A man among the Ansar who was a man of knowledge told me that he heard 'Uthman bin 'Affan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrate that some of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when the Prophet ﷺ died, grieved so much that some of thern were almost unaware of what was going on around them. 'Uthman said: I was one of them. Whilst I was sitting in the shade of a small fort, ‘Umar passed by me and greeted me, and I did not realise that he had passed me or greeted me, ‘Umar went to Abu Bakr and said to him: Do you think it is right that I passed by ‘Uthman and greeted him and he did not return my greeting? He and Abu Bakr came, when Abu Bakr had been appointed caliph and they both greeted me. Then Abu Bakr said: Your brother ‘Umar came to me and told me that he passed by you and greeted you but you did not return his greeting; what made you do that? I said: I did not do that. 'Umar said: Yes, by Allah, you did that, but you have too much pride, O Banu Umayyah. I said: By Allah, I did not realise that you had passed me or greeted me. Abu Bakr said: 'Uthman is telling the truth; is something bothering you? I said: Yes. He said: What is it? 'Uthman said: Allah, may He be glorifică and exalted, has caused His Prophet ﷺ to die before we could ask him how we can save ourselves, Abu Bakr said: I asked him about that. ('Uthman] said: I went to him and said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, you were more deserving to ask it. Abu Bakr said: I said:O Messenger of Allah, what is salvation? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever accepts this word from me that I asked my uncle to say but he rejected it, it is salvation for him.ʿ

أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَزِنُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى كَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُوَسْوِسُ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَكُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ أُطُمٍ مِنَ الْآطَامِ مَرَّ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ وَلا سَلَّمَ فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا يُعْجِبُكَ أَنِّي مَرَرْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلامَ؟ وَأَقْبَلَ هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي وِلايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَتَّى سَلَّمَا عَلَيَّ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ جَاءَنِي أَخُوكَ عُمَرُ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَيْكَ فَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ تَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامَ فَمَا الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا فَعَلْتُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بَلَى وَاللهِ لَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ وَلَكِنَّهَا عُبِّيَّتُكُمْ يَا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَاللهِ مَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّكَ مَرَرْتَ بِي وَلا سَلَّمْتَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ صَدَقَ عُثْمَانُ وَقَدْ شَغَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ؟ فَقُلْتُ أَجَلْ قَالَ مَا هُوَ؟فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ تَوَفَّى الله ﷻ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ نَجَاةِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِفَقُلْتُ لَهُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا نَجَاةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَبِلَ مِنِّي الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي عَرَضْتُ عَلَى عَمِّي فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيَّ فَهِيَ لَهُ نَجَاةٌ

[AI] "I passed by Uthman ibn Affan in the mosque and greeted him, and he fixed his gaze on me, then he did not return my greeting. So I came to the Commander of the Believers Umar ibn al-Khattab and said twice, "Commander of the Believers, has something happened in Islam?" He said, "No, and what is that?" He said: I said, "It was only that I passed by Uthman just now in the mosque and greeted him, and he fixed his gaze on me, then he did not return my greeting." He said: Umar sent for Uthman and called him, and said, "What kept you from returning your brother's greeting?" Uthman said, "I did not do that." Saad said: I said, "Yes, you did." He said: Then he swore, and I swore. He said: Then Uthman remembered and said, "Yes, and I seek Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him. You passed by me just now while I was speaking to myself about words I had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. No, by Allah, I never remember them except that a covering comes over my sight and my heart." He said, and Saad said: "I will tell you what they were. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned to us the first supplication, then a Bedouin came and distracted him, until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, and I followed him. When I feared that he would get to his house before me, I struck the ground with my foot, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to me and said, "Who is this, Abu Ishaq?" He said: I said, "Yes, Messenger of Allah." He said, "What is it?" I said, "No, by Allah, except that you mentioned to us the first supplication, then this Bedouin came and distracted you." He said, "Yes: it is the supplication of Dhul-Nun when he was in the belly of the whale: "There is no god but You; glory be to You; indeed I was among the wrongdoers." [Al-Anbiya 87] No Muslim ever supplicates to his Lord with it for anything except that He answers him.""

