Zaid b. Thabit reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) set out for Uhud. Some of those persons who were with them came back. The Companions of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) were divided in two groups. One group said:
We would kill them, and the other one said: No, this should not be done, and it was on this occasion that this verse was revealed: Why should you, then, be two parties in relation to hypocrites? (iv. 88).