The healthy person would precede him to the spot and he could not compete, so "There is no blame upon the blind, nor is there blame upon the lame" was revealed, meaning: there is no blame upon someone who eats with the lame person.

The Second Aspect

14866 - My father narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn Sa'id reported to us, Sufyan reported to us, from Isma'il, from al-Suddi or someone else regarding His saying: "There is no blame upon the blind, nor is there blame upon the lame," he said: The bedridden.

14867 - Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid reported to us by way of reading, Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb ibn Shabur informed us, 'Uthman ibn 'Ata' informed me, from his father: "nor is there blame upon the lame," it is said: this is regarding Jihad.

His saying, the Exalted: "nor is there blame upon the sick."

14868 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bukayr reported to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to me, 'Ata' narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr regarding His saying: "nor is there blame upon the sick." He said: They used to consider it sinful to eat with the sick person, saying: "He cannot eat like the healthy person," so "nor is there blame upon the sick" was revealed, meaning: there is no blame upon someone who eats with the sick person.

His saying, the Exalted: "nor upon yourselves that you eat from your houses... to... the houses of your brothers."

14869 - Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Hammad al-Tahrani reported to me in what he wrote to me, 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us, Ma'mar informed us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid regarding His saying: "There is no blame upon the blind," the verse, he said: A man would take a blind, lame, or sick person to the house of his father, the house of his brother, the house of his sister, the house of his paternal aunt, or the house of his maternal aunt. The disabled would consider it sinful, saying: "They are only taking us to the houses of others." So this verse was revealed as a concession for them.

14870 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah reported to us, Warqa' reported to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "nor upon yourselves that you eat from your houses or the houses of your fathers." He said: There were disabled men—blind or lame, and in need—whom men would take along to their houses. If they did not find food for them there, they would go to their fathers and whoever was counted with them from the houses. Those who were followed disliked that, so Allah revealed regarding that: "There is no blame upon you," and permitted them food wherever they found it.