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ذِكْرُ مَا تَفَضَّلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا، بِعُذْرِ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ عِنْدَ قُعُودِهِمْ، عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ إِلَى الْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِهِ

ibnhibban:4712Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > Khālī al-Falatān b. ʿĀṣim

[Machine] We were with the Prophet ﷺ , and Allah revealed to him. And whenever revelation came to him, his eyes remained open and his hearing and heart would be focused on what Allah was conveying. We used to notice this about him. So he said to the scribe, "Write: 'Not equal are those believers who sit [at home] and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah'." Then a blind man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is our fault?" So Allah revealed to him [the Prophet], and we told the blind man that it was a revelation for the Prophet. And the blind man was afraid that something from the revelation might be revealed upon him, so he remained standing and said, "I seek refuge in the anger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." So the Prophet ﷺ said to the scribe, "Write: 'Except for those who are disabled'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٧١٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ خَالِي الْفَلَتَانِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ دَامَ بَصَرُهُ مَفْتُوحَةٌ عَيْنَاهُ وَفَرَغَ سَمْعُهُ وَقَلْبُهُ لِمَا يَأْتِيهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَكُنَّا نَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لِلْكَاتِبِ «اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} فَقَامَ الْأَعْمَى فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا ذَنْبُنَا؟ فَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا لِلْأَعْمَى إِنَّهُ يُنَزَّلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَخَافَ أَنْ يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ فَبَقِيَ قَائِمًا وَيَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِغَضَبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلْكَاتِبِ » اكْتُبْ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} «  


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tabarani:16007[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. al-Qāsim b. Musāwir al-Jawharī > ʿAffān [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī [Chain 3] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from my father > al-Faltān b. ʿĀṣim

[Machine] We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when revelation came down upon him. His eyesight would become open and his hearing and sight would be fully focused on what came from Allah. When he finished, he said to a scribe, "Write: 'The ones who remain at home from amongst the believers and those who strive in the cause of Allah are not equal.'" The blind man stood up and asked, "What is our fault?" So revelation was revealed to the Prophet ﷺ and we said to the blind man, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is receiving revelation." The blind man remained standing and said, "I repent to Allah." When he finished, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Write: 'Except those who are disabled.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٠٠٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثَنَا عَفَّانُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا الفَلْتَانُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا قُعُودًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ذَابَ بَصَرُهُ مَفْتُوحَةٌ عَيْنَاهُ وَفَرَّغَ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ قَلْبَهُ لِمَا جَاءَ مِنَ اللهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ لِكَاتِبٍ اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} الْآيَةَ فَقَامَ الْأَعْمَى فَقَالَ مَا ذَنْبُنَا؟ فَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا لِلْأَعْمَى إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْزِلُ فَبَقِيَ قَائِمًا يَقُولُ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اكْتُبْ {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ}