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bayhaqi:17816 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam al-Qanṭarī > Ibrāhīm b. Ḥamzah > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī > Dakhalt

[Machine] I was with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , when the verse "Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen [striving and fighting] in the cause of Allah" [Quran 4:95] was revealed. Ibn Umm Maktum came to him while I was writing it and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have been afflicted by harm and if I were able to fight, I would have fought." Zaid bin Thabit said, "So the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , placed one of his legs on my thigh, making it heavy, until I thought it would break, then he said to me, 'Write: "Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen."' This is the wording of the Qantari Hadith."  

البيهقي:١٧٨١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ الْقَنْطَرِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ ؓ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ جَالِسٌ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ تَرَى مَا بِعَيْنِيَّ مِنَ الضَّرَرِ وَلَوْ أَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ لَجَاهَدْتُ قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَثَقُلَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي حَتَّى هَمَّتْ أَنْ تَرُضَّهَا ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لِي اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ} [النساء 95] لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْقَنْطَرِيِّ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

ذِكْرُ اسْمِ هَذَا الْأَعْمَى الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الرُّخْصَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ

ibnhibban:4713 – Ibn Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Qabīṣah b. Dhuʾayb > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] I was writing in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, "Write: 'Those believers who stay behind are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah.'" Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum came and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I love to fight in the cause of Allah, but I have lost my sight since a long time ago." Zaid ibn Thabit said, "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his hand on mine and pressed it on his thigh until I felt the weight, fearing it may dislocate. Then, when the revelation was removed from him, he said, "Write: 'Those believers who stay behind are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah, except for those who are disabled, and those who strive in the cause of Allah.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٧١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} » قَالَ فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَبِي مِنَ الزَّمَانَةِ مَا تَرَى قَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرِي قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَثَقُلَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ تَرَفَّضَ فَلَمَّا سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ قَالَ «اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} »  

tabarani:4815 – Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad al-Wāsiṭī > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī Ṣāḥib Nabī Allāh ﷺ > Marwān b. al-Ḥakam > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] On the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd Al-Sa'idi, the companion of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ , who narrated from Marwan bin Al-Hakam, from Zaid bin Thabit, who said: "I used to sit beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , with my thigh touching his thigh, and he would recite to me, 'The believers who do not go for Jihad are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives.' And Ibn Umm Maktum, who was blind, was sitting there, listening. So he said: 'By Allah! If I had the ability, I would surely participate in Jihad, O Messenger of Allah!' Then Allah revealed to His Messenger ﷺ the verse: 'Not equal are those believers who sit at home and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives, except for those who are disabled.' "  

الطبراني:٤٨١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ

عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ صَاحِبِ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ إِلَى جَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَخِذِي تَحْتَ فَخِذِهِ وَهُوَ يُمْلِي عَلَيَّ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ} وَابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ جَالِسٌ يَسْمَعُ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَوْ أَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ لَجَاهَدْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ فَثَقُلَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيَرُضُّها ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ}  

tabarani:4899 – [Chain 1] ʿAbdān b. Muḥammad al-Marwazī > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar [Chain 2] Mūsá b. Jumhūr al-Tinnīsī al-Simsār > Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd al-Rāzī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Qabīṣah b. Dhuʾayb > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] I was writing to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to me, "Write: 'The ones who stay behind from the believers are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah.' And 'Abdullah bin Umm Maktum came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I love Jihad in the cause of Allah, but I have a condition that caused my eyesight to deteriorate.' Zaid bin Thabit said, 'I conveyed his words.' Then, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his hand on my thigh, and I feared that it might hurt, and he said, 'The ones who stay behind from the believers are not equal to those who strive in the cause of Allah, except for the disabled individuals.'"  

الطبراني:٤٨٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ جُمْهُورِ التِّنِّيسِيُّ السِّمْسَارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَحَبُّ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَكِنْ بِي مِنَ الزَّمَانَةِ مَا تَرَى ذَهَبَ بَصَرِي قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَثَقُلَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَرُضَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ}