It was reve<strong>al</strong>ed when the marksmen left their positions on the day of Uhud<br />
because of the booty. <strong>The</strong>y said: ‘We fear that the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him<br />
peace, would say: whoever takes anything it belongs to him; and does not divide the booty as he did after<br />
the Battle of Badr’. <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, said: ‘Did you think that<br />
we would cheat you and not apportion for you’. <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, then reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse”.<br />
It was <strong>al</strong>so reported from Ibn ‘Abbas that noble people c<strong>al</strong>led upon the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless<br />
him and give him peace, to apportion for them something from the booty, and so this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed.<br />
(And was it so, when a disaster smote you…) [3:165].<br />
Said Ibn ‘Abbas: “‘Umar ibn <strong>al</strong>-Khattab related to me, saying: ‘<strong>The</strong> following year at the Battle of Uhud,<br />
they were punished for taking ransom in exchange for releasing the prisoners of the disbelievers. Seventy<br />
among them were killed, the Companion of the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace,<br />
fled from fighting and his molar was broken and his skull smashed to the extent that blood flowed over<br />
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On the Battle of Uhud and its aftermath, see: Ibn Hisham, Sirah, :182-285.<br />
45<br />
Durr, :361; Tabari, :155.<br />
46<br />
Durr, :362; Tabari, :155.<br />
47<br />
Tabari, :157.<br />
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