Tafsir of Surah Al-Baqara 2:264

﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُم بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَىٰ كَالَّذِي يُنفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ﴾

Translation of the meaning

O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

لما ذكر سبحانه ما يبطل الصدقة من المن والأذى ومن الرياء ومثله بالتراب على الصفوان إذا أصابه المطر«مجموع الفتاوى» 14/94

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim

فهذان سببان عرضا بعد للصدقة فأبطلاها، شبه سبحانه بطلانها - بالمن والأذى - بحال المتصدق رياء في بطلان صدقة كل واحد منهما،«مدارج السالكين بين منازل إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين» 1/289
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