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tirmidhi:3702Abū Zurʿah > al-Ḥasan b. Bishr > al-Ḥakam b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the pledge of Ridwan, 'Uthman bin 'Affan was the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to the people of Makkah. He said: "So the people gave the pledge." He said: "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed 'Uthman is busy with the affair of Allah and the affair of His Messenger' then he ﷺ put one of his hands on the other. The hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on behalf of 'Uthman, was better than their own hands for themselves.  

الترمذي:٣٧٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا أُمِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِبَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ رَسُولَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ قَالَ فَبَايَعَ النَّاسَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ فِي حَاجَةِ اللَّهِ وَحَاجَةِ رَسُولِهِ فَضَرَبَ بِإِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى فَكَانَتْ يَدُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعُثْمَانَ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ  


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السيوطي:٨٥-٣٩٢b

"عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا أمَرَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ ببَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ، كَانَ عثمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِلَى أهْلِ مَكَّةَ، فَبَايَعَ النَّاس. وقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ في حَاجَة الله وحَاجَةِ رسُولِهِ، فَضَرَبَ بِإحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الأخرَى، وَكَانَتْ يَدُ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ يَعْنِى لعثمَانَ خَيْرًا مِنْ أيْديهِم لأنفُسهِم".  

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