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The Allowance To Stay Behind Due To An Excuse

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2507 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 11

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2507. Zaid bin Thābit said: "I was beside the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when divinely-inspired tranquility overtook him. The thigh of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ fell down on my thigh, and I didn't find anything heavier than the thigh of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He then regained his composure and said: 'Write.' So I wrote down on a shoulder (blade): 'Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home) among the believers, and the Mujāhidīn in Allāh's cause' until the end of the Verse. Ibn Umm Maktūm — who was a blind man — stood up when he heard the superiority of the Mujāhidīn, and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! What about those believers who are not able to perform Jihād?' As soon as he finished asking, divinely inspired tranquility overtook the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. His thigh fell down on my thigh, and I felt the heavy weight for the second time as I had felt it the first time. Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ regained his composure, and said: 'Read O Zaid.' So I read: Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home). The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: Except those who are disabled' (reciting) the complete Verse."[1] Zaid said: "Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed it separately and I attached it. By Him in whose Hands is my soul! I can still see the place of attachment near the crack in the shoulder (blade).” (Hasan)

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2507 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَغَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ، فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى فَخِذِي، فَمَا وَجَدْتُ ثِقْلَ شَيْءٍ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: «اكْتُبْ» فَكَتَبْتُ فِي كَتِفٍ: {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء: 95] {وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} [النساء: 95] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، فَقَامَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى لَمَّا سَمِعَ فَضِيلَةَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْجِهَادَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى كَلَامَهُ غَشِيَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ السَّكِينَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي وَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ثِقَلِهَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ، كَمَا وَجَدْتُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى، ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «اقْرَأْ يَا زَيْدُ» فَقَرَأْتُ: {لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النساء: 95]، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: {غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ} [النساء: 95] الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا، قَالَ زَيْدٌ: فَأَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهَا، فَأَلْحَقْتُهَا، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مُلْحَقِهَا عِنْدَ صَدْعٍ فِي كَتِفٍ

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    [1] An-Nisā' 4:95.

Commentary

There is no sin if the people who are either sick or blind or disabled, or have some other genuine excuses stay behind from Jihād.