[Machine] "Uthman was killed in the year thirty-five."  

«قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ»  

[Machine] "Uthman was killed at the age of ninety or eighty-eight."  

«قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ تِسْعِينَ أَوْ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانِينَ»  

[Machine] "Uthman was killed in the year thirty-five."  

«قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ»  

[Machine] "The caliphate of Uthman lasted for twelve years."  

«كَانَتْ خِلَافَةُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً»  

[Machine] The consultation took place and people gathered around Uthman for three remaining days of Dhul-Hijjah in the year 23. Then Uthman was killed on a Friday on the 18th day of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, completing 35 years and his age was 88 years. He used to dye his beard and his caliphate lasted for twelve years.  

«كَانَتِ الشُّورَى فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ لِثَلَاثٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ لِثَمَانِ عَشْرَةَ خَلَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ تَمَامَ سَنَةِ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَسِنُّهُ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانُونَ سَنَةً وَكَانَ يُصَفِّرُ لِحْيَتَهُ وَكَانَتْ وِلَايَةُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً»  

[Machine] "That Uthman was killed while he was ninety-nine or eighty-eight years old."  

«أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ ؓ قُتِلَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ تِسْعِينَ أَوْ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً»  

[Machine] I heard Malik saying, "Uthman was killed." So, Matruh stood on the pulpit and cursed the tribe of Bani Fulan three times. Then, twelve men came to him, including my grandfather Malik ibn Abi 'Amir, Huwaytib ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza, Hakim ibn Hizam, and 'A'isha bint 'Uthman. They had a torch in their possession, and they carried it to a door. Indeed, his head was saying, "knock knock" on the door until they reached Baqi' cemetery. They differed in performing the funeral prayer for him, and Hakim ibn Hizam or Huwaytib ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza performed the prayer for him. Abdur Rahman doubted, then they wanted to bury him. A man from the Bani Mazin stood up and said, "By Allah, if you bury him with the Muslims, I will inform the people." So they carried him until they reached a place called Hash Kawkab. When they guided him into his grave, 'A'isha bint 'Uthman cried out. Ibn Zubayr said to her, "Be quiet, for by Allah, if you continue, I will strike the eyes that are in your head." When they buried him and leveled the earth on him, Ibn Zubayr said to her, "Shout, what seems to be the reason for you to shout?" Malik bin 'Afan passed by Hash Kawkab before that and would say, "A righteous man will be buried here." Abu al-Qasim al-Hush al-Bustan.  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَأَقَامَ مَطْرُوحًا عَلَى كُنَاسَةِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ثَلَاثًا فَأَتَاهُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فِيهِمْ جَدِّي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَبِي عَامِرٍ وَحُوَيْطِبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى وَحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ عُثْمَانَ مَعَهُمْ مِصْبَاحٌ فِي حِقٍّ فَحَمَلُوهُ عَلَى بَابٍ وَإِنَّ رَأْسَهُ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْبَابِ طَقْ طَقْ حَتَّى أَتَوْا بِهِ الْبَقِيعَ فَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ حَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ أَوْ حُوَيْطِبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى شَكَّ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ثُمَّ أَرَادُوا دَفْنَهُ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي مَازِنٍ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ دَفَنْتُمُوهُ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَأُخْبِرَنَّ النَّاسَ فَحَمَلُوهُ حَتَّى أَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى حَشِّ كَوْكَبٍ فَلَمَّا دَلُّوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ صَاحَتْ عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ لَهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ اسْكُتِي فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ عُدْتِ لَأَضْرِبَنَّ الَّذِي فِيهِ عَيْنَاكِ فَلَمَّا دَفَنُوهُ وَسَوَّوْا عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ قَالَ لَهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ صِيحِي مَا بَدَا لَكِ أَنْ تَصِيحِي قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ يَمُرُّ بِحُشٍّ كَوْكَبٍ فَيَقُولُ لَيُدْفَنَنَّ هَهُنَا رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْحُشُّ الْبُسْتَانُ  

[Machine] "When we reached the evening, I said to them, 'If you leave your companion until morning, they will be able to resemble him. So, take him with you to Baqee' al-Gharqad.' We made a place for him in the chest of the night, then we carried him and a blackness covered us from behind. We guided them until we were about to separate from them, then a caller called out, 'Do not fear, stay steadfast, for we have come to bear witness with you.' And Ibn Hubaysh used to say, 'By Allah, they are the angels.'"  

فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْنَا قُلْتُ لَئِنْ تَرَكْتُمْ صَاحِبَكُمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ مَثَّلُوا بِهِ فَانْطَلِقُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَأَمْكَنَّا لَهُ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ حَمَلْنَاهُ وَغَشِيَنَا سَوَادٌ مِنْ خَلْفِنَا فَهِبْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى كِدْنَا أَنَّ نَتَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ فَنَادَى مُنَادٍ لَا رَوْعَ عَلَيْكُمْ اثْبُتُوا فَإِنَّا قَدْ جِئْنَا لِنَشْهَدَهُ مَعَكُمْ وَكَانَ ابْنُ حُبَيْشٍ يَقُولُ هُمْ وَاللهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ  

[Machine] "O Commander of the Believers, what do you say about Uthman?" The two men asked him. Ali replied, "What are you asking for? About a man who disbelieved in Allah after having faith and became a hypocrite?" The man said to them, "I am not asking either of you, nor did I come to you." Ali then said to them, "I do not say what they say." They both said to him, "Then why did we kill him?" He said, "I had authority over you, and you misused that authority towards the end of his life and you became angry. And I swear by Allah, I hope that both I and Uthman will be as Allah said, 'And We removed whatever was in their breasts of resentment, [so they became] brothers on thrones facing each other.'"  

يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي عُثْمَانَ؟ فَبَدَرَهُ الرَّجُلَانِ فَقَالَا عَمَّ تَسْأَلُ؟ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ وَنَافَقَ؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لَهُمَا لَسْتُ إِيَّاكُمَا أَسْأَلُ وَلَا إِلَيْكُمَا جِئْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ «لَسْتُ أَقُولُ مَا قَالَا» فَقَالَا لَهُ جَمِيعًا فِلِمَ قَتَلْنَاهُ إِذًا؟ قَالَ وُلِّيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَسَاءَ الْوَلَايَةَ فِي آخِرِ أَيَّامِهِ وَجَزَعْتُمْ فَأَسَأْتُمُ الْجَزَعَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا وَعُثْمَانُ كَمَا قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَى سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ}  

[Machine] Ali addressed the people and said, "O people, I swear by Allah that if only the killer of Uthman enters the Fire, I will not enter it. And if only the killer of Uthman enters Paradise, I will not enter it." When this statement was revealed to him, he was asked about it and he addressed them, saying, "O people, indeed Allah killed Uthman and I am together with him." Hammād narrated that Habib bin al-Shahid informed them, saying, "A Quraishi statement with two meanings." Abu al-Qasim said, "It seems as if he meant, 'Indeed, Allah has killed him and I am also killed with him.'"  

خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ النَّارَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ لَا أَدْخَلُهَا وَلَئِنْ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ لَا أَدْخَلُهَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قِيلَ لَهُ تَكَلَّمْتَ بِكَلِمَةٍ فَرَّقْتَ عَلَيْكَ بِهَا أَصْحَابَكَ فَخَطَبَهُمْ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَلَا إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ» قَالَ حَمَّادٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ الشَّهِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ كَلِمَةٌ قُرَشِيَّةٌ لَهَا وَجْهَانِ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي «أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَتَلَهُ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ مَقْتُولٌ ؓ»  

[Machine] Ali delivered a sermon to them, but they cut him off from delivering his sermon. He said, "Indeed, I weakened on the day Uthman was killed." He then gave them an example, a parable of three lions and a black, a red, and a white lion who gathered in a dark place. When one of them wanted one of the lions, they gathered against it and prevented it from succeeding. The black and the red lion said to the white lion, "You make us infamous in our gathering." So the white lion invited the black lion until he ate it. Then the white lion said to the red lion, "You make us infamous in our gathering." So let me invite you until I eat you. The red lion said, "Allow me to utter three voices." He said, "Yes, indeed! I was eaten on the day the white lion was eaten. Yes, indeed! I was eaten on the day the white lion was eaten. Yes, indeed! I was eaten on the day the white lion was eaten. Yes, indeed! I weakened on the day Uthman was killed."  

خَطَبَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَطَعُوا عَلَيْهِ خُطْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا وَهَنْتُ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا مَثَلَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَارٍ وَأَسَدٍ اجْتَمَعْنَ فِي أَجَمَةٍ أَسْوَدَ وَأَحْمَرَ وَأَبْيَضَ وَكَانَ الْأَسَدُ إِذَا أَرَادَ وَاحِدًا مِنْهُنَّ اجْتَمَعْنَ عَلَيْهِ فَامْتَنَعْنَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ الْأَسَدُ لِلْأَسْوَدِ وَالْأَحْمَرِ إِنَّمَا يَفْضَحُنَا فِي أَجَمَتِنَا وَيُشْهِرُنَا هَذَا الْأَبْيَضُ فَدَعَانِي حَتَّى آكُلَهُ فَلَوْنُكُمَا عَلَى لَوْنِي وَلَوْنِي عَلَى لَوْنِكُمَا فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَسَدُ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَتَلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْأَسْوَدِ إِنَّمَا يَفْضَحُنَا وَيُشْهِرُنَا فِي أَجَمَتِنَا هَذَا الْأَحْمَرُ فَدَعْنِي حَتَّى آكُلَهُ فَلَوْنِي عَلَى لَوْنِكَ وَلَوْنُكَ عَلَى لَوْنِي فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْأَسْوَدِ إِنِّي آكُلُكَ قَالَ دَعْنِي أُصَوِّتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَصْوَاتٍ فَقَالَ أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ أَلَا إِنَّمَا وَهَنْتُ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ  

