Musnad Ahmad 481
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُعَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ إِمَامُ الْعَامَّةِ، وَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِكَ مَا تَرَى، وَإِنِّي أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ خِصَالًا ثَلَاثًا اخْتَرْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ: إِمَّا أَنْ تَخْرُجَ فَتُقَاتِلَهُمْ، فَإِنَّ مَعَكَ عَدَدًا وَقُوَّةً وَأَنْتَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَهُمْ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَخْرِقَ لَكَ بَابًا سِوَى الْبَابِ الَّذِي هُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَتَقْعُدَ عَلَى رَوَاحِلِكَ، فَتَلْحَقَ بِمَكَّةَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَسْتَحِلُّوكَ وَأَنْتَ بِهَا، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِالشَّامِ فَإِنَّهُمْ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، وَفِيهِمْ مُعَاوِيَةُ. فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَمَّا أَنْ أَخْرُجَ فَأُقَاتِلَ، فَلَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ خَلَفَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أُمَّتِهِ بِسَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ، وَأَمَّا أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَسْتَحِلُّونِي بِهَا، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يُلْحِدُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بِمَكَّةَ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ عَذَابِ الْعَالَمِ فَلَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا إِيَّاهُ، وَأَمَّا أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِالشَّامِ فَإِنَّهُمْ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، وَفِيهِمْ مُعَاوِيَةُ، فَلَنْ أُفَارِقَ دَارَ هِجْرَتِي، وَمُجَاوَرَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh
- al-Walīd b. Muslim
- al-Awzāʿī
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān
- Ḥaddathahuʿan al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah
✧ He entered upon Uthman while he was besieged and said: 'You are the imam of the common people, and what you see has befallen you. I offer you three options; choose one of them: either you go out and fight them, for you have numbers and strength, and you are upon the truth and they are upon falsehood; or we make for you a door other than the door they are at, so you sit on your mounts and go to Makkah, for they will never deem it lawful to harm you while you are there; or you go to Syria, for they are the people of Syria, and among them is Mu'awiya.' Uthman said: 'As for going out to fight, I will never be the first to succeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his community by shedding blood. As for going out to Makkah, they will never deem it lawful to harm me there, but I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "A man from Quraysh will commit sacrilege in Makkah, upon whom will be half the punishment of the world." I will never be that man. As for going to Syria, they are the people of Syria, and among them is Mu'awiya, but I will not leave the abode of my migration and the neighborhood of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'
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