Al-Anfal 8:28 واعلموا انما اموالكم واولادكم فتنة وان الله عنده اجر عظيم ٢٨
وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
أَنَّمَآ
أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ
وَأَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡ
فِتۡنَةٞ
وَأَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
عِندَهُۥٓ
أَجۡرٌ
عَظِيمٞ
٢٨
Be aware that your possessions and your children are only a test, and that there is a tremendous reward with God.
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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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