[Machine] "By Allah, you have certainly killed him, a pious and upright person," said the person. Then Ashhtar set off and informed Ammar about it. Ammar came back, grieving and said, "By Allah, Ammar will be whipped, Abu Dhar will be exiled, and the invaders will protect the sanctity and say that you have killed him, a pious and upright person." Masrouq said to him, "By Allah, you have not done anything that requires punishment, nor have you endured what you have been inflicted with. It is better for the patient ones." It was as if he had swallowed a stone. And Shabi said, "Hamdaniyyah has never given birth to someone like Masrouq."  

«أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ صَوَّامًا قَوَّامًا» قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ الْأَشْتَرُ فَأَخْبَرَ عَمَّارًا ؓ فَأَتَى عَمَّارٌ مَسْرُوقًا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَيُجْلَدَنَّ عَمَّارٌ وَلَيُسَيِّرَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَلَيَحْمِيَنَّ الْحِمَى وَتَقُولُ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ صَوَّامًا قَوَّامًا فَقَالَ لَهُ مَسْرُوقٌ «فَوَاللهِ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ وَاحِدًا مِنْ ثِنْتَيْنِ مَا عَاقَبْتُمْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ وَمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ» قَالَ فَكَأَنَّمَا ألْقَمَهُ حَجَرًا قَالَ وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ «وَمَا وَلَدَتْ هَمْدَانِيَّةٌ مِثْلَ مَسْرُوقٍ»  

[Machine] "We gathered at the house of Makhrama after Uthman was killed. We wanted to take the pledge of allegiance. Abu Jahl bin Hudhaifa said, 'If anyone of you pledges allegiance to us, we will not prevent him from getting revenge.' Ammar bin Yasir said, 'But if it is for the blood of Uthman, then no.' Abu Jahl replied, 'By Allah, O Ibn Sumayyah, we will surely strap him with lashes that have been inflicted on you before, but we will not seek revenge for the blood of Uthman.' So, they left that day without the pledge of allegiance."  

اجْتَمَعْنَا فِي دَارِ مَخْرَمَةَ بَعْدَمَا قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ نُرِيدُ الْبَيْعَةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْمِ بْنُ حُذَيْفَةَ إِنَّا مَنْ بَايَعَنَا مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّا لَا نَحُولُ دُونَ قِصَاصٍ فَقَالَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ أَمَّا مِنْ دَمِ عُثْمَانَ فَلَا فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْمٍ يَا ابْنَ سُمَيَّةَ وَاللهِ لَتُقَادَنَّهُ مِنْ جَلَدَاتٍ جُلِدْتَهَا وَلَا يُقَادُ لِدَمِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَانْصَرَفُوا يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ بَيْعَةٍ  

[Machine] I was informed by Waththab, who was one of those who witnessed Uthman's era of slavery. He used to stand in front of Uthman and say, "Uthman sent me to you." So, I invited the people for Uthman's proposal, and Ibn Awon said, "I think he said, 'They want something from me?'" He said, "What is it?" I said, "They want to either remove you from your position and say that it is their decision, so choose whoever you want for it, or they want you to cut ties with yourself, and if you refuse these two options, the people will fight against you." He said, "None of these options are necessary." I said, "What do you mean?" He said, "As for removing me from my position, I will not let go of my position, not even for the cost of a thobe. And as for you cutting ties with yourself, I swear by Allah, I would rather be killed than abandon a matter of the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ even if they fight each other after me." Ibn Awon said, "And this is closer to the words of Uthman." As for cutting from myself, I swear by Allah, I knew that my companions were being punished and I did not take revenge for myself. As for killing me, I swear by Allah, if you kill me, you will never be satisfied and you will never fight against an enemy after me." Waththab then stood up and left. We stayed and said, "Perhaps the people are afraid because a man has come who looks like a wolf." He looked out of a door and then came back. Then, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr came with thirteen men until they reached Uthman. Uthman took hold of his beard and said things with it until I heard the sound of his teeth. He said, "Muawiyah is not enough for you, nor is Ibn Amir, nor are your books." Uthman said, "Send me my beard, O son of my brother, send me my beard, O son of my brother." He said, "And I saw him summon a man from the people and he approached him with a pair of scissors until he struck him in his head." I said, "Then what did he do?" He said, "Then they attacked him, by Allah, until they killed him."  

