A man who strikes another with a sword and raises a weapon against him

Tawus said: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) say: Whoever raises a weapon and then lays it down, his blood is forfeit and void.

He said: And Tawus also held this view.

Ibn Shihab reported that a man struck a man with a sword, and Marwan bin al-Hakam did not cut off his hand.

And that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz cut off the hand of a man in such a case, by a letter from al-Walid bin Abd al-Malik.

Ibn Shihab said: Sayyiduna Safwan bin al-Mu'attal (may Allah be pleased with him) struck Sayyiduna Hassan bin al-Furay'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) with a sword, in a matter of a satire with which he had satirized him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not cut off his hand.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever raises a weapon against us is not of us.

Khaythamah said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He is not of us who draws a weapon against us.

Ibrahim also reported the above statement from Alqamah.

Sayyiduna Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever draws a sword against us is not of us.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever raises a weapon against us is not of us.