Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We used to carry loads on our backs (that is, we used to work as laborers), and then one of us would bring something and give it as charity. One person would bring half a sa’, another would bring a little more, so the hypocrites used to say: Allah is not in need of this person’s charity, and they used to say: This is just for show. So Allah the Exalted revealed this verse about them:“Those who criticize the believers who give charity willingly, and those who find nothing to give except what they earn through their hard work...”