"O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information" (Surah al-Hujurat: 6). The interpretation of al-Kalbi: It reached us that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent al-Walid ibn Uqbah to the Banu al-Mustaliq—who are a clan of Khuza'ah—to collect their alms (sadaqat). They were happy about this and mounted their mounts to seek him out, but it reached him that they had...
﴿يَا أَيهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَأٍ﴾ الْآيَة، تَفْسِير الْكَلْبِيّ: بلغنَا أَن رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بعث الْوَلِيد بْن عقبَة إِلَى بني المصطلق وهم حيٌّ من خُزَاعَة؛ ليَأْخُذ مِنْهُم صَدَقَاتهمْ، فَفَرِحُوا بذلك وركبوا يَلْتمسونه، فَبَلغهُ أَنهم قد
