The hypocrites mocked the believers during the battle of Tabook:

Under category: How He treated them?

Abdullaah ibn ‘Umar (a Companion) narrated:

‘ “A man said during the battle of Tabook while people were gath- ered one day, ‘There is no one like those who memorize the Quran amongst us; when it comes to food, they eat the most (and have no concern for anything more than food); when it comes to honesty, they are the ones who lie the most; and when it comes to fighting, they are the biggest cowards.’ A man in the gathering replied to him, ‘You are lying, you are a hypocrite, and I shall inform the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alay- hi wa sallam, of what you said.’ The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was then informed of what this man said and Allah revealed Quran (about hypocrites). I saw that man holding on to the rope1 of the camel of the Proph- et of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and was saying to him, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we were only conversing and playing (and passing time).’

The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, kept re- peating the saying of Allah (which means):

«Say, ‘Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?’»

2[Qu- ran: 9:65]”

Allah Says (what means):

«And if you ask them, they will surely say, ‘We were only conversing and playing.’ Say, ‘Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?’ Make no excuse; you have disbelieved [i.e. rejected faith] after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you, We will punish another faction because they were criminals.» ]

[Qu- ran: 9:65-66 ]

Mocking Islam is one of the signs of hypocrisy. Likewise, mocking the Quran and its verses takes the person out of the fold of Islam, because religion is established on glorifying Allah, His religion and His messen- gers.  Therefore, mocking any of these negates this principle and opposesit very strongly. For this reason, when they came apologizing to the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, about their statement, 

the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did not say anything other than repeating the saying of Allah (which means):

«Say, “Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking? Make no excuse; you have disbelieved [i.e. rejected faith] after your belief.»

[Quran: 9:65-66]

Someone might say, ‘The story did not mention any mockery of Islam, they only mocked people.’ The answer to which is that they did not mock them as people or tribes, but rather they mocked them because of their religion, because they said: ‘There is no one like those who memorize the Quran amongst us.’

المراجع

  1. It is a rope which goes around the stomach of the camel. 
  2.  Reported by At-Tabari in his book Tafseer At-Tabari (16912).