Zayd ibn Thabit reported: I was sitting to the side of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, one day as the revelation came to him. The Prophet was overcome with calm, and his thigh fell upon my thigh as the calm overtook him. By Allah, I have never found anything heavier than the thigh of the Messenger of Allah, and then he was released from it. The Prophet said, “Write, O Zayd.” I took a shoulder bone and the Prophet said, “Write: Not equal are those who stay back and those who wage jihad among the believers,” until the end of the verse, “… a great reward,” (4:95). So I wrote that on a shoulder bone.
Source: Musnad Aḥmad 21664
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut
عَنْ زَيْد بْن ثَابِتٍ قَالَ إِنِّي قَاعِدٌ إِلَى جَنْبِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا إِذْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ وَغَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ وَوَقَعَ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي حِينَ غَشِيَتْهُ السَّكِينَةُ قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَلَا وَاللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ شَيْئًا قَطُّ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ فَخِذِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ يَا زَيْدُ فَأَخَذْتُ كَتِفًا فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنْ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا فَكَتَبْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي كَتِفٍ
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