Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Qalam, Ayah 46
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
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Or are you asking them a fee in return for delivering the Message so that they are weighed down with debt? so that they are weighed down with what they will have to give you and that is why they do not believe.
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Sahih Muslim#3937Sahih
Dates are to be paid for by dates, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, salt by salt, like for like, payment being made on the spot. He who made an addition or demanded an addition, in fact, dealt in usu...
Narrated by Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#4625Sahih
"Abu Burdah and 'Abdullah bin Shaddad argued about payment in advance. They sent me to Ibn Abi Awfa and I asked him (about that). He said: 'We used to pay in advance during the time of the Messenger o...
Narrated by Ibn Abi Al-Mujalid-on one occasion he (the narrator) said 'Abdullah, and on another occasion he said Muhammad - said:
Sahih Muslim#3989Sahih
Those who pay in advance for anything must do so for a specified weight and for a definite time.
Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that when Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) came to Medina, they were paying one and two years in advance for fruits, so he said:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee) or provision in exchange for faith (from them) from the people of Mecca (so that they are heavily taxed) they are too much indebted by accepting your invitation to accept faith?