يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنفِقُواْ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا ڪَسَبۡتُمۡ وَمِمَّآ أَخۡرَجۡنَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُواْ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ مِنۡهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسۡتُم بِـَٔاخِذِيهِ إِلَّآ أَن تُغۡمِضُواْ فِيهِۚ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ۔
"O THOSE WHO BELIEVE, SPEND OF THE GOOD THINGS YOU HAVE EARNED AND OF WHAT WE HAVE BROUGHT FORTH FOR YOU FROM THE EARTH, AND DO NOT OPT FOR A BAD THING, SPENDING ONLY FROM THERE, WHILE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT IT AT ALL, UNLESS YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES TO IT. AND KNOW THAT ALLAH IS ALL-INDEPENDENT, EVER-PRAISED."
This verse was revealed because some people used to bring things which were bad, for Sadaqah, and on that basis the word "طیّب" (tayyib) has been interpreted to mean 'good'. Some commentators have interpreted the word tayyib to mean Halal relying on the generality of the word since something is perfectly good only when it is Halal (lawful) as well.
This warning is for a person who possesses both good and bad things, and by choice only gives bad things for Sadaqah. However, if there is a poor person who does not possess anything that is good and of high quality, his Sadaqah of bad things will also be acceptable to Allah Ta'alah, and he is exempted from this rule.
Adapted from Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Rehmatullah Elaih
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