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