English translation
4050. Narrated Zaid bin Thābit رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: When the Prophet ﷺ set out for (the battle of) Uhud, some of those who had gone out with him returned. The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ were divided into two groups. One group said, "We will fight them (i.e., the enemy)," and the other group said, "We will not fight them." So there came the Divine Revelation: "Then what is the matter with you that you are divided into two parties about the hypocrites? Allāh has cast them back (to disbelief) because of what they have earned..." (V.4:88) On that, the Prophet ﷺ said, "That is Taiba (i.e., the city of Al-Madina), it clears out the sins or clears one from his sins as the fire expels out the impurities of silver."
