Transliteration:( Falammaaa aataahum min fadlihee bakhiloo bihee wa tawallaw wa hum mu'ridoon )
212. Reason for its Revelation:
This verse was revealed regarding Tha'labah ibn Hatib who was first a poor man. He requested the Holy Prophet to pray that he becomes wealthy. In reply the Holy told him that Prophet poverty was good for him. He took an oath that if he becomes wealthy he will express gratitude to Allah Almighty in abundance. So the Holy .prayed for him Prophet In response to this dua Allah Almighty granted so much blessing and abundance in his sheep that all of them could not be kept in Madina.
Thaalbah then took them to the jungle which deprived him of congregational Salaah. He then the institution of Zakaat, and when Zakaat collector was sent to him by the to collect his Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله Zakaat he told them that Zakaat is a severe tax. He will think about it then pay. This complaint of his was conveyed to the Holy Prophet ?.
Thereafter he came to the with his Zakaat Holy Prophet ? but the Messenger of Allah refused to accept it His Zakaat was subsequently rejected in the Caliphate of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique and Umar Farouk (May Allah be pleased with them) He eventually died an apostate in the Caliphate of Hazrat Uthman May Allah be pleased with him.
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The tafsir of Surah Taubah verse 76 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Taubah ayat 75 which provides the complete commentary from verse 75 through 78.
(9:76) Then, when He gave them out of His bounty, they grew niggardly and turned their backs (upon their covenant).[86]
86. This is an instance of their ingratitude for which the hypocrites were rebuked in Ayat 74.
They broke their covenant with Allah which enjoined them to spend money in charity, if Allah enriched them by His bounty. This shows that they were confirmed criminals and they did not care in the least for the agreements they made, and were niggardly and had no moral code to observe.
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