[Machine] "Every worker will be clothed by Allah in the garment of their actions."  

عَنْ عُثْمَانَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ «مَا مِنْ عَامِلٍ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلًا إِلَّا كَسَاهُ اللَّهُ رِدَاءَ عَمَلِهِ»  

If he was in a room with the door closed, and he took off his garment to pour water on himself, shyness prevented him from standing up straight. (Using translation from Aḥmad 543)   

«إِنْ كَانَ لَيَكُونُ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَالْبَابُ عَلَيْهِ مُغْلَقٌ فَمَا يَضَعُ عَنْهُ الثَّوْبَ لِيُفِيضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ يَمْنَعُهُ الْحَيَاءُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ صُلْبَهُ»  

[Machine] That Omar and Uthman were invited to a meal. When they left, Uthman said to Omar, "We have witnessed a meal, and I wish we hadn't witnessed it." Omar asked him why, and Uthman responded, "I fear that it may be a form of sorcery." Abu Abdullah Al-Rahman said, "This is the hope, the son of Abu Salamah."  

أَنَّ عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ دُعِيَا إِلَى طَعَامٍ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَا قَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِعُمَرَ قَدْ شَهِدْنَا طَعَامًا لَوَدِدْنَا أَنْ لَمْ نَشْهَدْهُ قَالَ لِمَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ صَنَعَ مِيَاهَاةَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَجَاءٌ هَذَا هُوَ رَجَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ  

[Machine] To find him awake, so he calls him and gives him his food, and he fasts all his life.  

أَنْ يَجِدَهُ يَقْظَانَ فَيَدَعُوهُ فَيُنَاوِلُهُ وُضُوءَهُ وَكَانَ يَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ»  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, there will emerge from the Fire through the intercession of a man from my Ummah, more people than the tribes of Rabi'ah and Mudar.' Al-Hasan said, 'They used to think that 'Uthman bin 'Affan was the one being referred to or perhaps Uwais Al-Qarani.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ بِشَفَاعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَا هُوَ مِنْ بَيْتِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ» قَالَ الْحَسَنُ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَهُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ رَحِمَهُ [105] اللَّهُ أَوْ أُوَيْسًا الْقَرَنِيَّ  

[Machine] "He saw Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah have mercy on him, on a mule, with his son riding behind him, while he was the caliph."  

أَنَّهُ رَأَى عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ وَخَلْفَهُ عَلَيْهَا غُلَامُهُ نَائِلٌ وَهُوَ خَلِيفَةٌ  

[Machine] A woman said when Uthman was killed, "You have indeed killed him, and surely he used to revive the entire night with the recitation of the Quran in one unit of prayer."  

قَالَتِ امْرَأَةُ عُثْمَانَ حِينَ قُتِلَ «لَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَيُحْيِي اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ»  

[Machine] "I saw Uthman sleeping in the mosque, wrapped in a blanket, with no one around him, and he is the Commander of the Faithful."  

«رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي مِلْحَفَةٍ لَيْسَ حَوْلَهُ أَحَدٌ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ»  

[Machine] "He says, 'This is the commander of the faithful, this is the commander of the faithful.'"  

فَيَقُولُ هَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ  

[Machine] Verily, sleep is a source of comfort for them.  

«لَا إِنَّ النَّوْمَ لَهُمْ يَسْتَرِيحُونَ فِيهِ»  

[Machine] I went out with Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, in the year Uthman was killed, to Makkah. We passed by Madinah and we saw the Quran that was killed, and it was in his room. The first drop of his blood fell on this verse, "So Allah is sufficient for you against them. And He is Hearing and Knowing." [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:137]. Umrah said, "Not a single man among them died."  

خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عَائِشَةَ رَحِمَهَا اللَّهُ سَنَةَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَمَرَرْنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَرَأَيْنَا الْمُصْحَفَ الَّذِي قُتِلَ وَهُوَ فِي حِجْرِهِ فَكَانَتْ أَوَّلُ قَطْرَةٍ قُطِرَتْ مِنْ دَمِهِ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ} [البقرة 137] قَالَتْ عَمْرَةُ فَمَا مَاتَ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ سَوِيًّا  

[Machine] May Allah have mercy on Uthman, no harm reached him until he was killed.  

«رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عُثْمَانَ مَا بَلَغَ جُرْمُهُ قَتْلَهُ»  

[Machine] To wake me up tonight at dawn, so I came to him, and when it was dawn, I said, "O Commander of the Faithful, it is time for suhoor. May Allah have mercy on you." He replied, "Yes, so he wiped his forehead and said, 'O Subhan Allah, O Abu Hurairah, you have cut off a vision that I had in which I saw the Prophet of Allah ﷺ saying to me, 'You will break your fast with us tomorrow.' May Allah have mercy on him."  

