عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
`Imran b. Husain reported God’s messenger as saying, “`Ali pertains to me and I pertain to him, and he is the guardian of every believer.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.
وَعَن أنسٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِبَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ كَانَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَبَايَعَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِن عُثْمَانَ فِي حَاجَةِ اللَّهِ وَحَاجَةِ رَسُولِهِ» فَضَرَبَ بِإِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى فَكَانَتْ يَدُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعُثْمَانَ خَيْرًا من أَيْديهم لأَنْفُسِهِمْ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Anas said: When God’s messenger gave orders for the oath of allegiance of God’s good pleasure[*] `Uthman had gone to Mecca as God’s messenger’s messenger. Then when the people had taken the oath of allegiance God’s messenger said, “`Uthman is engaged in God’s business and in His messenger’s business.” He then struck one of his hands on the other, and God’s messenger’s hand on behalf of `Uthman was better than the people’s hands on their own behalf. *The oath of allegiance al-Hudaibiya. Cf. Quran, 48:18 Tirmidhi transmitted it.
وَعَن ثُمامة بن حَزْنٍ الْقشيرِي قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ الدَّارَ حِينَ أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ عُثْمَانُ فَقَالَ: أنْشدكُمْ بِاللَّه وَالْإِسْلَامَ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَيْسَ بِهَا مَاءٌ يُسْتَعْذَبُ غَيْرُ بِئْرِ رُومَةَ؟ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ يَشْتَرِي بِئْرَ رُومَةَ يَجْعَلُ دَلْوَهُ مَعَ دِلَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِخَيْرٍ لَهُ مِنْهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟» فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْ صُلْبِ مَالِي وَأَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ تَمْنَعُونَنِي أَنْ أَشْرَبَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى أَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَاءِ الْبَحْرِ؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نعم. فَقَالَ: أنْشدكُمْ بِاللَّه وَالْإِسْلَامَ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ ضَاقَ بِأَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ يَشْتَرِي بُقْعَةَ آلِ فُلَانٍ فَيَزِيدُهَا فِي الْمَسْجِد بِخَير مِنْهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟» . فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْ صُلْبِ مَالِي فَأَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ تَمْنَعُونَنِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِيهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ؟ فَقَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نعم. قَالَ: أنْشدكُمْ بِاللَّه وَالْإِسْلَامَ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي جَهَّزْتُ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ مِنْ مَالِي؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمُ بِاللَّه وَالْإِسْلَامَ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ عَلَى ثَبِيرِ مَكَّةَ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَأَنَا فَتَحَرَّكَ الْجَبَلُ حَتَّى تَسَاقَطَتْ حِجَارَتُهُ بِالْحَضِيضِ فَرَكَضَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ قَالَ: «اسْكُنْ ثَبِيرُ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ نَبِيُّ وَصِدِّيقٌ وَشَهِيدَانِ» . قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ. قَالَ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ شَهِدُوا وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ أَنِّي شَهِيدٌ ثَلَاثًا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَالنَّسَائِيّ وَالدَّارَقُطْنِيّ
Thumama b. Hazn al-Qushairi said: I was present at the house[*] when ‘Uthman looked out on the people and said, “I adjure you by God and by Islam, are you aware that when God’s messenger came to Medina and it had no water considered fresh but Bi’r Ruma, desiring that he and the Muslims might dip their buckets in it, he asked who would buy Bi’r Ruma for a better one in paradise, and I bought it from my capital? Yet you are preventing me from drinking of it to-day so that I have to drink salty water.” When they swore by God that they were aware he said, “I adjure you by God and by Islam, are you aware that when the mosque became too small for the people God’s messenger asked who would buy the plot of the family of so and so for a better one in paradise and add it to the mosque, and I bought it from my capital? Yet to-day you are preventing me from praying two rak’as in it.” When they swore by God that they were aware he said, “I adjure you by God and by Islam, are you aware that I equipped the army of distress from my property?” When they swore by God that they were aware he said, “I adjure you by God and by Islam, are you aware that when God’s messenger was on Thabir at Mecca accompanied by Abd Bakr, `Umar and me the mountain shook so that its stones were falling one after another to the ground below, so he kicked it with his foot and said, `Be still, Thabir, for there are only a prophet, a friend and two martyrs on you’?” When they swore by God that they were aware he said three times, “God is most great. They have testified by the Lord of the Ka’ba that I am a martyr.” *`Uthman’s house, when he was besieged during the revolt in which he was killed. Tirmidhi, Nasa’i and Daraqutni transmitted it.