أَخْبَرَنِي وَثَّابٌ وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ أَدْرَكَهُ عِتْقُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَكَانَ يَقُومُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي عُثْمَانُ فَدَعَوْتُ لَهُ الْأَشْتَرَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ فَأَظُنُّهُ قَالَ فَطَرَحْتُ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وِسَادَةً وَلَهُ وِسَادَةٌ فَقَالَ «يَا أَشْتَرُ مَا يُرِيدُ النَّاسُ مِنِّي؟» قَالَ ثَلَاثًا مَا مِنْ إِحْدَاهُنِّ بُدٌّ قَالَ «مَا هُنَّ؟» قَالَ يُخَيِّرُونَكَ بَيْنَ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ لَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَتَقُولَ هَذَا أَمْرُكُمْ فَاخْتَارُوا لَهُ مَنْ شِئْتُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ تَقُصَّ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ هَذَيْنِ فَإِنَّ الْقَوْمَ قَاتِلُوكَ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ بُدٌّ؟» قَالَ مَا مِنْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ بُدٌّ قَالَ «أَمَّا أَنْ أَخْلَعَ لَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَمَا كُنْتُ لِأَخْلَعَ سِرْبَالًا سُرْبِلْتُهُ» قَالَ وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ قَالَ وَاللهِ لَأَنْ أُقَدَّمَ فَيُضْرَبَ عُنُقِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَخْلَعَ أَمْرَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ وَهَذَا أَشْبَهُ بِكَلَامِ عُثْمَانَ وَأَمَّا أَنْ أَقُصَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبَيْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ كَانَا يُعَاقَبَانِ وَمَا يَقُومُ بَدَنِي للقِصَاصِ وَأَمَّا أَنْ تَقْتُلُونِي فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ قَتَلْتُمُونِي لَا تُحَابُّونَ بَعْدِي أَبَدًا وَلَا تُقَاتِلُونَ بَعْدِي عَدُوًّا جَمِيعًا أَبَدًا فَقَامَ الْأَشْتَرُ فَانْطَلَقَ فَمَكَثْنَا فَقُلْنَا لَعَلَّ النَّاسَ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ كَأَنَّهُ ذِئْبٌ فَاطَّلَعَ مِنْ بَابٍ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ بِهَا وَقَالَ بِهَا حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ وَقْعَ أَضْرَاسِهِ وَقَالَ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْكَ مُعَاوِيَةُ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْكَ ابْنُ عَامِرٍ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْكَ كُتُبُكَ قَالَ «أَرْسِلْ لِحْيَتِي يَا ابْنَ أَخِي أَرْسِلْ لِحْيَتِي يَا ابْنَ أَخِي» قَالَ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ اسْتَدْعَى رَجُلًا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ بِعَيْنِهِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ بِمِشْقَصٍ حَتَّى وَجَأَهُ بِهِ فِي رَأْسَهِ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَهْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَعَانُوا عَلَيْهِ وَاللهِ حَتَّى قَتَلُوهُ  

[Machine] "Muhammad, O Ka'b! Do you find our ship in the Torah? How does it sail?" Ka'b replied, "No, but I find in it a man more miserable than the youth of Quraysh, who eagerly seeks evil, like a donkey seeking food. Do not be him." Ibn Sirin said, "They claimed that it was him."  

مُحَمَّدٌ يَا كَعْبُ أَمَا تَجِدُ سَفِينَتَنَا هَذِهِ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ كَيْفَ تَجْرِي؟ فَقَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ أَجِدُ فِيهَا رَجُلًا أَشْقَى الْفِتْيَةَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَنْزُو فِي الْفِتْنَةِ كَمَا يَنْزُو الْحِمَارُ لَا تَكُنْ أَنْتَ هُوَ» قَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ فَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ هُوَ  

