We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when revelation came down upon him. Whenever revelation came upon him, his gaze would become fixed, his eyes wide open, and he would give over his hearing and his heart entirely to what was coming from Allah. When it ended, he said to the scribe, "Write, 'Not equal are those believers who remain behind and those who strive in the way of Allah'" [Nisa 4:95].Then the blind man stood up and said, "What fault is ours?"Revelation came upon the Prophet again, so we said to the blind man, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is receiving revelation." He remained standing and kept saying, "I turn to Allah in repentance."When it ended, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Write, 'except those who are disabled'" [Nisa 4:95].
كنا قعودا مع النبي ﷺ فأنزل عليه، وكان إذا نزل عليه ذاب بصره مفتوحة عيناه وفرغ. سمعه وقلبه لما جاء من الله، فلما فرغ قال لكاتب: اكتب {لا يستوي القاعدون من المؤمنين} {والمجهدون في سبيل الله} الآية، فقام الأعمى فقال: ما ذنبنا فأنزل عليه فقلنا للأعمى إن رسول الله ﷺ لا ينزل عليه، فبقي قائما يقول: أتوب إلى الله، فلما فرغ قال رسول الله ﷺ: اكتب {غير أولي الضرر}.
Bazzar narrated it (Kashf Astar 2203), as did Ibn Hibban (4712), and Tabarani in Al-Kabir (18/334), through multiple routes from Abdul-Wahid bin Ziyad, from Asim bin Kulayb, from his father, from Faltan bin Asim, who said, then he mentioned it. The wording given here follows Tabarani's version. Its chain of transmission is hasan, on account of Asim bin Kulayb and his father, for the two of them make the hadith hasan.