وَعَن مرّة بن كَعْب قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَذكر الْفِتَن فقر بهَا فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ مُقَنَّعٌ فِي ثَوْبٍ فَقَالَ: «هَذَا يَوْمئِذٍ على هدى» فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ. قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِوَجْهِهِ. فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيث حسن صَحِيح
Murra b. Ka’b said: I heard God’s messenger when he mentioned the civil wars and their nearness; and when a man who was veiled by a garment passed by, he said, “On that day this man will be rightly guided.” I got up and went to him and found he was `Uthman b. `Affan, then making him face the Prophet I asked if this was the man, and he replied, “Yes.” Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «يَا عُثْمَانُ إِنَّهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يُقَمِّصُكَ قَمِيصًا فَإِنْ أَرَادُوكَ عَلَى خَلْعِهِ فَلَا تَخْلَعْهُ لَهُمْ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ فِي الحَدِيث قصَّة طَوِيلَة
`A’isha reported the Prophet as saying, “Perhaps God will clothe you with a shirt, `Uthman, and if the people want you to take it off, do not take it off for them[*].” * Mirqat , 5:558, interprets this as referring to the Caliphate which he is told not to resign even though the people should wish him to abdicate. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying the tradition contains a long story.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِتْنَةً فَقَالَ: «يُقْتَلُ هَذَا فِيهَا مَظْلُومًا» لِعُثْمَانَ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ إِسْنَادًا
Ibn `Umar told that God’s messenger mentioned a civil commotion and said of `Uthman, “This one will be wrongfully killed in it.” Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan tradition whose isnad is gharib .
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَهْلَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي عُثْمَانُ يَوْمَ الدَّارِ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا وَأَنَا صَابِرٌ عَلَيْهِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
Abu Sahla told that `Uthman said to him on the day of the house, “God’s messenger made a covenant with me and I shall show endurance in adhering to it.” Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.
عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ يُرِيدُ حَجَّ الْبَيْتِ فَرَأَى قَوْمًا جُلُوسًا فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ؟ قَالُوا: هَؤُلَاءِ قُرَيْشٌ. قَالَ فَمَنِ الشَّيْخُ فِيهِمْ؟ قَالُوا: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ. قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَحَدِّثْنِي: هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ فَرَّ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ تَغَيَّبَ عَنْ بَدْرٍ وَلَمْ يَشْهَدْهَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ تَغَيَّبَ عَنْ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ فَلَمْ يَشْهَدْهَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: تَعَالَ أُبَيِّنْ لَك أما فِراره يَوْم أُحد فأشهدُ أَن اللَّهَ عَفَا عَنْهُ وَأَمَّا تَغَيُّبُهُ عَنْ بَدْرٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ رُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَتْ مَرِيضَةً فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ لَكَ أَجْرَ رَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا وَسَهْمَهُ» . وَأَمَّا تَغَيُّبُهُ عَنْ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ فَلَوْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ أَعَزَّ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ لَبَعَثَهُ فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُثْمَان وَكَانَت بَيْعةُ الرضْوَان بعدَ مَا ذَهَبَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى: «هَذِهِ يَدُ عُثْمَانَ» فَضَرَبَ بِهَا عَلَى يَدِهِ وَقَالَ: «هَذِه لعُثْمَان» . فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: اذْهَبْ بِهَا الْآنَ مَعَكَ. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
