“This Verse was revealed concerning
us
six: Myself, Ibn Mas’ud, Suhaib, ‘Ammar, Miqdad and Bilal. The
Quraish said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘We do not want to
join
them, send them away.’ Thoughts of that entered the heart of
the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as much as Allah willed, then Allah
revealed:
“And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning
and afternoon
seeking His Face. You are accountable for them in
nothing, and they
are accountable for you in nothing, that you may
turn them away, and
thus become of the unjust.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 37, Hadith 29