Abdullah ibn Muti’ narrated to us, Hushaim narrated to us, from Husayn, from Iyad al-Ash’ari, from the wife of Abu Musa, from Abu Musa, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
And Hajjaj ibn al-Sha’ir narrated it to me, Abd al-Samad narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to me, Dawud—meaning ibn Abi Hind—narrated to us, Asim narrated to us, from Safwan ibn Muhriz, from Abu Musa, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
And al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Hulwani narrated it to me, Abd al-Samad narrated to us, Shu’bah informed us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umair, from Rib’i ibn Hirash, from Abu Musa, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with this hadith, except that in the narration of Iyad al-Ash’ari, he said: “He is not one of us,” and he did not say: “He is free (of blame).”

Sa'id bin Jubair reported: I said to Ibn 'Abbas about Sura Tauba, whereupon he said: As for Sura Tauba, it is meant to humiliate (the non-believers and the hypocrites). There is constantly revealed in it (the pronoun) minhum (of them) and minhum (of them), i. e. such is the condition of some of them) till they (the Muslims) thought that none would be left unmentioned out of them who would not be blamed (for one fault or the other). I again said: What about Sura Anfal? He said: It pertains to the Battle of Badr. I again asked him about Sura al-Hashr. He said: It was revealed in connection with (the tribe) of Banu Nadir.