Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Regarding the statement of Allah, the Exalted: "O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills" — he said: The polytheists used to come to the House of Allah and would bring with them food and drink, so Allah, the Exalted, revealed this verse: «وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةً فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ» , then Allah, the Exalted, sent down rain upon them, by which their wealth and property increased until the polytheists became independent of them and left.