ذِكْرُ اسْمِ هَذَا الْأَعْمَى الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الرُّخْصَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ

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)  

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 }  

[Machine] "I used to write for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said to me, 'Write: "Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujahideen in the cause of Allah" (Quran 4:95).' Then Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I love to participate in jihad for the sake of Allah, but I have lost my eyesight and cannot see.' Zaid said, 'So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me to place his hand on my thigh, and I was afraid of offending him so I hesitated. Then he said, "Write: 'Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled and the mujahideen in the cause of Allah'" (Quran 4:95).'"  

كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ} [النساء 95] {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} [النساء 95] فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَكِنْ بِي مِنَ الزَّمَانَةِ وَقَدْ تَرَى وَذَهَبَ بَصَرِي قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَثَقُلَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَخِذِي حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ تَرُضَّهَا فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ} [النساء 95]  

[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.'"  

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}  

[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."  

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