Those who Taunting
الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ ۙ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ {79}
Those who are ‘الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ’ taunting the ones from the Momineen who give the charities willingly, and those who are not finding except for their efforts, so they are ridiculing them. Allah will Ridicule them, and for them would be a painful Punishment [9:79]
قال: و في رواية أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: «هو ثعلبة بن حاطب بن عمرو بن عوف، كان محتاجا فعاهد الله، فلما آتاه الله بخل به». قال: ثم ذكر المنافقين، فقال: أَ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَ نَجْواهُمْ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
(Ali Bin Ibrahim) said, ‘And in a report of Abu Al-Jaroud,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘It is Sa’albat Bin Hatib Bin Amro Bin Awf. He used to be a needy person, so he made a pact with Allah-azwj. But when Allah-azwj Gave (to) him, he was stingy from it. Then the hypocrites are Mentioned: Are they not knowing that Allah Knows their secrets and their whisperings, and that Allah is a Knower of the hidden matters?’ [9:78].
و قال: و أما قوله: الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقاتِ وَ الَّذِينَ لا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ فجاء سالم بن عمير الأنصاري بصاع من تمر، فقال: يا رسول الله، كنت ليلتي أجيرا لجرير حتى نلت صاعين تمرا، أما أحدهما فأمسكته، و أما الآخر فأقرضه ربي
And he-as said: ‘And as for His-azwj Words: Those who are taunting the ones from the Momineen who give the charities willingly, and those who are not finding except for their efforts, so they are ridiculing them [9:79]. Saalim Bin Umeyr Al-Ansary came with a ‘Sa’a’ (a unit of measurement) of dates and said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww! I worked for a wage last night until I got two ‘Sa’as’ of dates. As for one of them, so I have kept it, and as for the other, so I give it for (the Sake of) my Lord-azwj’.
فأمر رسول الله أن ينبذه في الصدقات، فسخر منه المنافقون، و قالوا: و الله إن الله لغني عن هذا الصاع، ما يصنع الله بصاعه شيئا! و لكن أبا عقيل أراد أن يذكر نفسه ليعطى من الصدقات، فقال: سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Rasool Allah-saww ordered for it to be distributed as charity, and the hypocrites from among them started mocking, and they said, ‘By Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj is Needless of this Sa’a (of dates). Allah-azwj cannot do anything with his Sa’a!’ But Abu Aqeel wanted to remind himself to be given from the charities. So he said, Allah would Ridicule them, and for them would be a painful Punishment [9:79].[1]
[1] تفسير القمي 1: 301.