`Uthman b. `Abdallah b. Mauhib told that a man who belonged to Egypt came with the purpose of making the pilgrimage to the House and saw some people seated. He asked who these people were and was told that they were Quraish. He asked who was shaikh among them, and when he was told that he was `Abdallah b. `Umar, he said, “I have a question to ask you, Ibn `Umar, so tell me. Do you know that `Uthman fled at the battle of Uhud?” He replied, “Yes.” He asked, “Do you know that he was absent from Badr and failed to be present there?” He replied, “Yes.” He asked, “Do you know that he was absent from the oath of allegiance of God’s good pleasure and failed to be present there?” He replied, “Yes.” The man said, “God is most great,” and Ibn `Umar said, “Come and let me explain things to you. As for his flight at the battle of Uhud, I testify that God forgave him; as for his absence from Badr, he was married to God’s messenger’s daughter Ruqayya who was ill, and he was told by God’s messenger that he would have the merit and the portion of a man who had been present at Badr; and as for his absence from the oath of allegiance of God’s good pleasure, if there had been anyone more honourable than `Uthman in the valley of Mecca he would have sent him[*], but God’s messenger sent `Uthman, and the oath of allegiance of God’s good pleasure took place after `Uthman had gone to Mecca. God’s messenger then said of his right hand, `This is `Uthman’s hand,’ and he struck his hands together saying, `This is for Uthman’.” Ibn `Umar then said, `Go away now, and keep that with you.” *When the Prophet came to al-Hadaibiya, he sent ‘Uthman as an envoy to Mecca to explain that the Muslims desired to enter Mecca and perform the rites at the Ka’ba. ‘Umar had begged to be excused from this duty as he had no influential friends in the city, and suggested that `Uthman was in a more favourable position in that respect. Bukhari transmitted it.
وَعَن أبي سلهة مولى عُثْمَان رَضِي الله عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: جَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسِرُّ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ وَلَوْنُ عُثْمَانَ يَتَغَيَّرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْم الدَّار قُلْنَا: أَلا نُقَاتِل؟ قَالَ: لَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَمْرًا فَأَنَا صَابِرٌ نَفسِي عَلَيْهِ وَعَن أبي حبيبةَ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الدَّارَ وَعُثْمَانُ مَحْصُورٌ فِيهَا وَأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عُثْمَانَ فِي الْكَلَامِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ فَقَامَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ” إِنَّكُمْ سَتَلْقَوْنَ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً وَاخْتِلَافًا – أَوْ قَالَ: اخْتِلَافًا وَفِتْنَةً – فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ: فَمَنْ لَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ أَوْ مَا تَأْمُرُنَا بِهِ؟ قَالَ: «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْأَمِيرِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ» وَهُوَ يُشِيرُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بِذَلِكَ. رَوَاهُمَا الْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي «دَلَائِل النبوَّة»
Abu Sahla `Uthman’s client said: The Prophet began to tell `Uthman something in private and `Uthman’s colour changed. On the day of the house, we asked him if he would not fight and he replied, “No, God’s messenger charged me with something and I shall show endurance in adhering to it.” Abu Habiba told that he entered the house when `Uthman was besieged in it and heard Abu Huraira asking `Uthman’s permission to speak. He granted him permission, so he got up, praised and extolled God, then stated that he had heard God’s messenger say, “After I am gone you will encounter civil strife and disagreement (or he said, disagreement and civil strife).” One of the people asked him, “To whom should we adhere, messenger of God?” or, “What do you command us to do? He replied, “Adhere to the commander and his companions,” pointing at the same time to Uthman. Baihaqi transmitted the two traditions in Dala’il an-nubuwa
عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَعِدَ أُحُدًا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ فَرَجَفَ بِهِمْ فَضَرَبَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ فَقَالَ: «اثْبُتْ أُحُدُ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ نَبِيٌّ وَصِدِّيقٌ وَشَهِيدَانِ» . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ
Anas told that the Prophet, Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman went up Uhud and when it quivered because of them the Prophet kicked it with his foot and said, “Keep steady, Uhud, for there are only a prophet, a friend and two martyrs on you.” Bukhari transmitted it.