*Allah says in surah al-A'laa [87]:* [قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ * وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ ] "He has succeeded, the one who gives in charity * and mentions the name of his Lord and prays" (14-15) Imam al-Qurtubi brought the following narration in part of his tafsir of this ayah: [قوله تعالى : قد أفلح من تزكى وذكر اسم ربه فصلى ... وروى عنه [يعني عن ابن عباس] عطاء قال : نزلت في عثمان بن عفان - رضي الله عنه - قال : كان بالمدينة منافق كانت له نخلة بالمدينة ، مائلة في دار رجل من الأنصار ، إذا هبت الرياح أسقطت البسر والرطب إلى دار الأنصاري ، فيأكل هو وعياله ، فخاصمه المنافق فشكا ذلك إلى رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فأرسل إلى المنافق وهو لا يعلم نفاقه ، فقال : " إن أخاك الأنصاري ذكر أن بسرك ورطبك يقع إلى منزله ، فيأكل هو وعياله ، فهل لك أن أعطيك نخلة في الجنة بدلها " ؟ فقال : أبيع عاجلا بآجل لا أفعل . فذكروا أن عثمان بن عفان أعطاه حائطا من نخل بدل نخلته ففيه نزلت قد أفلح من تزكى . ونزلت في المنافق ويتجنبها الأشقى .] 'Ataa relayed that ibn 'Abbaas said: these ayaat are about 'Uthman ibn 'Affan. He said: There was a munafiq in al-Madinah who had a date tree which hung over of house of an Ansari man. When the winds would blow it would knock down both unripe and ripe dates into the property of the Ansari man, which he and those under his care would then eat. The munafiq argued with him about this situation, so the Ansari man complained about this to Allah's Messenger. The Prophet sent for the munafiq, not knowing that he was a munafiq, and said, "This Ansari brother of yours mentioned that your unripe and ripe dates fell into his property and so he and his dependents ate them. So what would say if I were to give you a date tree in Jannah in exchange for that date tree?" The munafiq replied, "That I would sell right now for something else later? I will not do that!" I was told that 'Uthman ibn 'Affan gave him a whole orchard of date trees in exchange for that one date tree of his. So [قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ] "He has succeeded, the one who gives in charity" is about him, while [وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى ] "But the most wretched one will avoid the reminder” is about the munafiq. > [Tafsir al-Qurtubi 20/20]