Musnad Ahmad 20
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفِقْهِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ يُحَدِّثُ
أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَزِنُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى كَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُوَسْوَسُ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: وَكُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ أُطُمٍ مِنَ الْآطَامِ مَرَّ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ، فَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ وَلَا سَلَّمَ، فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا يُعْجِبُكَ أَنِّي مَرَرْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ، وَأَقْبَلَ هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي وِلَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَتَّى سَلَّمَا عَلَيَّ جَمِيعًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: جَاءَنِي أَخُوكَ عُمَرُ، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَيْكَ فَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ تَرْدُدْ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ، 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، وَلَا سَلَّمْتَ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: صَدَقَ عُثْمَانُ، وَقَدْ شَغَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، قَالَ: مَا هُوَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: تَوَفَّى اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ نَجَاةِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ 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.
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū al-Yamān
- Shuʿayb
- al-Zuhrī
- a man Min al-Anṣār Min Ahl al-Fiqhiʾannah
- ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān ؒ Yuḥaddith
✧ Some men among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when the Prophet ﷺ passed away, grieved over him so much that some of them nearly had satanic whisperings. Uthman said: I was among them. While I was sitting in the shade of a fortress among the fortresses, Umar passed by me and greeted me, but I did not notice that he passed or greeted. Umar went on until he entered upon Abu Bakr and said to him: What surprises you? I passed by Uthman and greeted him, but he did not return my greeting. He and Abu Bakr came, while Abu Bakr was in authority, until they both greeted me. Then Abu Bakr said: Your brother Umar came to me and mentioned that he passed by you and greeted you, but you did not return his greeting. What made you do that? He said: I said: I did not do it. Umar said: Indeed, by Allah, you did, but it was your arrogance, O Banu Umayyah. He said: I said: By Allah, I did not notice that you passed by me or greeted. Abu Bakr said: Uthman spoke the truth, and something must have distracted you from that. I said: Yes. He said: What is it? Uthman said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, took His Prophet ﷺ before we could ask him about the salvation of this matter. Abu Bakr said: I asked him about that. He said: I stood up to him and said to him: May my father and mother be your ransom, you are more deserving of it. Abu Bakr said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the salvation of this matter? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever accepts from me the word which I presented to my uncle, but he rejected it, then it is salvation for him.
Grades by grader
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sound | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Darussalam | Sahih because of other similar reports.This isnad is Marfoo' | sunnah.com |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
فيه رجل لم يسم ولكن الزهري وثقه وأبهمه
in مسند أحمد, p. 20
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 41عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَزِنُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى كَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُوَ
Narrators
- Successor (Caliph) of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (khalīfat rasūl Allāh ﷺ)d. 13 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُخليفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلميحدث
- One of the foremost early Muslims (al-sābiqūn al-awwalūn), one of the Four Caliphs, and one of the ten given glad tidings of Paradise (al-ʿashara al-mubashshara)d. 35 AHعُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَأحد السابقين الأولين والخلفاء الأربعة ، والعشرة المبشرةسمع
- رجل من الأنصارأخبرني
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHالزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 162 AH, or 163 AHشُعَيْبٌثقة عابدأخبرنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 221 AH, or 222 AHأَبُو الْيَمَانِثقة ثبتحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.
Commentaries
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Mirʿāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mubārakfūrī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
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