We were with the Prophet ﷺ when revelation came down upon him. Whenever revelation descended upon him, his gaze would become fixed, his eyes wide open, and his hearing and heart would be wholly given to what was coming to him from Allah.The narrator said, "We could recognize this state in him."The Prophet ﷺ then said to the scribe, "Write, 'Not equal are those believers who sit at home and those who strive in the cause of Allah' [Nisa 4:95]."The blind man stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, what is our fault?"We said to the blind man, "Revelation is descending upon the Prophet ﷺ," and he became afraid that something concerning his case was being revealed. He remained standing, saying, "I seek refuge in Allah from the anger of the Messenger of Allah."Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Write, 'except those who have an injury' [Nisa 4:95]."
كنا عند النبي ﷺ فأنزل عليه. وكان إذا أنزل عليه رام بصره، مفتوحة عيناه. وفرغ سمعه وقلبه لما يأتيه من الله. قال: كنا نعرف ذلك منه، فقال للكاتب: اكتب: {لا يستوي القاعدون من المؤمنين} … {والمجاهدون في سبيل الله}. قال: فقام الأعمى، فقال: يارسول الله! ما ذنبنا؟ فقلنا للأعمى: إنه ينزل على النبي ﷺ فخاف أن يكون ينزل عليه شيء من أمره. فبقي قائما يقول: أعوذ بالله من غضب رسول الله. قال: فقال النبي ﷺ: اكتب: {غير أولي الضرر}.
Narrated by Abu Yaala (1583), and from him Ibn Hibban (4712), and Tabarani in Al-Kabir (18/280), and Bazzar in Kashf Astar (2203), all of them from the hadith of Abdul-Wahid bin Ziyad, who said, Asim bin Kulayb narrated to us, from his father, from Faltan, and he mentioned it.Its isnad is hasan because of Asim bin Kulayb and his father, for both of them are graded hasan as narrators.His saying, "over those who remain behind" [Nisa 4:95], means that because of their excuses they did not strive with their wealth and their lives, rather they only had the intention, so they have only the reward of intention, unlike those who strive, for they are preferred above them by a degree.His saying, "and Allah has preferred the strivers over those who remain behind with a great reward" [Nisa 4:95], means over those who remain behind without an excuse, so that no repetition occurs.His saying, "and to each Allah has promised the best" [Nisa 4:95], means the strivers and those who remain behind due to a disability. And "the best" means Paradise.The summary of what has been said about this verse is that when Ibn Umm Maktum complained of his blindness, Jibreel returned and descended with the verse before the ink had dried, so that the verse was written in full, "Those believers who remain behind, other than those who are disabled, are not equal to those who strive in the path of Allah with their wealth and their lives" [Nisa 4:95], and in it there is a connection to the one excepted from it.In some narrations, after Zayd had written it down, Ibn Umm Maktum came complaining, so Jibreel descended with the words, "other than those who are disabled" [Nisa 4:95]. This difference goes back to the narrators' account.