لِي أَيْقِظْنِي اللَّيْلَةَ عِنْدَ السَّحَرِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ السَّحَرِ قُلْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ السَّحُورُ [106] يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا وَمَسَحَ جَبْهَتَهُ فَقَالَ يَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَطَعْتَ عَلَيَّ رُؤْيَا كُنْتُ فِيهَا رَأَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّكَ تُفْطِرُ عِنْدَنَا غَدًا فَقُتِلَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ  

[Machine] 'Uthman, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "If your hearts were purified, you would never have enough of Allah's words."  

قَالَ عُثْمَانُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ «لَوْ طَهُرَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مَا شَبِعْتُمْ مِنْ كَلَامِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»  

[Machine] "That there comes upon me a day without a night, except that I contemplate in Allah," meaning reading in the Quran.  

أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَيَّ يَوْمٌ وَلَا لَيْلَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْظُرُ فِي اللَّهِ» يَعْنِي الْقِرَاءَةَ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ  

[Machine] "Oh Abdullah, why have you distanced yourself from our beloved Uthman? Haven't you said that he was the most kind and righteous among us?"  

يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَا بَطَا بِكَ عَنَّا أَحُبُّ عُثْمَانَ؟ أَمَا الْآنَ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ لَقَدْ كَانَ أَوْصَلَنَا لِلرَّحِمِ وَأَتْقَانَا لِلَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] I find in the books that Uthman ibn Affan will say on the Day of Resurrection, "My Lord, grant me martyrdom, for Your believing servants have killed me."  

إِنِّي أَجِدُ فِي الْكُتُبِ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ «رَبِّي أَسْلِمْنِي قَتَلَنِي عِبَادُكَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ»  

[Machine] That Uthman ibn Affan used to feed the people the food of the caliphate, and he would enter his house and eat vinegar and oil.  

«أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ كَانَ يُطْعِمُ النَّاسَ طَعَامَ الْإِمَارَةِ وَيَدْخُلُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَأَكَلَ الْخَلَّ وَالزَّيْتَ»  

ʿUthman ؓ used to stand by a grave and weep until his beard became wet. It was said to him: You remember Paradise and Hell and you do not weep, but you weep for this? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿThe grave is the first stage of the hereafter. If one is saved from it (i.e., its torments), then what comes after it is easier than it. But if one is not saved from it {i.e. its torments), then what comes after it is worse.ʿ And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: By Allah, I have never seen any frightening scene but the grave is more frightening than it.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 454)   

كَانَ عُثْمَانُ إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَكَى حَتَّى يَبُلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ تَذْكُرُ الْجَنَّةَ فَلَا تَبْكِي وَتَبْكِي مِنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْقَبْرُ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَإِنْ نَجَا مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ»

قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَا رَأَيْتُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا وَرَأَيْتُ الْقَبْرَ أَفْظَعَ مِنْهُ»

قالَ وكانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إذا فَرَغَ مِن دَفْنِ المَيِّتِ وقَفَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قالَ: «اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِأخِيكُمْ واسْألُوا لَهُ التَّثْبِيتَ فَإنَّهُ الآنَ يُسْألُ»  

[Machine] "If I were between heaven and hell, I would not know to which one I am commanded, so I chose to be ashes before I know which one I will become."  

«لَوْ أَنِّي بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ لَا أَدْرِي إِلَى أَيِّهِمَا يُؤْمَرُ بِي لَاخْتَرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ رَمَادًا قَبْلَ أَنْ أَعْلَمَ إِلَى أَيِّهِمَا أَصِيرُ»  

[Machine] I said to Uthman on the Day of the House, "May Allah fight them, and by Allah, Allah has indeed made it permissible for you to fight them." He said, "No, by Allah, I will never fight them," but they surrounded him and killed him while he was fasting. Uthman appointed Abdullah bin Zubayr for the House. Uthman said, "Whoever owes me obedience, should obey Abdullah bin Zubayr."  

قُلْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ ؓ يَوْمَ الدَّارِ «قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ قِتَالَهُمْ» فَقَالَ «لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا أُقَاتِلُهُمْ أَبَدًا فَدَخَلُوا» عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ قَالَ وَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ أَمَّرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى الدَّارِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لِي عَلَيْهِ طَاعَةٌ فَلْيُطِعْ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ»  

[Machine] Uthman used to fast during the day and stay awake at night except for a short while at the beginning.  

«كَانَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا هَجْعَةً مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ»  

[Machine] "That the invitation be accepted, and I invite with blessings."  

أَنْ أُجِيبَ الدَّعْوَةَ وَأَدْعُو بِالْبَرَكَةِ»  

[Machine] Uthman ibn Affan was invited to a people who were on an evil matter, so he went out to them and found them scattered, and he saw a reprehensible matter. He praised Allah that he did not meet them and he freed a slave.  

«أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ دُعِيَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ كَانُوا عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَبِيحٍ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَوَجَدَهُمْ قَدْ تَفَرَّقُوا وَرَأَى أَمْرًا قَبِيحًا فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ إِذْ لَمْ يُصَادِفْهُمْ وَأَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً»