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tabarani:4926Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Sahl al-ʿAskarī And ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Aṣbahānī > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān Lūwayn > Muḥammad b. Jābir > Abū Farwah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] I used to write for the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and I would place the pen on my ear when the order for battle came. Then a blind man came to him and said, "How can I fight when I am blind?" So, the verse was revealed: "There is no blame upon the blind."  

الطبراني:٤٩٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَهْلٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ لُوَيْنٌ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِنِّي لَوَاضِعٌ الْقَلَمَ عَلَى أُذُنِي إِذْ أُمِرَ بِالْقِتَالِ إِذْ جَاءَ أَعْمَى فَقَالَ كَيْفَ بِي وَأَنَا ذَاهِبُ الْبَصَرِ؟ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَيْسَ عَلَى الْأَعْمَى حَرَجٌ}