Najdah bin Nufai said “I asked Ibn Abbas about the verse. “Unless you go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty. ” He replied “The rain stopped from them. This was their punishment. ”

Ibn Abbas said “The Quranic verse “Unless you go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and the verse “It is not fitting for the people of Madina”. . . up to “that Allaah might required their deed with the best (possible reward) have been repealed by the verse. Nor should the believers all go forth together. ”