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2512. It was reported from Aslam Abū Imrān, who said: "We went on a military expedition from Al-Madīnah headed for Constantinople, and 'Abdur-Rahmān bin Khālid bin Al-Walīd was (commander) over the group. The Romans had gathered before the wall of the city (ready to fight). So a man went to attack the enemy. Thereupon the people said: 'Stop, stop! None has the right to be worshiped but Allāh! He is throwing himself into destruction!' Thus Abū Ayyūb said: 'This Verse was revealed about us, the people of the Anṣār, when Allāh granted victory to His Prophet ﷺ and gave Islam dominance, we said: "Come, let us stay with our wealth (and properties) and improve it." Thereupon, Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "And spend in the cause of Allāh, and do not throw yourselves into destruction." So, to "throw oneself into destruction"
means: To stay with our wealth and improve it, and abandon Jihād.”
Abū ‘Imrān said: “Abū Ayyūb continued to engage himself in Jihād in the cause of Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, until he was buried in Constantinople.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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[1] Al-Baqarah 2:195.
Commentary
When the circumstances behind the revelation of a Verses of the Qur’ān are known, then it is important to learn them to know its interpretation. What we learn from the facts mentioned above is that too much occupation with worldly affairs and neglecting commanding good and forbidding evil is a recipe for self-destruction.
