Sahih Muslim 51 7194 The Book Pertaining to Repentance and Exhortation to Repentance - كتاب التوبة

he helpers who followed him in the hour of hardship after the hearts of a part of them were about to deviate;, then He turned to them in mercy. Surely to them He is Compassionate Merciful and (He turned in Mercy) to the three who were left behind until the earth despite its vastness became strait for them and their souls were also straitened to them."" And this revelation reached up to the (words):"" O you who believe develop God consciousness and be with the truthful"" (ix. 117-118). Ka'b said: By Allah since Allah directed me to Islam there has been no blessing more significant for me than this truth of mine which I spoke to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and if I were to tell a lie I would have been ruined as were ruined those who told lies for in regard to those who told lies Allah used harshest words used for anyone as He descended revelation (and the words of Allah are):"" They will swear by Allah to you when you return to them so that you may leave them alone. So leave them alone. Surely they are unclean and their resort is Hell recompense for what they earned. They will swear to you that you may be pleased with them but if you are pleased with them yet surely Allah is not pleased with the transgressing people"" (ix. 95-96). K'ab said that the matter of us three persons was deferred as compared with those who took an oath in the presence of Allahs Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he accepted their allegiance and sought forgiveness for them and Allah did not give any decision in regard to us. It was Allah the Exalted and Glorious Who gave decisions in our case three who remained behind. (The words of the Qur'an)"" the three who were left behind"" do not mean that we remained back from Jihad but these imply that He kept our matter behind them who took oath and presented excuse before Him. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters."