Transliteration:( Wa laa 'alal lazeena izaa maaa atawka litahmilahum qulta laaa ajidu maaa ahmilukum 'alaihi tawallaw wa a'yunuhum tafeedu minaddam'i hazanan allaa yajidoo maa yunfiqoon (End Juz 10) )
249. From this emerges two issues:Â
1. To beg from the Holy Prophet ? is a real honour for the believer.Â
2. To express regret at not doing good deeds is an act of worship.Â
250. Reason for its revelation:
Some Companions came to the Holy Prophet ? with the intention of participating in the war. They requested travelling animals for this purpose but were told that since he had nothing available he could not give them anything. Hearing this they returned full in tears. This verse was revealed concerning them in which they are being told that their non-participation in the battle will not be censured. Remember the use of "I have nothing" is for the purpose of excuse, and not for rejecting the seeker.
The word 'no' is for the purpose of turning down any one's request was never on the blessed tongue of the Holy Prophet Hadith. This too should be remembered that here the use of 'I have nothing' is according to outward or apparent reason, otherwise, the Holy is the master of all Prophet? Divine treasures.
Says Allah Almighty "That Allah and his Messenger would make them rich with their blessings". (S9:V73) In this plea for excuse we are taught the way of excusing the Ummah. Hence the Deobandis and Wahabis cannot use this proof to say that the Messenger of Allah Almighty ? was not made master over all Divine bounties.Â
251. From this we learn that to express sorrow, to shed tears, etc. for not doing good deeds too is an act of worship. Likewise, to regret and cry after sinning too is an act of worship.
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The tafsir of Surah Taubah verse 92 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Taubah ayat 91 which provides the complete commentary from verse 91 through 93.
(9:92) Nor can there be any cause for reproach against those who, when they came to you asking for mounts to go to the battlefront, and when you said that you had no mounts for them, they went back, their eyes overflowing with tears, grieving that they had no resources to enable them to take part in fighting.[93]
93. Such people as felt a strong urge for Jihad but could not join it because of some really genuine excuse, will be counted by Allah among those who actually took part in it, even though they could not join it in person and do anything practically for it. This is because they were sincerely grieved at their absence from Jihad for no fault of theirs, just as a man of the world would be grieved if he were deprived of some lucrative business or of some high profit. Allah considers such a one as on duty, because his heart was serving in the Way of Allah, though he had been deprived of active service on account of some genuine excuse. The Prophet (peace be upon him), while returning from Tabuk, stated the same thing like this: “There are some people at Al-Madinah (at this time) who have been traveling and marching all along with you through every valley. Naturally the companions to whom he was speaking were wonder struck at this. So they asked, “While staying at Al-Madinah?” He replied, “Yes, while staying at Al- Madinah! This is because they were compelled by the circumstances to stay behind at Al-Madinah: otherwise they would certainly have accompanied you.”
[497]- No mounts or even shoes were available.
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