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Sahih al-BukhariProphetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))

Sahih al-Bukhari 4594

"Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home)..." (V.4:95)

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 4594

Narrator:Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ ‏‏{‏لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏}‏ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ ادْعُوا فُلاَنًا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَجَاءَهُ وَمَعَهُ الدَّوَاةُ وَاللَّوْحُ أَوِ الْكَتِفُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

اكْتُبْ لاَ يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَخَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا ضَرِيرٌ‏.‏ فَنَزَلَتْ مَكَانَهَا

Narrated Al-Bara:

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 Allah's Messenger (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)

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 4594).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( وَحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاق ) جَزَمَ أَبُو نُعَيْم فِي " الْمُسْتَخْرَج " وَأَبُو مَسْعُود فِي " الْأَطْرَاف " بِأَنَّهُ إِسْحَاق بْن مَنْصُور وَكُنْت أَظُنّ أَنَّهُ اِبْن رَاهْوَيْهِ لِقَوْلِهِ " أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْد الرَّزَّاق " ثُمَّ رَأَيْت فِي أَصْل النَّسَفِيِّ " حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاق حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد الرَّزَّاق " فَعَرَفَتْ أَنَّهُ اِبْن مَنْصُور , لِأَنَّ اِبْن رَاهْوَيْهِ لَا يَقُول فِي شَيْء مِنْ حَدِيثه " حَدَّثَنَا ".…

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