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ahmad:21664 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū al-Zinād > Khārijah b. Zayd

[Machine] Zaid ibn Thabit, I was sitting next to the Prophet ﷺ one day when revelation came to him. He was covered in tranquility and his thigh was pressing against mine when the tranquility overcame him. Zaid said, "By Allah, I never experienced anything heavier than the thigh of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Then it was hidden from him and he said, "Write, O Zaid." So I took a shoulder and he said, "Write {Those who remained behind from the believers} [Quran 4:95] and {and the mujahideen} [Quran 4:95], the entire verse until {a great reward} [Quran 4:95]." So I wrote that on a shoulder. Then Ibn Umm Maktum, a blind man, stood up when he heard it. He was a man who loved the virtues of the mujahideen. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what about those who are unable to engage in jihad, such as the blind and others like them?" Zaid said, "By Allah, his words did not end before the tranquility overcame the Prophet ﷺ and his thigh pressed against mine again. I found it just as heavy as the first time. Then it was hidden from him and he said, ‘Read.’ So I recited to him {Those who remained behind from the believers} [Quran 4:95] and {and the mujahideen} [Quran 4:95]. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, {except those who are disabled} [Quran 4:95]. I added that by Allah, it was as if I could see its effect at the crack in the shoulder."  

أحمد:٢١٦٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ

زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ إِنِّي قَاعِدٌ إِلَى جَنْبِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمًا إِذْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ وَغَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ وَوَقَعَ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي حِينَ غَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَلَا وَاللهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا قَطُّ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ يَا زَيْدُ فَأَخَذْتُ كَتِفًا فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ} [النساء 95] الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا} [النساء 40] فَكَتَبْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي كَتِفٍ فَقَامَ حِينَ سَمِعَهَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى فَقَامَ حِينَ سَمِعَ فَضِيلَةَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ مِمَّنْ هُوَأَعْمَى وَأَشْبَاهِ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَوَاللهِ مَا قَضَى كَلَامَهُ أَوْ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ قَضَى كَلَامَهُ غَشِيَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا كَمَا وَجَدْتُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ} [النساء 95] فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95] فَأَلْحَقْتُهَا فَوَاللهِ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مُلْحَقِهَا عِنْدَ صَدْعٍ كَانَ فِي الْكَتِفِ  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
abudawud:2507 – Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād from his father > Khārijah b. Zayd > Zayd b. Thābit

Zaid bin Thabit said “I was beside the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ when the divinely-inspired calmness overtook him and the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ fell on my thigh. I did not find any weightier than the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. He then regained his composure and said “Write down. I wrote on a shoulder. Not equal are thise believers who sit (at home), other than those who have a (disabling) hurt, and those who strive in the way of Allaah. When Ibn Umm Makhtum who was blind heard the excellence of the warriors. He stood up and said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ how is it for those believers who are unable to fight (in the path of Allaah)? When he finished his question his divinely-inspired calmness overtook him, and his thigh fell on my thigh and I found its weight the second time as I found the first time.” When the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ regained his composure, he said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “Other than those who have a (disabling hurt). Zaid said “Allaah, the exalted, revealed it alone and I appended it.” By Him in Whose hands is my life, I am seeing, as it were the place where I put it (i.e., the verse) at the crack in the shoulder.”  

أبو داود:٢٥٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَغَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَمَا وَجَدْتُ ثِقَلَ شَىْءٍ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ فَكَتَبْتُ فِي كَتِفٍ لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ فَقَامَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلاً أَعْمَى لَمَّا سَمِعَ فَضِيلَةَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى كَلاَمَهُ غَشِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي وَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ كَمَا وَجَدْتُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الأُولَى ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ يَا زَيْدُ فَقَرَأْتُ { لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ } فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ { غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ } الآيَةَ كُلَّهَا قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَأَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهَا فَأَلْحَقْتُهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مُلْحَقِهَا عِنْدَ صَدْعٍ فِي كَتِفٍ  

hakim:2428 – ʿAlī b. ʿĪsá al-Ḥīrī > Aḥmad b. Najdah > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād from his father > Khārijah b. Zayd > Zayd b. Thābit

Zaid bin Thabit said “I was beside the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ when the divinely-inspired calmness overtook him and the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ fell on my thigh. I did not find any weightier than the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. He then regained his composure and said “Write down. I wrote on a shoulder. Not equal are thise believers who sit (at home), other than those who have a (disabling) hurt, and those who strive in the way of Allaah. When Ibn Umm Makhtum who was blind heard the excellence of the warriors. He stood up and said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ how is it for those believers who are unable to fight (in the path of Allaah)? When he finished his question his divinely-inspired calmness overtook him, and his thigh fell on my thigh and I found its weight the second time as I found the first time.” When the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ regained his composure, he said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “Other than those who have a (disabling hurt). Zaid said “Allaah, the exalted, revealed it alone and I appended it.” By Him in Whose hands is my life, I am seeing, as it were the place where I put it (i.e., the verse) at the crack in the shoulder.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2507)  

