Surah An-Nisa · 4:98

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• Junda' ibn Damura RAi

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  • The Beginning of the Madani Era — Episode 30

    “Junda' ibn Damura was a sahabi who was elderly, blind, and so weak that he couldn't even walk. Still, when verse [4:97] came down, he said, "I am not one of those that have an excuse — I can Emigrate to Madinah, and I will not spend another night in Makkah" — so he commanded his servants to lift him up on his chair/couch and walk with him outside the city... he met his death right outside of Makkah... this is when Allah revealed the verses [4:98-99]”

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  revealed about — This is the well-known asbab al-nuzul: these ayat exempt the genuinely unable from the general command to emigrate -- exactly Junda' ibn Damura RA's situation, described in his own bio, who had himself carried out toward Madinah on his chair.