(26) باب مَنْ شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ فِي النَّاسِ
It was narrated that Ibn Az-Zubair said:
"Whoever wields a weapon and starts to strike (the people) with it, it is permissible to shed his blood." (AR)
Reference (AR): Sunan an-Nasa'i 4099 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 37, Hadith 134 (AR)
English translation (AR): Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4104 (AR)