الحاكم:٢٤٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْحِيرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَغَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَمَا وَجَدْتُ ثِقَلِ شَيْءٍ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ «اكْتُبْ» فَكَتَبْتُ فِي كَتِفٍ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} [النساء 95] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقَامَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى لَمَّا سَمِعَ فَضِيلَةَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَلَمَّا قَضَى كَلَامَهُ غَشِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ كَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْ يَا زَيْدُ» فَقَرَأْتُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95] الْآيَةُ كُلُّهَا قَالَ زَيْدٌ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهَا فَأَلْحَقْتُهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مُلْحَقِهَا عِنْدَ صَدْعٍ فِي كَتِفٍ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح
tabarani:4851 – [Chain 1] Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Qalānisī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās [Chain 2] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam [Chain 3] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > Abū Abū al-Zinād > Khārijah b. Zayd b. Thābit from his father

Zaid bin Thabit said “I was beside the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ when the divinely-inspired calmness overtook him and the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ fell on my thigh. I did not find any weightier than the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. He then regained his composure and said “Write down. I wrote on a shoulder. Not equal are thise believers who sit (at home), other than those who have a (disabling) hurt, and those who strive in the way of Allaah. When Ibn Umm Makhtum who was blind heard the excellence of the warriors. He stood up and said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ how is it for those believers who are unable to fight (in the path of Allaah)? When he finished his question his divinely-inspired calmness overtook him, and his thigh fell on my thigh and I found its weight the second time as I found the first time.” When the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ regained his composure, he said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “Other than those who have a (disabling hurt). Zaid said “Allaah, the exalted, revealed it alone and I appended it.” By Him in Whose hands is my life, I am seeing, as it were the place where I put it (i.e., the verse) at the crack in the shoulder.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2507)   

الطبراني:٤٨٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَبُو الزِّنَادِ أَنَّ خَارِجَةَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ السَّكِينَةَ غَشِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ زَيْدٌ وَأَنَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَمَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ «اكْتُبْ» فَكَتَبْتُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ} الْآيَاتِ كُلَّهَا قَالَ فَكَتَبْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي كَتِفٍ فَقَامَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى حِينَ سَمِعَ فَضِيلَةَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَمَا قَضَى ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ كَلَامَهُ أَوْ قَالَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُحْصِيَ كَلَامَهُ حَتَّى غَشِيَتْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا الثَّانِيَةَ مِثْلَ مَا وَجَدْتُ مِنْهَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْ» فَقَرَأْتُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَأَلْحَقْتُهَا فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مُلْحَقَتِها عِنْدَ صَدْعٍ فِي الْكَتِفِ  

bayhaqi:17817 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > ʿUbayd b. Sharīk > Saʿīd b. al-Ḥakam b. Abū Maryam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > Abū al-Zinād > Khārijah b. Zayd b. Thābit from his father

Zaid bin Thabit said “I was beside the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ when the divinely-inspired calmness overtook him and the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ fell on my thigh. I did not find any weightier than the thigh of the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. He then regained his composure and said “Write down. I wrote on a shoulder. Not equal are thise believers who sit (at home), other than those who have a (disabling) hurt, and those who strive in the way of Allaah. When Ibn Umm Makhtum who was blind heard the excellence of the warriors. He stood up and said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ how is it for those believers who are unable to fight (in the path of Allaah)? When he finished his question his divinely-inspired calmness overtook him, and his thigh fell on my thigh and I found its weight the second time as I found the first time.” When the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ regained his composure, he said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “Other than those who have a (disabling hurt). Zaid said “Allaah, the exalted, revealed it alone and I appended it.” By Him in Whose hands is my life, I am seeing, as it were the place where I put it (i.e., the verse) at the crack in the shoulder.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2507)   

البيهقي:١٧٨١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزِّنَادِ أَنَّ خَارِجَةَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ السَّكِينَةَ غَشِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ زَيْدٌ وَأَنَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَمَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ} [النساء 95] الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَكَتَبْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي كَتِفٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى حِينَ سَمِعَ فَضِيلَةَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ فَمَا قَضَى ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ كَلَامَهُ أَوْ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ قَضَى كَلَامَهُ فَغَشِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا الْمَرَّةَ مِثْلَمَا وَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فَقَرَأْتُ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء 95] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء 95] قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَأَلْحَقْتُهَا وَكَانَ مَلْحَقُهَا عِنْدَ صَدْعٍ فِي الْكَتِفِ