Al-Anfal 8:28 واعلموا انما اموالكم واولادكم فتنة وان الله عنده اجر عظيم ٢٨
وَاعْلَمُوْۤا
اَنَّمَاۤ
اَمْوَالُكُمْ
وَاَوْلَادُكُمْ
فِتْنَةٌ ۙ
وَّاَنَّ
اللّٰهَ
عِنْدَهٗۤ
اَجْرٌ
عَظِیْمٌ
۟۠
Know well that your belongings and your children are but a trial,1 and that with Allah there is a mighty reward.
Bacalah Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of Betrayal
The Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victory of Makkah he wrote to the Quraysh alerting them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to march towards them. Allah informed His Messenger of this,
…Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of Betrayal
The Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victo
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