Sahih al-Bukhari 3872

Translation

That Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and ʿAbdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abu Yaghuth had said to him, "What prevents you from speaking to your uncle ʿUthman regarding his brother Al-Walid bin ʿUqba?" The people were speaking against the latter for what he had done. 'Ubaidullah said, "So I kept waiting for ʿUthman, and when he went out for the prayer, I said to him, 'I have got something to say to you as a piece of advice.' ʿUthman said, 'O man! I seek Refuge with Allah from you. So I went away. When I finished my prayer, I sat with Al-Miswar and Ibn 'Abu Yaghutb and talked to both of them of what I had said to ʿUthman and what he had said to me. They said, 'You have done your duty.' So while I was sitting with them. ʿUthman's Messenger came to me. They said, 'Allah has put you to trial." I set out and when I reached ʿUthman, he said, 'What is your advice which you mentioned a while ago?' I recited Tashahhud and added, 'Allah has sent Muhammad and has revealed the Holy Book (i.e. Qur'an) to him. You (O ʿUthman!) were amongst those who responded to the call of Allah and His Apostle and had faith in him. And you took part in the first two migrations (to Ethiopia and to Medina), and you enjoyed the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and learned his traditions and advice. Now the people are talking much about Al-Walid bin ʿUqba and so it is your duty to impose on him the legal punishment.' ʿUthman then said to me, 'O my nephew! Did you ever meet Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?' I said, 'No, but his knowledge has reached me as it has reached the virgin in her seclusion.' ʿUthman then recited Tashahhud and said, 'No doubt, Allah has sent Muhammad with the Truth and has revealed to him His Holy Book (i.e. Qur'an) and I was amongst those who responded to the call of Allah and His Apostle and I had faith in Muhammad's Mission, and I had performed the first two migrations as you have said, and I enjoyed the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and gave the pledge of allegiance to him. By Allah, I never disobeyed him and never cheated him till Allah caused him to die. Then Allah made Abu Bakr Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then ʿUmar became Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then I became Caliph. Have I not then the same rights over you as they had over me?' I replied in the affirmative. ʿUthman further said, 'The what are these talks which are reaching me from you? As for what you ha mentioned about Al-Walid bin 'Uqb; Allah willing, I shall give him the leg; punishment justly. Then ʿUthman ordered that Al-Walid be flogged fort lashes. He ordered ʿAli to flog him an he himself flogged him as well."

Notes

• وَقَالَ يُونُسُ وَابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَفَلَيْسَ لِي عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي كَانَ لَهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ مَا ابْتُلِيتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ شِدَّةٍ وَفِي مَوْضِعٍ الْبَلَاءُ الِابْتِلَاءُ وَالتَّمْحِيصُ مَنْ بَلَوْتُهُ وَمَحَّصْتُهُ أَيْ اسْتَخْرَجْتُ مَا عِنْدَهُ يَبْلُو يَخْتَبِرُ مُبْتَلِيكُمْ مُخْتَبِرُكُمْ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ بَلَاءٌ عَظِيمٌ النِّعَمُ وَهِيَ مِنْ أَبْلَيْتُهُ وَتِلْكَ مِنْ ابْتَلَيْتُهُ

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 3696Sahih al-Bukhari 3927Musnad Ahmad 480Musnad Ahmad 561

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān

   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 AH
   عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَأحد السابقين الأولين والخلفاء الأربعة ، والعشرة المبشرة
   في حكم العنعنة
2. 2
   ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAdī b. al-Khiyār al-Nawfalī

   He was of discerning age at the Conquest, and so was counted among the Companions. Al-ʿIjlī and others counted him among the trustworthy senior Successorsd. 95 AH or 96 AH
   عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَدِيِّ بْنِ الْخِيَارِوكان هو في الفتح مميزا فعدّ في الصحابة لذلك . وعدّه العجلي وغيره في ثقات كبار التابعين
   أخبره
3. 3
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِثقة فقيه مشهور
   حدثنا
4. 4
   al-Zuhrī

   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 AH
   الزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
5. 5
   Maʿmar b. Rāshid

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), excellent, except that there is some weakness in his narration from Thābit, al-Aʿmash, ʿĀṣim b. Abī al-Najūd and Hishām b. ʿUrwah, and likewise in what he narrated in Basrad. at the beginning of 150 AH, or: 152 AH, or: 153 AH, or: 154 AH, 155 AH
   مَعْمَرٌثقة ثبت فاضل ، إلا أن في روايته عن ثابت والأعمش وعاصم بن أبي النجود ، وهشام بن عروة شيئا ، وكذا فيما حدث به بالبصرة
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   Hishām b. Yūsuf

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 197 AH, or 199 AH
   هِشَامٌثقة
   حدثنا
7. 7
   ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad

   trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ); he compiled the Musnadd. before 220 AH, or 229 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُعْفِيُّثقة حافظ ، جمع المسند
   حدثنا
8. 8
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.