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ahmad:18653ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ > Ibn Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] When the verse "The believers who stay behind" [Quran 4:95] was revealed, followed by "except for those who are disabled" [Quran 4:95], the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ summoned Zaid and dictated these verses to him. However, Ibn Umm Maktum, who was blind, complained about his own situation. As a result, the verse was revealed again, clarifying that "The believers who stay behind, other than those who are disabled" [Quran 4:95].  

أحمد:١٨٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْبَرَاءَ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} [النساء 95] دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَجَاءَ بِكَتِفٍ وَكَتَبَهَا فَشَكَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ضَرَارَتَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2831Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

When the Divine Inspiration: "Those of the believers who sit (at home), was revealed the Prophet ﷺ sent for Zaid (bin Thabit) who came with a shoulder-blade and wrote on it. Ibn Um-Maktum complained about his blindness and on that the following revelation came: "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) except those who are disabled (by injury, or are blind or lame etc.) and those who strive hard and fight in the Way of Allah with their wealth and lives)." (4.95)  

البخاري:٢٨٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ ؓ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَجَاءَ بِكَتِفٍ فَكَتَبَهَا وَشَكَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ضَرَارَتَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ {لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ }  

bukhari:4593Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

When the Verse:-- "Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home)" (4.95) was revealed, Allah Apostle called for Zaid who wrote it. In the meantime Ibn Um Maktum came and complained of his blindness, so Allah revealed: "Except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame..." etc.) (4.95)  

البخاري:٤٥٩٣حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ؓ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَكَتَبَهَا فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَشَكَا ضَرَارَتَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {غَيْرَ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ}  

bukhari:4594Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ > Lammā Nazalat Lā Yastawī al-Qāʿidūn from al-Muʾminīn

When the Verse:--"Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home)," (4.95) was revealed, the Prophet said, "Call so-and-so." That person came to him with an ink-pot and a wooden board or a shoulder scapula bone. The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Write: 'Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and those who strive and fight in the Cause of Allah." Ibn Um Maktum who was sitting behind the Prophet ﷺ then said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I am a blind man." So there was revealed in the place of that Verse, the Verse:--"Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home) except those who are disabled (by injury, or are blind or lame etc.) and those who strive and fight in the Cause of Allah." (4.95)  

البخاري:٤٥٩٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ادْعُوا فُلاَنًا فَجَاءَهُ وَمَعَهُ الدَّوَاةُ وَاللَّوْحُ أَوِ الْكَتِفُ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَخَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا ضَرِيرٌ فَنَزَلَتْ مَكَانَهَا {لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ }  

ahmad:18485Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] He heard Al-Bara'ah saying about this verse: "The believers who sit at home are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ commanded Zaid to write it down, so he brought a shoulder blade and wrote it. Then, Ibn Umm Maktum complained to him about his difficult situation, so the verse was revealed: "The believers who sit at home are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah except for the disabled." (Quran 4:95)  

أحمد:١٨٤٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} [النساء 95] قَالَ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَجَاءَ بِكَتِفٍ فَكَتَبَهَا قَالَ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ضَرَارَتَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِيالضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]  

ahmad:18508ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] "When this verse was revealed, 'Those who stay behind from the believers are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah' [Surah An-Nisa, 4: 95] and 'And those who strive in the cause of Allah' [Surah An-Nisa, 4: 95], the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Zaid and he brought a shoulder blade and wrote it (the verse) down. Then Ibn Umm Maktum came and complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so the verse 'Except for those who are disabled' [Surah An-Nisa, 4: 95] was revealed."  

أحمد:١٨٥٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} [النساء 95] دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَجَاءَ بِكَتِفٍ فَكَتَبَهَا قَالَ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَشَكَاضَرَارَتَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ } [النساء 95]  

darimi:2464Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] I heard Al-Bara'a saying when this verse was revealed {Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah has preferred the mujahideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind], by degrees.} [Quran 4:95], the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Zaid and he brought a shoulder blade, then the Prophet ﷺ wrote it down. Ibn Umm Maktum, who was blind, complained about its harm, so the verse was revealed {Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives except for the disabled, Allah has preferred the mujahideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind].} [Quran 4:95].  

الدارمي:٢٤٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَجَاءَ بِكَتِفٍ فَكَتَبَهَا وَشَكَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ضَرَارَتَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيَّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ مِنَ الْبَرَاءِ

ibnhibban:42Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] I heard Al-Bara' saying, when this verse was revealed "Not equal are those believers who sit [at home] and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah," the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Zaid and he came with a shoulder on which it was written. Ibn Umm Maktum complained of his disability's harm, so the verse "not [to be incurred] by those who have incurred [the obligation of] the discharge of a burden" was revealed.  

ابن حبّان:٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَجَاءَ بِكَتِفٍ فَكَتَبَهَا فِيهِ فَشَكَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ضَرَارَتَهُ فَنَزَلَتْ {غَيْرَ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ}  

bayhaqi:17814Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Faqīh > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar Abū ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] When the verse "Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled" [Quran 4:95] was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed Zaid to write it. Then, Ibn Umm Maktum came and complained about his disability to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So, Allah ﷻ revealed the verse "Except for the disabled" [Quran 4:95].  

البيهقي:١٧٨١٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو النَّضْرِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ؓ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ الْآيَةَ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَكَتَبَهَا فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَشَكَا ضَرَارَتَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ
bayhaqi:17815[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥulwānī > Ibrāhīm b. Ḥamzah [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Faqīh > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar Abū ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ ؓ

[Machine] When the verse "Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen, [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allah" was revealed, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ assigned Zaid to write it down. Then Ibn Umm Maktum came and complained about his disability to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . So Allah revealed the verse "Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled" [Quran 4:95].  

البيهقي:١٧٨١٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحُلْوَانِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو النَّضْرِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ؓ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ الْآيَةَ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَكَتَبَهَا فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَشَكَا ضَرَارَتَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95]  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