Sunan an-Nasa'i 4099

سنن النسائي#4099Sahih

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ مَنْ رَفَعَ السِّلاَحَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ فَدَمُهُ هَدَرٌ ‏.‏

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

Scholarly Authentication

The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:

Abu GhuddahSahih Muquf
Al-AlbaniSahih Muquf
Zubair Ali ZaiHasan

In-book reference: 37:134