أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مَرْوَانَ جَالِسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّی جَلَسْتُ إِلَی جَنْبِهِ فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمْلَی عَلَيْهِ لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنْ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَجَائَهُ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَکْتُومٍ وَهُوَ يُمِلُّهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ لَجَاهَدْتُ وَکَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَی فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَی رَسُولِهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفَخِذُهُ عَلَی فَخِذِي حَتَّی هَمَّتْ تَرُضُّ فَخِذِي ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3108
It was narrated that Ibn Shihab said: “Sahl bin Saad said: ‘I saw Marwan sitting in the Masjid so I went and sat beside him, and he told us that Zaid bin Thabit had told him, that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم dictated to him the words: [ 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 to him while 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.’ But he was a blind man. Then Allah revealed to His Messenger صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم — while his thigh was against my thigh, and (it became so heavy that) I thought my thigh would break, then it was lifted from him, and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: ‘Except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020