Allah commands His Messenger, peace be upon him,
[فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ
اللَّهُ]
(If Allah brings you back), from this battle,
[إِلَى طَآئِفَةٍ
مِّنْهُمْ]
(to a party of them) in reference to the twelve (hypocrite) men, according to
Qatadah,
[فَاسْتَأْذَنُوكَ
لِلْخُرُوجِ]
(and they ask your permission to go out), with you to another battle,
[فَقُلْ لَّن
تَخْرُجُواْ مَعِىَ أَبَدًا وَلَن تُقَـتِلُواْ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا]
(say: "Never shall you go out with me nor fight an enemy with me...'') as an
admonishment and punishment for them. Allah mentioned the reason for this
decision,
[إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُمْ
بِالْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ]
("You were pleased to sit (inactive) on the first occasion...'') Allah said
in a similar Ayah,
[وَنُقَلِّبُ
أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَـرَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهِ أَوَّلَ
مَرَّةٍ]
(And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away (from guidance), as they
refused to believe therein for the first time. ) [6:110] The recompense of an
evil deed includes being directed to follow it with another evil deed, while the
reward of a good deed includes being directed to another good deed after it. For
instance, Allah said concerning the `Umrah of Hudaybiyyah,
[سَيَقُولُ
الْمُخَلَّفُونَ إِذَا انطَلَقْتُمْ إِلَى مَغَانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوهَا]
(Those who lagged behind will say, when you set forth to take the
spoils.)[48:15] Allah said next,
[فَاقْعُدُواْ مَعَ
الْخَـلِفِينَ]
("...then you sit (now) with those who lag behind.'') in reference to the men
who lagged behind from [Tabuk] battle, according to Ibn `Abbas.
[وَلاَ تُصَلِّ عَلَى
أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُم مَّاتَ أَبَداً وَلاَ تَقُمْ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ
بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمْ فَـسِقُونَ ]
(84. And never (O Muhammad ) pray (funeral prayer) for any of them
(hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave. Certainly they disbelieved in
Allah and His Messenger, and died while they were Fasiqun.)
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