سنن نسائی · Hadith 3107

It was narrated that Sahl bin Saad said: “I saw Marwan bin Al Hakam sitting and I came and sat with him. He told us that Zaid bin Thabit told him, that the following was revealed to Allah’s Messenger صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم (Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home) and those who strive hard and fight in the cause of Allah), then Ibn Umm Maktum came when he was dictating it to me (Zaid), and said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم! If I were able to go for Jihad I would go out for Jihad.’ Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed to him — while his thigh was against mine, and became so heavy that I thought my thigh would break, until (the revelation) stopped — : ‘Except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame).” (Sahih) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: This ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Ishaq is tolerable, while ‘Abdur Rahman bin Isl from whom reports ‘Ali bin Mushir, Abu Muawiyah, and ‘Abdul-Wahid bin Ziyad from An-Numan bin Saad — he is not trustworthy.

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020