Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Bara’ says that { وَلَا تَیَمَّمُوا الْخَبِیْثَ مِنْہُ تُنْفِقُوْنَ } was revealed about us. Our people were those with date palms. Each of us would bring dates according to his means, some bringing a little, some a lot. Someone would bring one bunch, another two bunches, and hang them in the mosque. The people of Suffa had nothing to eat; one of them would come and strike the bunch of dates with a stick, causing both dry and fresh dates to fall, which he would then eat. Some among us were not inclined towards good deeds; they would bring bunches of bad and spoiled dates and hang them in the mosque. Allah Almighty revealed the verse of the Holy Qur’an { وَلَا تَیَمَّمُوا الْخَبِیْثَ مِنْہُ تُنْفِقُوْنَ وَ لَسْتُمْ بِاٰخِذِیْہِ اِلَّآ اَنْ تُغْمِضُوْا فِیْہ }. And He said: If any of you were given the like of what he gives (in charity) as a gift, he would accept it only with his eyes closed out of shame, considering it insignificant. The narrator says that after this, each of us would give only good and excellent wealth in charity.