[Machine] A man from the Ansar entered upon Uthman and said, "Send back my nephew (i.e., let him go) because you are not his killer." Uthman asked, "How do you know that?" He replied, "Because the Prophet ﷺ visited you on the seventh day of his birth, massaged your head and prayed for blessings upon you." Then another man from the Ansar entered upon Uthman and said the same thing. Uthman asked him, "How do you know that?" He replied, "Because the Prophet ﷺ visited you on the seventh day of his birth, massaged your head, and prayed for blessings upon you." Then Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr entered upon Uthman and said, "You are my killer." Uthman asked, "How do you know that, O Na'thal?" He replied, "Because the Prophet ﷺ visited you on the seventh day of his birth, intending to massage your head and pray for blessings upon you, but you turned away from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Uthman got angry, leapt upon his chest, grabbed his beard and said, "If you had done that, it would have hurt your father (i.e., made him angry)." He said, "So he stabbed him in the throat with the scissors that were in his hand."  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ دَخَلَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ ارْجِعِ ابْنَ أَخِي فَلَسْتَ بِقَاتِلِي قَالَ وَكَيْفَ عَلِمْتَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ «أُتِيَ بِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ سَابِعِكَ فَحَنَّكَكَ وَدَعَا لكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ» ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ ارْجِعِ ابْنَ أَخِي فَلَسْتَ بِقَاتِلِي قَالَ بِمَ تَدْرِي ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ «أُتِيَ بِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ سَابِعِكَ فَحَنَّكَكَ وَدَعَا لكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ قَاتِلِي قَالَ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ يَا نَعْثَلُ؟ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ «أُتِيَ بِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ سَابِعِكَ لَيُحَنِّكَكَ وَيَدْعُو لَكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَخَرَيْتَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ فَوَثَبَ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ وَقَبَضَ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ تَفْعَلْ كَانَ يَعِزُّ عَلَى أَبِيكَ أَنْ تَسُوءَهُ قَالَ فَوَجَأَهُ فِي نَحْرِهِ بِمَشَاقِصَ كَانَتْ فِي يَدِهِ  

[Machine] Indeed, it is the first skilled hand that has written the detailed.  

إِنَّهَا لَأَوَّلُ يَدٍ خَطَّتِ الْمُفَصَّلَ  

[Machine] "A righteous leader who is not blamed for his actions by anyone. Then what? He said, "Then there will be a successor after you who will be killed by an unjust group." Then what? He said, "Then there will be calamity."  

«أَمِيرٌ سَدِيدٌ لَا يَأْخُذُهُ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ يَكُونُ بَعْدَكَ خَلِيفَةٌ تَقْتُلُهُ فِئَةٌ ظَالِمَةٌ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْبَلَاءُ»  

[Machine] "To collapse" or "to fall apart"  

أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ»  

[Machine] "That people did not seek blood revenge for Uthman, otherwise they would have been stoned with stones falling from the sky."  

أَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَطْلُبُوا بِدَمِ عُثْمَانَ لَرُجِمُوا بِالْحِجَارَةِ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ»  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hassan saying, "The wicked man, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, was captured in a village in Egypt and was then taken into the belly of a donkey and burned."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «أُخِذَ الْفَاسِقُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنْ شِعَابِ مِصْرَ فَأُدْخِلَ فِي جَوْفِ حِمَارٍ فَأُحْرِقَ»  

[Machine] "I sought refuge with my Lord for ten days. Indeed, I am the fourth among four in Islam. I have not intended or desired anything, nor have I ever placed my right hand on my private parts since I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Every Friday that has passed since I embraced Islam, I have freed a slave in it, except that if I did not have one, then I would continue to do so afterwards. I have never committed adultery, neither during the period of ignorance nor after embracing Islam."  

«لَقَدِ اخْتَبَأْتُ عِنْدَ رَبِّي عَشْرًا إِنِّي لَرَابِعُ أَرْبَعَةٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَا تَعَنَّيْتُ وَلَا تَمَنَّيْتُ وَلَا وَضَعْتُ يَمِينِي عَلَى فَرْجِي مُنْذُ بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا مَرَّتْ عَلَيَّ جُمُعَةٌ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْتِقُ فِيهَا رَقَبَةً إِلَّا أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ عِنْدِي فَأَعْتِقَهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا زَنَيْتُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ»  

[Machine] "On the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O Allah, indeed Uthman is in need of You and in need of Your Messenger.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck him with his arrow."  

لَا أَمَّا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ فِي حَاجَتِكَ وَحَاجَةِ رَسُولِكَ» فَضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمِهِ  

[Machine] Uthman ibn Affan fell behind in Medina with his wife, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . She was experiencing severe pain, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck her with his arrow. He asked, "What is my reward, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "And what is your reward?"  

عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ تَخَلَّفَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ وَجِعَةً مَعَرَّةً فَضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمِهِ قَالَ وَأَجْرِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «وَأَجْرُكَ»  

[Machine] And Talhah washed one side of his head, but she did not respond. So she put her hand in her sleeve and took out her breasts and said, "I ask you by what I carried you and nursed you, did you not do it?" Then he stood up and twisted a lock of his hair until it was tied, while he was still wet. Then he left until he came to Ali, who was sitting in the corner of his house. Talhah said, and with him was his mother and the mother of Abdullah ibn Rafi', "If you would lift the siege from him, it would intensify his confinement." He then clicked a cup in his hand three times, then raised his head and said, "By Allah, I do not like anything of this that you dislike." And Abu Khalifah declared, "We have been informed by Abul-Abbas Al-Riyashi that he recited for us "Al-Layla Al-Akhiliyyah."  

