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Tafseer Al-Qummi – When the hypocrites come to you, they say, ‘We testify that you are a Rasool of Allah’. And Allah Knows that you are indeed His Rasool, and Allah Testifies that the hypocrites are lying [63:1] . He (Ali Bin Ibrahim) said, ‘It (Surah Al-Munafiqoun) was Revealed during the military expedition of Al-Muraysi’e, and it is the military expedition against the clan of Mustaleeq during the year five from the Hijra. And it so happened that Rassol-Allah -saww went out to it.

So when he -saww was returning, he -saww encamped at a well, and there was little water in it. And Anas Bin Sayyar was an ally of the Helpers, and Jahjah Bin Saeed Al-Ghafari was an employee of Umar Bin Al-Khattab. So they gathered at the well, and the bucket of Ibn Sayar met the bucket of Jahjah. Ibn Sayar said, ‘My bucket (was first)’, and Jahjah said, ‘My bucket (was)’. Jahjah struck his hand upon the face of Ibn Sayar. So he asked from the blood (money) from him.

Ibn Sayar called for the (clan of) Al-Khazraj, and Jahjah called for Quraysh, and the people grabbed the weapons, and strife almost occurred. Abdullah Bin Abayy (also) heard the call, so he said, ‘What is this?’ They informed him, and he was angered with intense anger, then said, ‘I had disliked this journey. I am the most humble of the Arabs. I did not think that I would remain (alive) until I hear the like of this, and I would not happen to be in the presence of reproach’.

Then he turned towards his companions and he said, ‘This is your doing. You have encamped them at your houses, and assisted them with your wealth, and exerted yourselves for them, and exposed your necks for the killing, and would widow your women, and orphan your children. And if you had expelled them, they would have been dependant upon others’. Then he said, ‘When we return to Al-Medina, the honourable ones will expel the humble from it’ [63:8] .