(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." (ES)
Reference (ES): Sunan an-Nasa'i 4099 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 37, Hadith 134 (ES)
English translation (ES): Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4104 (ES)