وَطَلْحَةُ ؓ يَغْسِلُ أَحَدَ شِقَّيْ رَأْسَهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهَا فَأَدْخَلَتْ يَدَيْهَا فِي كُمِّ ذَرْعِهَا فَأَخْرَجَتْ ثَدْيَيْهَا وَقَالَتْ أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا حَمَلْتُكَ وَأرْضَعْتُكَ إِلَّا فَعَلْتَ فَقَامَ وَلَوَى شِقَّ شَعْرِ رَأْسِهِ حَتَّى عَقَدَهُ وَهُوَ مَغْسُولٌ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلِيًّا ؓ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي جَنْبِ دَارِهِ فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ ؓ وَمَعَهُ أُمُّهُ وَأُمُّ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ لَوْ رَفَّهْتَ عَنْ هَذَا فَقَدِ اشْتَدَّ حَصْرُهُ قَالَ فَنَقَرَ بِقَدَحٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «وَاللهِ مَا أُحِبُّ مِنْ هَذَا شَيْئًا تَكْرَهُهُ» قَالَ وَأَنْشَدَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ أنْشَدَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ الرِّيَاشِيُّ لِلَيْلَى الْأَخْيَلِيَّةِ  

[Machine] He is Hassane bin Thabit.  

هُوَ لِحَسَّانِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ «  

[Machine] "Welcome to those who speak with justice, and welcome to prayer and hospitality."  

«مَرْحَبًا بِالْقَائِلِينَ عَدْلًا وَبِالصَّلَاةِ مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا»  

[Machine] "A woman said about Uthman, when they surrounded him wanting to kill him, 'If you kill him or leave him, for he used to spend the entire night in a single unit of prayer, reciting the Quran in it.'"  

قَالَت امْرَأَةُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ حِينَ أَطَافُوا بِهِ يُرِيدُونَ قَتْلَهُ «إِنْ تَقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ تَتْرُكُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُحْيِي اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ فِي رَكْعَةٍ يَجْمَعُ فِيهَا الْقُرْآنَ»  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hassan say, "I reached Uthman, and on that day, I was overwhelmed by a dream. So I heard him giving a sermon, and I witnessed him saying, 'O people, why do you seek revenge on me?' He said, 'There is no day except that they divide goodness among themselves in it.' He said, 'O people, wake up to your provisions.' So they wake up and take them in abundance. Then it is said, 'O Muslims, wake up to your clothes.' So the adornments are brought and distributed among them." Al-Hassan said, "And the enemy is exiled, provisions continue to come, the relationship between them is good, and goodness is abundant on the earth. There is no believer on the earth who fears a believer that he meets, except that he is his brother, his supporter, and his helper. And the fitnah (tribulation) is when a sword is thrust upon him."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ أَدْرَكْتُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَدْ رَاهَقْتُ الْحُلُمَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَخْطُبُ وَشَهِدْتُهُ يَقُولُ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا تَنْقِمُونَ عَلَيَّ؟» قَالَ وَمَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ إِلَّا وَهُمْ يَقْتَسِمُونَ فِيهِ خَيْرًا يَقُولُ «يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّاسِ اغْدُوا عَلَى عَطِيَّاتِكُمْ» فَيَغْدُونَ فَيَأْخُذُونَهَا وَافِرَةً ثُمَّ يُقَالُ «يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اغْدُوا عَلَى كِسْوَتِكُمْ» فَيُجَاءُ بِالْحُلَلِ فَتُقْسَمُ بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ «وَالْعَدُوُّ مَنْفِيُّ وَالْعَطِيَّاتُ دَارَّةٌ وَذَاتُ الْبَيْنِ حَسَنٌ وَالْخَيْرُ كَثِيرٌ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مُؤْمِنٌ يَخَافُ مُؤْمِنًا مَنْ لَقِيَ مِنْ أَيِّ الْأَحْيَاءِ كَانَ فَهُوَ أَخُوهُ وَمَوَدَّتُهُ وَنُصْرَتُهُ وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَنْ يَسُلَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفًا»  

[Machine] Because I would rather have rain fall from the sky than be a part of the bloodshed of Uthman.  

«لَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَأَنْقَطِعَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكُونَ شَرِكْتُ فِي دَمِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ»  

[Machine] "And who is the man?" I said, "He is from the people of Basra." She said, "From which people of Basra?" I said, "From the tribe of Bakr ibn Wail." She asked, "From which Bakr ibn Wail?" I said, "From the Banu Qais ibn Tha'laba." She asked, "Is he from the people of so and so?" So, I said to her, "O mother of the believers, in what manner was Uthman, the commander of the believers, killed?" She said, "By Allah, he was unjustly killed. May Allah curse the killer. He was driven by Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr, and Allah caused him to be taken to the eyes of the Banu Tamim in disgrace in his house. And Allah caused the blood of the Banu Budail to be shed in a state of misguidance. And Allah caused a cursed arrow from his arrows to strike the chest of the Ashatar." By Allah, there isn't a person among the people whom her supplication did not reach.  