مَرَرْتُ بِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَمَلأ عَيْنَيْهِ مِنِّي، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلامَ. فَأَتَيْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، هَلْ حَدَثَ فِي الْإِسْلامِ شَيْءٌ؟ مَرَّتَيْنِ. قَالَ: لَا، وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَا إِلا أَنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِعُثْمَانَ آنِفًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَمَلأ عَيْنَيْهِ مِنِّي، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلامَ. قَالَ: فَأَرْسَلَ عُمَرُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَدَعَاهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ رَدَدْتَ عَلَى أَخِيكَ السَّلامَ؟ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: مَا فَعَلْتُ. قَالَ سَعْدٌ: قُلْتُ بَلَى. قَالَ: حَتَّى حَلَفَ وَحَلَفْتُ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ ذَكَرَ، فَقَالَ: بَلَى، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ. إِنَّكَ مَرَرْتَ بِي آنِفًا، وَأَنَا أُحَدِّثُ نَفْسِي بِكَلِمَةٍ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، لَا وَاللهِ مَا ذَكَرْتُهَا قَطُّ إِلا تَغَشَّى بَصَرِي وَقَلْبِي غِشَاوَةٌ. قَالَ، قَالَ سَعْدٌ: فَأَنَا أُنْبِئُكَ بِهَا. إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ لَنَا أَوَّلَ دَعْوَةٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَشَغَلَهُ، حَتَّى قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ. فَلَمَّا أَشْفَقْتُ أَنْ يَسْبِقَنِي إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، ضَرَبْتُ بِقَدَمِي الْأَرْضَ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ «فَمَهْ». قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا وَاللهِ إِلا أَنَّكَ ذَكَرْتَ لَنَا أَوَّلَ دَعْوَةٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ هَذَا الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَشَغَلَكَ. قَالَ «نَعَمْ، دَعْوَةُ ذِي النُّونِ إِذْ هُوَ فِي بَطْنِ الْحُوتِ: ﴿لَا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ﴾ [الأنبياء 87]، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَدْعُ بِهَا مُسْلِمٌ رَبَّهُ فِي شَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلا اسْتَجَابَ لَهُ»

[AI] Some men from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, were so distressed over him that some of them were overcome by whisperings. Uthman said that he was one of them. While he was sitting in one of the forts, Umar ibn al-Khattab ᴿᴬ passed by him and greeted him, but he did not notice him. Umar went on until he entered upon Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ and said, "Shall I not tell you something astonishing? I passed by Uthman and greeted him, but he did not return my greeting." Then Abu Bakr and Umar came until they reached him, and both of them greeted him. Abu Bakr said, "Your brother Umar came to me and claimed that he passed by you and greeted you, but you did not return the greeting." Uthman said, "So I said: By Allah ﷻ, I did not notice you when you passed by, and you did not greet." Abu Bakr said, "Uthman has spoken the truth, and something preoccupied you from that." He said, "Yes." He said, "What was it?" I said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken before I could ask him about the salvation of this matter." Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ said, "I had asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that." Uthman said, "So I said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you; tell me it." Abu Bakr said, "I said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what is the salvation of this matter?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever accepts from me the word that I offered to my uncle, it will be salvation for him." This is how Mamar and Salih ibn Kaysan narrated it, and more than one followed them in this narration from Zuhri, from a man of the Ansar. Abdullah ibn Bishr also narrated this hadith from Zuhri, from Saeed ibn al-Musayyib, from Uthman, from Abu Bakr. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahim and al-Fadl ibn Sahl narrated it to us, both saying: Abu Ghassan narrated to us, he said: Abd al-Salam ibn Harb narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Bishr, from Zuhri, from Saeed ibn al-Musayyib, from Uthman ibn Affan, from Abu Bakr, from the Prophet ﷺ, with something similar to this hadith. Abu Bakr said: I only think that Abdullah ibn Bishr is the one who erred, and the hadith is the hadith of Mamar and Salih ibn Kaysan along with those who followed them. Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi also narrated it from the son of Zuhri's brother, from Zuhri, from Saeed ibn al-Musayyib, from Abdullah ibn Amr, from Uthman, from Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr said: This hadith is among those in which Muhammad ibn Umar was not followed in his narration. We only wanted to mention it so that it may be known that he did narrate it in this way.

أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، جَزِعُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى أَخَذَ بَعْضَهُمُ الْوَسْوَسَةُ. قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: وَكُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ. فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي أُطُمٍ مِنَ الْآطَامِ، مَرَّ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ بِهِ. فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُعْجِبُكَ؟ مَرَرْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ. فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ حَتَّى أَتَيَا، فَسَلَّمَا جَمِيعًا. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: جَاءَنِي أَخُوكَ عُمَرُ، فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَيْكَ فَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ تَرُدَّ السَّلَامَ. قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ، مَا شَعَرْتُ بِكَ حَيْثُ مَرَرْتَ، وَلَا سَلَّمْتَ. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: صَدَقَ عُثْمَانُ، وَلَقَدْ شَغَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ. فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ. قَالَ: مَا هُوَ؟ قُلْتُ: قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ نَجَاةِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: قَدْ سَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ. فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: فَقُلْتُ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي، أَخْبِرْنِي بِهَا. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا نَجَاةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ قَبِلَ مِنِّي الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي عَرَضْتُهَا عَلَى عَمِّي، فَهِيَ لَهُ نَجَاةٌ». هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ مَعْمَرٌ وَصَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، وَقَدْ تَابَعَهُمَا غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ. وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ. حَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، قَالَا: نا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، قَالَ: حدثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، بِنَحْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَلَا أَحْسَبُ إِلَّا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ بِشْرٍ هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْطَأَ، وَالْحَدِيثُ حَدِيثُ مَعْمَرٍ وَصَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ مَعَ مَنْ تَابَعَهُمَا. وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْوَاقِدِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ. وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِمَّا لَمْ يُتَابَعْ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَلَى رِوَايَتِهِ، وَإِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَذْكُرَهُ لِيُعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَوَاهُ هَكَذَا.