Six men stayed behind from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Tabuk: Abu Lubaba, Aws bin Khidham, Thalaba bin Wadia, Kaab bin Malik, Murara bin Rabi, and Hilal bin Umaya. Then Abu Lubaba, Aws, and Thalaba came and tied themselves to the pillars of the mosque, bringing their wealth with them.They said, "Messenger of Allah, take this. It was this that held us back from going with you."He replied, "I will not release them until there is fighting."Then the Quran was revealed, "they have mixed a righteous deed with an evil one" [Tawbah 9:102], up to the words, "indeed, your prayer is a comfort for them" [Tawbah 9:103].
كان ممن تخلف عن رسول الله ﷺ في تبوك ستة: أبو لبابة، وأوس بن خذام، وثعلبة بن وديعة، وكعب بن مالك، ومرارة بن الربيع، وهلال بن أمية، فجاء أبو لبابة، وأوس، وثعلبة. فربطوا أنفسهم بالسواري، وجاؤوا بأموالهم، فقالوا: يا رسول الله! خذها، هذا الذي حبسنا عنك، فقال: لا أحلهم حتى يكون قتال فنزل القرآن: {خلطوا عملا صلحا وءاخر سيئا} إلى قوله: {إن صلوتك سكن لهم} الآية.
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Abu Naeem related it in Marifat al-Sahabah (1/312-313) from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Jafar, who said, "Abdul-Rahman bin Hasan told us, Ismail bin Muhammad bin Isam told us," and he said, "I found in my grandfather's book, from Sufyan, from Amash, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir," and he related it. Abu Shaykh related it in his Tafsir, and Ibn Manda in al-Marifah, as mentioned in al-Isabah, both of them narrating it from Sufyan Thawri by his chain.Hafiz said in al-Isabah, "Its chain is strong." I say, it is as he said, for it contains Abu Sufyan Talha bin Nafi, concerning whom there is disagreement, though his hadith is hasan, especially when Amash narrates from him, for his hadiths are sound, as Ibn Adi said.His statement, "and pray for them, for your prayer is a source of tranquility for them" [Tawbah 9:103], applies generally to everyone who brings his charity to the Prophet ﷺ, for he would pray for them and invoke blessings on them, as has come in the sahih.