وَمَنِ الرَّجُلُ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَتْ مِنْ أَيِّ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ قَالَتْ مِنْ أَيِّ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ قَالَتْ أَمِنْ أَهْلِ فُلَانٍ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِيمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ؟ قَالَتْ «قُتِلَ وَاللهِ مَظْلُومًا لَعَنَ اللهُ قَتَلَتَهُ أَقَادَ اللهُ ابْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِهِ وَسَاقَ اللهُ إِلَى أَعْيُنِ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ هَوَانًا فِي بَيْتِهِ وَأَهْرَاقَ اللهُ دِمَاءَ بَنِي بُدَيْلٍ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ وَسَاقَ اللهُ إِلَى الْأَشْتَرِ سَهْمًا مِنْ سِهَامِهِ» فَوَاللهِ مَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا أَصَابَتْهُ دَعْوَتُهَا  

[Machine] "That the majority of the people who walked to Uthman rebelled."  

«أَنَّ عَامَّةَ الرَّكْبِ الَّذِينَ سَارُوا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ جُنُّوا»  

[Machine] Why do I see you neglecting Uthman, the Prince of the Believers? Abdur Rahman ibn Awf said: "I will inform him that I did not miss the Battle of Badr." Uthman was informed of that and he said, "As for his statement that he did not miss the Battle of Badr, I was tending to Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, until she died." And indeed, the Messenger of Allah had struck me with an arrow, and whoever the Messenger of Allah strikes with an arrow, they bear witness to it.  

مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ جَفَوْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ أُبَلِّغُهُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ فَخُبِّرَ بِذَلِكَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُمَرِّضُ رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ» وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمٍ وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَدْ شَهِدَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The caliphate after me in my nation will be for thirty years." He said, "So we counted and found Abu Bakr for two years, and Umar for ten, and Uthman for twelve, and Ali for six."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْخِلَافَةُ بَعْدِي فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً» قَالَ فَحَسِبْنَا فَوَجَدْنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَنَتَيْنِ وَعُمَرُ عَشْرٍ وَعُثْمَانُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ وَعَلِيٌّ سِتٍّ ؓ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, they claim that you said, "A group of people will become disbelievers after having believed."' He said, 'Yes, that is true, but you are not one of them.' Then Abu Darda died before the killing of Uthman."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ زَعَمُوا أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ «سَيْكَفُرُ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ» قَالَ «أَجَلْ وَلَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ» فَتُوُفِّيَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ قَبْلَ قَتْلِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ  

[Machine] "Uthman, the owner of the two lights, was killed unjustly."  

«عُثْمَانُ ذُو النُّورَيْنِ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا»  

[Machine] "Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, you named him Omar, an era of iron. Uthman, the possessor of two lights, you named him. He was unjustly killed, while holding twin rewards."  

«أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ أَصَبْتُمْ اسْمُهُ عُمَرُ قَرْنٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ عُثْمَانُ ذُو النُّورَيْنِ أَصَبْتُمُ اسْمَهُ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا أُوتِيَ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ»  

[Machine] "About its highest point above."  

عَنْ أَعْلَاهَا ذَا فَوْقٍ  

[Machine] I heard Abdullah saying when Uthman was appointed, "What color prevented us from reaching our highest position?"  

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ حِينَ بُويِعَ لِعُثْمَانَ مَا أَلَوْنَا عَنْ أَعْلَاهَا ذَا فَوْقٍ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "After me there will be twelve caliphs. Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq will not stay for long. The owner of the mill of the Arabs will live in peace and will be martyred." A man asked, "Who is he, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Umar ibn Al-Khattab." Then, he turned to Uthman and said, "And people will ask you to take off a shirt that Allah has clothed you with. By the One who holds my soul in His hand, if you take it off, you will not enter paradise until a camel enters the eye of a needle."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ لَا يَلْبَثُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَصَاحِبُ رَحَى دَارَةِ الْعَرَبِ يَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا وَيُقْتَلُ شَهِيدًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ» ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ «وَأَنْتَ سَيَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ قَمِيصًا كَسَاكَ اللهُ إِيَّاهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ خَلَعْتَهُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ»  

[Machine] Uthman migrated to the land of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and with him was Ruqayyah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ . The news of their stay reached the Prophet, ﷺ , and he used to constantly inquire about them. He would leave the gathering and go perform ablution (wudu) when news of them would approach him. One day, a woman came and informed him about them. The Prophet, ﷺ , said, "Uthman is the first person to migrate to Allah with his family after Prophet Lot."  

خَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَمَعَهُ رُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاحْتَبَسَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ خَبَرُهُمْ وَكَانَ يَخْرُجُ يَتَوَكَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْخَبَرَ فَجَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَى اللهِ بِأَهْلِهِ بَعْدَ لُوطٍ»  

[Machine] "When the Prophet ﷺ sent Uthman to the people of Makkah, his companions pledged allegiance to him with the allegiance of Ridwan, 'pledging allegiance to Uthman with one hand on top of the other.' The people said, 'Congratulations to Abu Abdullah who will circumambulate the Kaaba in safety.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'If he were to stay for this and that period, he would not have circumambulated until I do so.'"  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَ عُثْمَانَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَبَايَعَ أَصْحَابَهُ بَيْعَةَ الرِّضْوَانِ «بَايَعَ لِعُثْمَانَ بِإِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى» فَقَالَ النَّاسُ هَنِيئًا لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ آمِنًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَوْ مَكَثَ كَذَا وَكَذَا مَا طَافَ حَتَّى أَطُوفَ»  

ʿUthman bin ʿAffan ؓ said, speaking from his minbar: I am going to tell you a hadeeth that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; nothing kept me from telling it to you except the fact that I care for you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Standing guard for one night for the sake of Allah, may He be exalted, is better than a thousand nights spent in prayer and [a thousand] days spent fasting.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 463)  

عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ بِكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا»  

[Machine] Uthman asked the people one day and said, "Do you know that the Prophet ﷺ ascended Uhud with Abu Bakr, Umar, and I? And Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman were on Uhud." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Uhud remains firm for you, except for a Prophet, a truthful one, and two martyrs."  

نَاشَدَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ النَّاسَ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَعِدَ أُحُدًا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ وَأَنَا فَارْتُجَّ أُحُدٌ وَعَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدٌ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ ؓ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اثْبُتْ أُحُدُ مَا عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيُّ وَصِدِّيقٌ وَشَهِيدَانِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Everything has a surplus, except for the shade of a house, the edge of bread, and a garment that covers a man's private parts, or he said, the private parts of Ibn Adam (human being). And everything has a surplus, except for the one that Ibn Adam does not have a right to."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَضُلَ عَنْ ظِلِّ بَيْتٍ وَجُرْفِ الْخُبْزِ وَثَوْبٍ يُوَارِي عَوْرَةَ الرَّجُلِ أَوْ قَالَ عَوْرَةَ ابْنِ آدَمَ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَضُلَ عَنْ ذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِابْنِ آدَمَ فِيهِ حَقٌّ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever prays the last Isha prayer in congregation, it is as if he had prayed the whole night, and whoever prays Fajr prayer in congregation, it is as if he had prayed the whole day."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَلَّى اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَلَّى النَّهَارَ كُلَّهُ»  

[Machine] I heard 'Uthman, and he used to speak very little about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever performs ablution as commanded and prays as commanded, will have his sins removed as if he were born anew."  

سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَكَانَ قَلِيلَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ كَمَا أُمِرَ وَصَلَّى كَمَا أُمِرَ خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَمَا وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ»  

[Machine] Abu Talib's name was Abd Manaf ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Abd al-Muttalib's name was Shaybah ibn Hashim. Hashim's name was Amr ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy, and Qusayy's name was Zaid.  

أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ مَنَافِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَعَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ اسْمُهُ شَيْبَةُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ وَهَاشِمُ اسْمُهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ مَنَافِ بْنِ قُصَيٍّ وَقُصَيُّ اسْمُهُ زَيْدٌ  

[Machine] And it is said that she is the first wife of Hashim and she gave birth to Hashim. She embraced Islam and migrated to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Medina. She died and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ buried her. Her mother is Fatimah bint Harim ibn Rawahah ibn Hujr ibn Abd Mu'adh ibn Lu'ay.  

وَيُقَالُ إِنَّهَا أَوَّلُ هَاشِمِيَّةٍ وَلَدَتْ لِهَاشِمِيٍّ وَقَدْ أَسْلَمَتْ وَهَاجَرَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَمَاتَتْ وَدَفَنَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأُمُّهَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ هَرِمِ بْنِ رَوَاحَةَ بْنِ حُجْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مُعْرِضِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ  

[Machine] To me, Oh Amr, look at the Commander of the Faithful, as I have not seen him dye his beard, massive in size.  

لِي أَبِي يَا عَمْرُو فَانْظُرْ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ «فَلَمْ أَرَهُ خَضَبَ لِحْيَتَهُ ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ»