3. Uthman b. al-Affan

1. Musnad Ahmad 537Weak

   دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى رِدَائِهِ، فَأَتَاهُ سَقَّاءَانِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَضَى بَيْنَهُمَا، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الْوَجْهِ، بِوَجْنَتِهِ نَكَتَاتُ جُدَرِيٍّ، وَإِذَا شَعَرُهُ قَدْ كَسَا ذِرَاعَيْهِ

   ✧ I entered the mosque, and there was Uthman b. Affan leaning on his cloak. Two water carriers came to him disputing, so he judged between them. Then I came to him and looked at him, and he was a handsome man, with smallpox marks on his cheek, and his hair had covered his forearms.

2. Musnad Ahmad 538Weak

   مَا خَضَبَ عُثْمَانُ قَطُّ

   ✧ Uthman never dyed his hair.

3. Musnad Ahmad 539Weak

   عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ضَبَّبَ أَسْنَانَهُ بِذَهَبٍ

   ✧ Uthman b. Affan plated his teeth with gold.

4. Musnad Ahmad 540Sahih

   سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَالْمُؤَذِّنُ يُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَهُوَ يَسْتَخْبِرُ النَّاسَ يَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنْ أَخْبَارِهِمْ وَأَسْعَارِهِمْ

   ✧ I heard Uthman b. Affan while he was on the minbar, and the muezzin was announcing the iqama for prayer, and he was asking the people about their news and their prices.

5. Musnad Ahmad 541Sahih

   أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ سَجَدَ فِي ص

   ✧ Uthman prostrated in Surah Sad.

6. Musnad Ahmad 542Weak

   صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُثْمَانَ الْعِيدَ، فَكَبَّرَ سَبْعًا وَخَمْسًا

   ✧ I prayed the Eid prayer behind Uthman, and he said the takbir seven times and five times.

7. Musnad Ahmad 543Sahih

   وَذَكَرَ عُثْمَانَ وَشِدَّةَ حَيَائِهِ فَقَالَ: إِنْ كَانَ لَيَكُونُ فِي الْبَيْتِ، وَالْبَابُ عَلَيْهِ مُغْلَقٌ، فَمَا يَضَعُ عَنْهُ الثَّوْبَ لِيُفِيضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ، يَمْنَعُهُ الْحَيَاءُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ صُلْبَهُ

   ✧ He mentioned Uthman and his extreme modesty and said: "He would be in the house with the door closed upon him, and he would not remove his garment to pour water over himself; modesty prevented him from straightening his back."

8. Musnad Ahmad 544Weak

   وَلِيَ عُثْمَانُ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ، وَكَانَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ

   ✧ Uthman ruled for twelve years, and the tribulation was five years.

9. Musnad Ahmad 545Weak

   وَقُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ لِثَمَانِ عَشْرَةَ مَضَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً إِلَّا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا

   ʿUthman ؓ was killed on the eighteenth of Dhul-Hijjah 35 AH, His caliphate lasted twelve years less twelve days.

10. Musnad Ahmad 546Sahih

    أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قُتِلَ فِي أَوْسَطِ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ

    ✧ Uthman was killed in the middle of the days of Tashriq.

11. Musnad Ahmad 547Weak

    أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قُتِلَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ تِسْعِينَ سَنَةً، أَوْ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانِينَ

    ✧ That Uthman was killed at the age of ninety years, or eighty-eight.

12. Musnad Ahmad 548Sahih

    كُنَّا بِبَابِ عُثْمَانَ فِي عَشْرِ الْأَضْحَى

    ✧ We were at Uthman's door during the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah (the days of sacrifice).

13. Musnad Ahmad 549Accepted

    صَلَّى الزُّبَيْرُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، وَدَفَنَهُ، وَكَانَ أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ

    ✧ Al-Zubayr prayed over Uthman and buried him, and he had been made his executor.

14. Musnad Ahmad 550other

    قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَكَانَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ لِلْحَسَنِ

    ✧ Uthman was killed in the year thirty-five, and the civil strife lasted five years, of which four months were for al-Hasan.

15. Musnad Ahmad 551Sahih

    كُنَّا بِبَابِ عُثْمَانَ فِي عَشْرِ الْأَضْحَى.

    ✧ We were at Uthman's door during the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah (the days of sacrifice).

16. Musnad Ahmad 552Weak

    شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَوْمَ حُوصِرَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْجَنَائِزِ، وَلَوْ أُلْقِيَ حَجَرٌ لَمْ يَقَعْ إِلَّا عَلَى رَأْسِ رَجُلٍ، فَرَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ أَشْرَفَ مِنَ الْخَوْخَةِ الَّتِي تَلِي مَقَامَ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَفِيكُمْ طَلْحَةُ ؟ فَسَكَتُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَفِيكُمْ طَلْحَةُ ؟ فَسَكَتُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَفِيكُمْ طَلْحَةُ ؟ [فَسَكَتُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَفِيكُمْ طَلْحَةُ؟] فَقَامَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: أَلَا أَرَاكَ هَاهُنَا ؟ مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّكَ تَكُونُ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَسْمَعُ نِدَائِي آخِرَ ثَلَاثِ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ لَا تُجِيبُنِي، أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ يَا طَلْحَةُ، تَذْكُرُ يَوْمَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، لَيْسَ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا طَلْحَةُ، إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا وَمَعَهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ رَفِيقٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ مَعَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ هَذَا - يَعْنِينِي - رَفِيقِي مَعِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ ؟ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ

    ✧ I witnessed Uthman on the day he was besieged in the place of the funerals. If a stone had been thrown, it would not have fallen except on a man's head. I saw Uthman look out from the small door adjacent to the station of Jibril ﷺ and say: 'O people, is Talhah among you?' They remained silent. Then he said: 'O people, is Talhah among you?' They remained silent. Then he said: 'O people, is Talhah among you?' [They remained silent. Then he said: 'O people, is Talhah among you?'] Talhah b. Ubayd Allah stood up, and Uthman said to him: 'Do I not see you here? I did not think you would be in a group that hears my call three times and then does not answer me. I adjure you by Allah, O Talhah: do you remember the day when you and I were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in such-and-such a place, with no one else from his companions except me and you?' He said: 'Yes.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to you: 'O Talhah, there is no prophet but that he has with him, from his companions, a close friend from his ummah who will be with him in Paradise. And this Uthman b. Affan' – meaning me – 'is my close friend with me in Paradise.' Talhah said: 'O Allah, yes.' Then he left.

17. Musnad Ahmad 553Sahih

    أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمًا فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا...

    ✧ That he witnessed Uthman perform ablution one day, and he rinsed his mouth and sniffed water, and washed his face three times...

18. Musnad Ahmad 554Graders disagree

    كُنْتُ قَائِمًا عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ ؟ قُلْنَا: بَلَى، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى مِرْفَقَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ.

    ✧ I was standing near Uthman b. Affan when he said: 'Shall I tell you how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform ablution?' We said: 'Yes.' So he called for water, and washed his face three times, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water three times, then washed his hands up to the elbows three times, then wiped his head and ears, and washed his feet three times. Then he said: 'This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform ablution.'

19. Musnad Ahmad 555Hasan or sahih

    شَهِدْتُ الدَّارَ يَوْمَ أُصِيبَ عُثْمَانُ فَاطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ اطِّلَاعَةً فَقَالَ: ادْعُوا لِي صَاحِبَيْكُمُ اللَّذَيْنِ أَلَّبَاكُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَدُعِيَا لَهُ فَقَالَ: نَشَدْتُكُمَا اللهَ أَتَعْلَمَانِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ ضَاقَ الْمَسْجِدُ بِأَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذِهِ الْبُقْعَةَ مِنْ خَالِصِ مَالِهِ، فَيَكُونَ فِيهَا كَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْ خَالِصِ مَالِي، فَجَعَلْتُهَا بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَمْنَعُونِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمُ اللهَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا بِئْرٌ يُسْتَعْذَبُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا رُومَةَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهَا مِنْ خَالِصِ مَالِهِ، فَيَكُونَ دَلْوُهُ فِيهَا كَدُلِيِّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْ خَالِصِ مَالِي، فَأَنْتُمْ تَمْنَعُونِي أَنْ أَشْرَبَ مِنْهَا ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي صَاحِبُ جَيْشِ الْعُسْرَةِ ؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ.

    ✧ I witnessed the house on the day Uthman was struck. He looked out at them once and said: 'Call for me your two companions who incited you against me.' They were called for him, and he said: 'I adjure you both by Allah: do you know that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah, the mosque became too small for its people, and he said: "Who will buy this plot from his pure wealth, so that he may be in it like the Muslims, and he will have something better than it in Paradise?" So I bought it from my pure wealth and made it for the Muslims. And now you prevent me from praying two rak'ahs in it?' Then he said: 'I adjure you by Allah: do you know that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah, there was no well in it from which sweet water could be drawn except Rumah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Who will buy it from his pure wealth, so that his bucket will be in it like the buckets of the Muslims, and he will have something better than it in Paradise?" So I bought it from my pure wealth. And now you prevent me from drinking from it?' Then he said: 'Do you know that I am the one who equipped the army of hardship (Jaysh al-Usrah)?' They said: 'O Allah, yes.'

20. Musnad Ahmad 556Hasan

    لَقِيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ: مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ جَفَوْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَبْلِغْهُ...

    ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf met al-Walid b. Uqbah, and al-Walid said to him: 'Why do I see you have been cold toward the Commander of the Believers, Uthman?' Abd al-Rahman said: 'Tell him...'

21. Musnad Ahmad 557Weak

    قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ: كَيْفَ بَايَعْتُمْ عُثْمَانَ، وَتَرَكْتُمْ عَلِيًّا ؟ قَالَ: مَا ذَنْبِي قَدْ بَدَأْتُ بِعَلِيٍّ فَقُلْتُ: أُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ، وَسِيرَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ عَرَضْتُهَا عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَبِلَهَا.

    ✧ I said to Abd al-Rahman b. Awf: 'How did you pledge allegiance to Uthman and leave Ali?' He said: 'What is my fault? I began with Ali and said: "I pledge allegiance to you on the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger, and the conduct of Abu Bakr and Umar." He said: "To the extent I am able." Then I presented it to Uthman, and he accepted it.'

22. Musnad Ahmad 558Hasan

    سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي كَتَمْتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَرَاهِيَةَ تَفَرُّقِكُمْ عَنِّي، ثُمَّ بَدَا لِيَ الْآنَ أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ؛ لِيَخْتَارَ امْرُؤٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ.

    ✧ I heard Uthman say on the pulpit: 'O people, I have concealed from you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ out of dislike that you would split from me. Now it seems appropriate to tell it to you, so that each man may choose for himself what appears best to him. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Guarding the frontier for one day in the path of Allah is better than a thousand days spent elsewhere."

23. Musnad Ahmad 559Graders disagree

    563 569 559 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بَاهِلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، وَذَكَرَهُ:

    ✧ Abu Sa'id, mawla of Banu Hashim, narrated to us: Ikrimah b. Ibrahim al-Bahili narrated to us: Abdullah b. Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Dhubab narrated to us, and he mentioned it:

24. Musnad Ahmad 560Hasan

    سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: كُنْتُ أَبْتَاعُ التَّمْرَ مِنْ بَطْنٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ: بَنُو قَيْنُقَاعَ، فَأَبِيعُهُ بِرِبْحِ الْآصُعِ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا عُثْمَانُ، إِذَا اشْتَرَيْتَ فَاكْتَلْ، وَإِذَا بِعْتَ فَكِلْ.

    ✧ I heard Uthman delivering a sermon on the pulpit saying: I used to buy dates from a clan of the Jews called Banu Qaynuqa', then sell them for a profit of a few saa's. The Prophet ﷺ heard of that and said: O Uthman, when you buy, measure out, and when you sell, measure out.

25. Musnad Ahmad 561Sahih

    إِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ بِالْحَقِّ، فَكُنْتُ مِمَّنِ اسْتَجَابَ لِلهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ، وَآمَنَ بِمَا بَعَثَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدًا عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، ثُمَّ هَاجَرْتُ الْهِجْرَتَيْنِ، وَنِلْتُ صِهْرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَبَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَوَاللهِ مَا عَصَيْتُهُ، وَلَا غَشَشْتُهُ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

    ✧ Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth, and I was among those who responded to Allah and His Messenger, and believed in what He sent Muhammad ﷺ with. Then I made the two emigrations, attained marriage into the family of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and gave allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. By Allah, I never disobeyed him or deceived him until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, took him.

26. Musnad Ahmad 399Weak

    قَالَ لَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: قُلْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ: مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى أَنْ عَمَدْتُمْ إِلَى الْأَنْفَالِ، وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمَثَانِي، وَإِلَى بَرَاءَةٌ وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمِئِينَ فَقَرَنْتُمْ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَلَمْ تَكْتُبُوا قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ: بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرًا بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَوَضَعْتُمُوهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطُّوَلِ مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ الزَّمَانُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّوَرِ ذَوَاتِ الْعَدَدِ، وَكَانَ إِذَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْءُ يَدْعُو بَعْضَ مَنْ يَكْتُبُ عِنْدَهُ يَقُولُ: ضَعُوا هَذَا فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا وَيُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ الْآيَاتُ فَيَقُولُ: ضَعُوا هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَيُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ الْآيَةُ فَيَقُولُ: ضَعُوا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْفَالُ مِنْ أَوَائِلِ مَا أُنْزِلَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَبَرَاءَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ الْقُرْآنِ، فَكَانَتْ قِصَّتُهَا شَبِيهًا بِقِصَّتِهَا، فَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا، وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا، فَمِنْ ثَمَّ قَرَنْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرًا بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ: وَوَضَعْتُهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطُّوَلِ.

    ✧ Ibn 'Abbas said to us: I said to 'Uthman b. 'Affan: What made you take al-Anfal, which is one of the mathani, and Bara'ah, which is one of the mi'in, and join them together without writing - Ibn Ja'far said: between them - a line with Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, and place them among the seven long surahs? What made you do that? 'Uthman said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would, over time, receive surahs of various numbers of verses. When something was revealed to him, he would call one of those who wrote for him and say, 'Place this in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned.' And verses would be revealed to him, and he would say, 'Place these verses in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned.' And a verse would be revealed to him, and he would say, 'Place this verse in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned.' Al-Anfal was among the first [surahs] revealed in Madinah, and Bara'ah was among the last of the Quran, and its story was similar to its story. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away without clarifying to us that it was part of it, and I thought that it was part of it. For that reason, I joined them together and did not write between them a line with Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim. Ibn Ja'far said: And I placed them among the seven long surahs.

27. Musnad Ahmad 400Sahih

    تَوَضَّأَ عُثْمَانُ عَلَى الْبَلَاطِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، لَوْلَا آيَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمُوهُ، سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ، فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَصَلَّى غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ الْأُخْرَى حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا.

    ✧ 'Uthman performed ablution on the pavement, then said: I will tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Were it not for a verse in the Book of Allah, I would not have told you. I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: Whoever performs ablution and does it well, then enters and prays, whatever is between that prayer and the next prayer is forgiven for him until he prays it.

28. Musnad Ahmad 401Sahih

    الْمُحْرِمُ لَا يَنْكِحُ وَلَا يُنْكِحُ وَلَا يَخْطُبُ.

    ✧ A pilgrim in ihram may not marry, arrange a marriage, or propose.

29. Musnad Ahmad 402Hasan or sahih

    خَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ حَاجًّا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ قِيلَ لِعَلِيٍّ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ نَهَى عَنِ التَّمَتُّعِ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: إِذَا ارْتَحَلَ فَارْتَحِلُوا، فَأَهَلَّ عَلِيٌّ وَأَصْحَابُهُ بِعُمْرَةٍ، فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُ عُثْمَانُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَلَمْ أُخْبَرْ أَنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ التَّمَتُّعِ [بِالْعُمْرَةِ] ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَمَتَّعَ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى.

    ✧ 'Uthman set out for Hajj until he was partway along the road. It was said to 'Ali: He has forbidden tamattu' (combining 'umrah with Hajj). 'Ali said to his companions: When he departs, depart. So 'Ali and his companions entered ihram for 'umrah, and 'Uthman did not speak to him about that. 'Ali said to him: Was I not told that you forbade tamattu' [with 'umrah]? He said: Yes. He said: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform tamattu'? He said: Yes.

30. Musnad Ahmad 403Sahih

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا.

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution three times [for each limb], three times.

31. Musnad Ahmad 404Sahih

    أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ بِالْمَقَاعِدِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَعِنْدَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: أَلَيْسَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ.

    ✧ 'Uthman performed ablution at al-Maqa'id three times [for each limb], three times, while men from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were with him. He said: Is this not how you saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution? They said: Yes.

32. Musnad Ahmad 405Sahih

    أَفْضَلُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ.

    ✧ The best of you is the one who learns the Quran and teaches it.

33. Musnad Ahmad 406Sahih

    مَنْ أَتَمَّ الْوُضُوءَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَالصَّلَوَاتُ الْمَكْتُوبَاتُ كَفَّارَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ.

    ✧ Whoever completes ablution as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded him, the prescribed prayers are expiations for what is between them.

34. Musnad Ahmad 407Hasan

    يَوْمَ الدَّارِ حِينَ حُصِرَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ فَأَنَا صَابِرٌ عَلَيْهِقَالَ قَيْسٌ فَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ

    ✧ On the Day of the House when he was besieged: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a covenant with me, so I am steadfast upon it. Qays said: They considered it to be that day.

35. Musnad Ahmad 408Sahih

    مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ وَالصُّبْحِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ، فَهُوَ كَقِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ، فَهُوَ كَقِيَامِ نِصْفِ لَيْلَةٍ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَهُوَ كَقِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ.

    ✧ Whoever prays the Isha prayer and the Fajr prayer in congregation, it is like standing in prayer for a night. And Abd al-Rahman said: Whoever prays Isha in congregation, it is like standing in prayer for half a night, and whoever prays Fajr in congregation, it is like standing in prayer for a night.

36. Musnad Ahmad 409Sahih

    مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَهُوَ كَمَنْ قَامَ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَهُوَ كَمَنْ قَامَ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ.

    ✧ Whoever prays Isha in congregation, it is like one who stood in prayer for half the night, and whoever prays Fajr in congregation, it is like one who stood in prayer for the entire night.

37. Musnad Ahmad 410Hasan

    أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ اشْتَرَى مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَرْضًا، فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَقِيَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا مَنَعَكَ مِنْ قَبْضِ مَالِكَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّكَ غَبَنْتَنِي، فَمَا أَلْقَى مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَدًا إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَلُومُنِي، قَالَ: أَوَذَلِكَ يَمْنَعُكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَاخْتَرْ بَيْنَ أَرْضِكَ وَمَالِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَدْخَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلًا كَانَ سَهْلًا مُشْتَرِيًا وَبَائِعًا وَقَاضِيًا وَمُقْتَضِيًا.

    ✧ Uthman purchased land from a man, but the man delayed coming to him. He met him and said: What prevented you from receiving your money? He said: You cheated me, and I meet no one among the people but he blames me. He said: Does that prevent you? He said: Yes. He said: Then choose between your land and your money. Then he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will admit into Paradise a man who was easygoing in buying, selling, judging, and seeking repayment.

38. Musnad Ahmad 411Sahih

    كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: مَا بَقِيَ لِلنِّسَاءِ مِنْكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا ذُكِرَتِ النِّسَاءُ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: ادْنُ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ، قَالَ: وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فِتْيَةٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ ذَا طَوْلٍ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ، فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلطَّرْفِ، وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ، وَمَنْ لَا فَإِنَّ الصَّوْمَ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ.

    ✧ I was with Ibn Mas'ud while he was with Uthman, and Uthman said to him: What remains of you for women? He said: When women were mentioned, Ibn Mas'ud said: Come close, O Alqamah. He said: And I was a young man. Uthman said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out upon a group of young men from the Muhajirun and said: Whoever among you has the means, let him marry, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding chastity. And whoever does not, then fasting is a means of reducing desire for him.

39. Musnad Ahmad 412Sahih

    إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ، أَوْ تَعَلَّمَهُ

    ✧ The best of you is one who teaches the Quran or learns it.

40. Musnad Ahmad 413Sahih

    مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ، أَوْ عَلَّمَهُ

    ✧ Whoever learns the Quran or teaches it.

41. Musnad Ahmad 414Hasan

    كَانَ رَجُلٌ سَمْحًا بَائِعًا، وَمُبْتَاعًا، وَقَاضِيًا وَمُقْتَضِيًا فَدَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ.

    ✧ There was a man who was easygoing in selling, buying, judging, and seeking repayment, and he entered Paradise.

42. Musnad Ahmad 415Sahih

    أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ وَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَظَهْرِ قَدَمَيْهِ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَمَّا أَضْحَكَنِي ؟ فَقَالُوا: مِمَّ ضَحِكْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ قَرِيبًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبُقْعَةِ، فَتَوَضَّأَ كَمَا تَوَضَّأْتُ ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ فَقَالَ: أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مَا أَضْحَكَنِي ؟ فَقَالُوا: مَا أَضْحَكَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ حَطَّ اللهُ عَنْهُ كُلَّ خَطِيئَةٍ أَصَابَهَا بِوَجْهِهِ، فَإِذَا غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ، وَإِنْ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ، وَإِذَا طَهَّرَ قَدَمَيْهِ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ، [وَإِذَا مَسَحَ ظَهْرَ قَدَمِهِ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ].

    ✧ He called for water, performed wudu, rinsed his mouth and nose, then washed his face three times and his forearms three times each, wiped his head and the top of his feet, then laughed and said to his companions: Will you not ask me what made me laugh? They said: What made you laugh, O Commander of the Faithful? He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ call for water near this spot, perform wudu as I performed wudu, then laugh and say: Will you not ask me what made me laugh? They said: What made you laugh, O Messenger of Allah? He said: When a servant calls for water for wudu and washes his face, Allah removes from him every sin he committed with his face. When he washes his forearms, it is likewise. When he wipes his head, it is likewise. When he purifies his feet, it is likewise. [And when he wipes the top of his foot, it is likewise].

43. Musnad Ahmad 416Weak

    زَوَّجَنِي أَهْلِي أَمَةً لَهُمْ رُومِيَّةً فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي، فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ، ثُمَّ وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي، فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ، ثُمَّ طَبِنَ لَهَا غُلَامٌ لِأَهْلِي رُومِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: يُوحَنَّسُ، فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ قَالَ: فَوَلَدَتْ [لَهُ] غُلَامًا كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ مِنَ الْوِزْغَانِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَتْ: هُوَ لِيُوحَنَّسَ قَالَ: فَرُفِعْنَا إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ مَهْدِيٌّ: أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: سَأَلَهُمَا فَاعْتَرَفَا، فَقَالَ: أَتَرْضَيَانِ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ بَيْنَكُمَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ، وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرَ. قَالَ مَهْدِيٌّ: وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: جَلَدَهَا وَجَلَدَهُ، وَكَانَا مَمْلُوكَيْنِ.

    ✧ My family married me to a Roman slave girl of theirs, and I had intercourse with her. She bore me a black boy like me, and I named him Abdullah. Then I had intercourse with her again, and she bore me a black boy like me, and I named him Ubaydullah. Then a Roman slave of my family named Yuhannis developed a relationship with her and spoke to her in his language. He said: She bore [him] a boy like a gecko among geckos. I said to her: What is this? She said: He belongs to Yuhannis. He said: We were brought before the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman. Mahdi said: I think he said: He asked them and they confessed. He said: Are you both willing that I judge between you according to the judgment of the Messenger of Allah? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the child belongs to the bed, and the adulterer gets the stone. Mahdi said: I think he said: He flogged her and flogged him, and they were both slaves.

44. Musnad Ahmad 417Weak

    فَرَفَعْتُهُمَا إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ

    ✧ I brought them before the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman b. Affan, and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the child belongs to the bed.

45. Musnad Ahmad 418Sahih

    دَعَا عُثْمَانُ بِمَاءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمَقَاعِدِ، فَسَكَبَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ، فَغَسَلَهَا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَمِينَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ، فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ وَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ، وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّارٍ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ نَحْوَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ فِيهِمَا غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ.

    I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever does wudooʿ as I have done wudoo’, then prays two rakʿahs in which he does not let his mind wander, will be forgiven his previous sins. It was narrated from Humran, the freed slave of ‘Uthman, that he saw ʿUthman ؓ call for a vessel,... and he mentioned a similar report.

46. Musnad Ahmad 419Sahih

    أَنَّهُ رَأَى عُثْمَانَ دَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ

    ✧ That he saw Uthman call for a vessel.

47. Musnad Ahmad 420Sahih

    أَشْرَفَ عُثْمَانُ مِنَ الْقَصْرِ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُ بِاللهِ مَنْ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حِرَاءٍ إِذِ اهْتَزَّ الْجَبَلُ، فَرَكَلَهُ بِقَدَمِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اسْكُنْ حِرَاءُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ، أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ، أَوْ شَهِيدٌ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ قَالَ: أَنْشُدُ بِاللهِ مَنْ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ إِذْ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ قَالَ: هَذِهِ يَدِي، وَهَذِهِ يَدُ عُثْمَانَ فَبَايَعَ لِي، فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ قَالَ: أَنْشُدُ بِاللهِ مَنْ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ يُوَسِّعُ لَنَا بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ بِبَيْتٍ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ؟ فَابْتَعْتُهُ مِنْ مَالِي، فَوَسَّعْتُ بِهِ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ قَالَ: وَأَنْشُدُ بِاللهِ مَنْ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ جَيْشِ الْعُسْرَةِ قَالَ: مَنْ يُنْفِقُ الْيَوْمَ نَفَقَةً مُتَقَبَّلَةً ؟ فَجَهَّزْتُ نِصْفَ الْجَيْشِ مِنْ مَالِي قَالَ: فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ وَأَنْشُدُ بِاللهِ مَنْ شَهِدَ رُومَةَ يُبَاعُ مَاؤُهَا ابْنَ السَّبِيلِ، فَابْتَعْتُهَا مِنْ مَالِي، فَأَبَحْتُهَا ابْنَ السَّبِيلِ قَالَ: فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ.

    ✧ Uthman looked down from the palace while he was besieged and said: I adjure by Allah, whoever witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hira when the mountain shook, and he kicked it with his foot, then said: “Be still, Hira, for on you are none but a prophet, a truthful one, or a martyr,” and I was with him. So some men responded to him. He said: I adjure by Allah, whoever witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the Pledge of al-Ridwan when he sent me to the polytheists, to the people of Makkah, and he said: “This is my hand, and this is the hand of Uthman,” and so he pledged on my behalf. So some men responded to him. He said: I adjure by Allah, whoever witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he said: “Who will expand for us this house in the mosque with a house of his in Paradise?” So I bought it from my own wealth and expanded the mosque with it. So some men responded to him. He said: And I adjure by Allah, whoever witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the army of hardship when he said: “Who will spend today an accepted expenditure?” So I equipped half the army from my own wealth. He said: So some men responded to him. And I adjure by Allah, whoever witnessed Ruma whose water was being sold to the wayfarer, so I bought it from my own wealth and made it free for the wayfarer. He said: So some men responded to him.

48. Musnad Ahmad 421Sahih

    رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ تَوَضَّأَ، فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، فَغَسَلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَى الْمِرْفَقِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ الْيُسْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ الْيُسْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ نَحْوًا مِنْ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ فِيهِمَا نَفْسَهُ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ.

    ✧ I saw Uthman b. Affan perform wudu. He poured water on his hands three times and washed them, then rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose and blew it out, then washed his face three times, then washed his right hand up to the elbow three times, then the left likewise, then wiped his head, then washed his right foot three times, then the left likewise, then said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform wudu similar to this wudu of mine, then he said: Whoever performs wudu like this wudu of mine, then prays two rak‘ahs without talking to himself in them, his previous sins will be forgiven.

49. Musnad Ahmad 422Sahih

    أَرْسَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ إِلَى أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ: أَيُكَحِّلُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ ؟ أَوْ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ يُكَحِّلُهُمَا وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ ؟ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُضَمِّدَهُمَا بِالصَّبِرِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ يُحَدِّثُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ Umar b. Ubayd Allah sent to Aban b. Uthman: May he apply kohl to his eyes while he is in ihram? Or with what thing may he apply kohl to them while he is in ihram? So he sent to him that he should anoint them with aloe, for I heard Uthman b. Affan relate that from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

50. Musnad Ahmad 423Weak

    مَنْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ حَقٌّ وَاجِبٌ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ.

    ✧ Whoever knows that prayer is a true obligation will enter Paradise.

51. Musnad Ahmad 424Hasan or sahih

    حَجَّ عُثْمَانُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ أُخْبِرَ عَلِيٌّ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ نَهَى أَصْحَابَهُ عَنِ التَّمَتُّعِ بِالْعُمْرَةِ وَالْحَجِّ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: إِذَا رَاحَ، فَرُوحُوا، فَأَهَلَّ عَلِيٌّ وَأَصْحَابُهُ بِعُمْرَةٍ، فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُمْ عُثْمَانُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَلَمْ أُخْبَرْ أَنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ التَّمَتُّعِ، أَلَمْ يَتَمَتَّعْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: فَمَا أَدْرِي مَا أَجَابَهُ عُثْمَانُ

    ✧ Uthman performed Hajj until when he was on part of the road, Ali was told that Uthman had forbidden his companions from tamattu‘ with ‘umrah and Hajj. So Ali said to his companions: When he departs, then depart. So Ali and his companions entered ihram for ‘umrah, and Uthman did not speak to them. Then Ali said: Was I not told that you forbade tamattu‘? Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not perform tamattu‘? He said: I do not know what Uthman answered him.

52. Musnad Ahmad 425Sahih

    أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ مَوْلَاهُ يَرْفَأُ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا عُثْمَانُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَسَعْدٌ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ قَالَ: وَلَا أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ طَلْحَةَ، أَمْ لَا يَسْتَأْذِنُونَ عَلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: ائْذَنْ لَهُمْ، ثُمَّ مَكَثَ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْعَبَّاسُ، وَعَلِيٌّ يَسْتَأْذِنَانِ عَلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: ائْذَنْ لَهُمَا: فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْعَبَّاسُ قَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، اقْضِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ هَذَا، وَهُمَا حِينَئِذٍ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِيمَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنْ أَمْوَالِ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ، فَقَالَ: الْقَوْمُ: اقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَأَرِحْ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقَدْ طَالَتْ خُصُومَتُهُمَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَنْشُدُكُمُ اللهَ الَّذِي بِإِذْنِهِ تَقُومُ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ ؟ قَالُوا: قَدْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ لَهُمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَا: نَعَمْ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي سَأُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ هَذَا الْفَيْءِ؛ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَصَّ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ مِنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يُعْطِهِ غَيْرَهُ، فَقَالَ: وَمَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنْهُمْ فَمَا أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلا رِكَابٍ وَكَانَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَاصَّةً وَاللهِ مَا احْتَازَهَا دُونَكُمْ، وَلَا اسْتَأْثَرَهَا عَلَيْكُمْ لَقَدْ قَسَمَهَا بَيْنَكُمْ، وَبَثَّهَا فِيكُمْ حَتَّى بَقِيَ مِنْهَا هَذَا الْمَالُ فَكَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ مِنْهُ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهُ مَجْعَلَ مَالِ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَنَا وَلِيُّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَهُ أَعْمَلُ فِيهَا بِمَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهَا

    ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab sent for me, and while I was thus, his freedman Yarfa came to him and said: This is Uthman, Abd al-Rahman, Sa‘d, and al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam — he said: I do not know whether he mentioned Talha or not — asking permission to enter upon you? He said: Give them permission. Then he waited a while, then came and said: This is al-Abbas and Ali asking permission to enter upon you? He said: Give them permission. When al-Abbas entered, he said: O Commander of the Faithful, judge between me and this one — and they were then disputing over what Allah had granted as booty to His Messenger from the wealth of Banu al-Nadir. So the people said: Judge between them, O Commander of the Faithful, and relieve each one of his companion, for their dispute has gone on long. So Umar said: I adjure you by Allah, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “We are not inherited from; what we leave is charity”? They said: He said that. And he said the like to the two of them, and they said: Yes. He said: Then I shall inform you about this fay’; Allah, Mighty and Majestic, singled out His Prophet ﷺ from it with something He did not give to anyone else. He said: “And what Allah restored to His Messenger from them — you did not spur for it any horses or camels” — and it belonged to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ exclusively. By Allah, he did not take it for himself without you, nor did he prefer himself over you. He divided it among you and spread it among you until this wealth remained from it. He would spend on his family from it for a year, then make what remained of it a portion of the wealth of Allah. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken, Abu Bakr said: I am the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after him; I will act in it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to act in it.

53. Musnad Ahmad 426Sahih

    أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِنَازَةً، فَقَامَ لَهَا وَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى جِنَازَةً فَقَامَ لَهَا.

    ✧ He saw a funeral procession, so he stood for it and said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ see a funeral procession and stand for it.

54. Musnad Ahmad 427Sahih

    شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا، وَعُثْمَانَ فِي يَوْمِ الْفِطْرِ، وَالنَّحْرِ يُصَلِّيَانِ، ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفَانِ، فَيُذَكِّرَانِ النَّاسَ، فَسَمِعْتُهُمَا يَقُولَانِ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَوْمِ هَذَيْنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ.

    ✧ I witnessed Ali and Uthman on the day of al-Fitr and al-Nahr praying, then turning away and reminding the people, and I heard them say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade fasting on these two days.

55. Musnad Ahmad 428No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ، فَأَهَرَاقَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ اسْتَنْثَرَ [ثَلَاثًا]، وَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا،

    ✧ I saw the Commander of the Faithful Uthman perform wudu. He poured water on his hands three times, then sniffed water into his nose [three times] and rinsed his mouth three times,

56. Musnad Ahmad 429Graders disagree

    أَلَا أُرِيكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَتَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْأُذُنَيْنِ مِنَ الرَّأْسِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَدْ تَحَرَّيْتُ لَكُمْ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ Shall I show you how the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was? They said: Yes. So he called for water, rinsed his mouth three times, sniffed water into his nose and blew it out three times, washed his face three times and his forearms three times each, wiped his head, and washed his feet. Then he said: And know that the ears are part of the head. Then he said: I have tried to emulate for you the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

57. Musnad Ahmad 430Sahih

    كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ وُضُوئِهِ تَبَسَّمَ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّا ضَحِكْتُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا تَوَضَّأْتُ، ثُمَّ تَبَسَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّ ضَحِكْتُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ، فَأَتَمَّ وُضُوءَهُ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ، فَأَتَمَّ صَلَاتَهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ كَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ.

    ✧ We were with Uthman b. Affan, and he called for water and performed wudu. When he finished his wudu he smiled, then said: Do you know why I laughed? He said: He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed wudu as I have performed wudu, then smiled, then said: Do you know why I laughed? He said: We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: When a servant performs wudu and completes his wudu, then enters his prayer and completes his prayer, he comes out of his prayer as he came out of his mother’s womb, free of sins.

58. Musnad Ahmad 431Sahih

    كَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَلِيٌّ يُلَبِّي بِهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ قَوْلًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَجَلْ، وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا خَائِفِينَ

    ✧ Uthman used to forbid mut‘ah, while Ali would proclaim the talbiyah for it. So Uthman said something to him, and Ali said to him: You know well that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did that. Uthman said: Yes, but we were afraid.

59. Musnad Ahmad 432Sahih

    كَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَلِيٌّ يَأْمُرُ بِهَا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِعَلِيٍّ: قَوْلًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا قَدْ تَمَتَّعْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا خَائِفِينَ.

    ✧ Uthman used to prohibit mut'a, while Ali ordered it. Uthman said to Ali: "A word." Then Ali said: "You know that we performed mut'a with the Messenger of God ﷺ." He said: "Yes, but we were afraid."

60. Musnad Ahmad 433Graders disagree

    قَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ: إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كَانَ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا، وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا.

    ✧ Uthman b. Affan said while he was delivering a sermon on his pulpit: I am going to tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ. Nothing prevented me from telling you except the concern for you. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "Guarding a night in the cause of God is better than a thousand nights in which its night is spent in prayer and its day is spent in fasting."

61. Musnad Ahmad 434Sahih

    مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ.

    ✧ Whoever builds a mosque for God, the Mighty and Majestic, God will build for him the like of it in Paradise.

62. Musnad Ahmad 435Sahih

    رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا وَعُثْمَانَ يُصَلِّيَانِ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَالْأَضْحَى ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفَانِ يُذَكِّرَانِ النَّاسَ، قَالَ: وَسَمِعْتُهُمَا يَقُولَانِ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ صِيَامِ هَذَيْنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ

    ✧ I saw Ali and Uthman pray on the day of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, then they departed and reminded the people. He said: And I heard them say: "The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade fasting on these two days."

63. Musnad Ahmad 436Hasan

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى ابْنِ دَارَةَ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: فَسَمِعَنِي أُمَضْمِضُ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ، قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ بِالْمَقَاعِدِ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَهَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ I entered upon Ibn Dara, the client of Uthman. He said: He heard me rinsing my mouth. He said: "O Muhammad." I said: "At your service." He said: "Shall I not tell you about the ablution of the Messenger of God ﷺ?" He said: "I saw Uthman while he was at al-Maqa'id; he called for water for ablution, rinsed his mouth three times, inhaled water three times, washed his face three times, washed his forearms three times each, wiped his head three times, and washed his feet. Then he said: 'Whoever would like to look at the ablution of the Messenger of God ﷺ, this is the ablution of the Messenger of God ﷺ.'"

64. Musnad Ahmad 437Sahih

    كُنَّا مَعَ عُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ فِي الدَّارِ، فَدَخَلَ مَدْخَلًا كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَهُ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَهُ مَنْ عَلَى الْبَلَاطِ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ ذَلِكَ الْمَدْخَلَ، وَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُمْ يَتَوَعَّدُونِي بِالْقَتْلِ آنِفًا، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: يَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: وَبِمَ يَقْتُلُونَنِي ؟ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: رَجُلٌ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ، أَوْ زَنَى بَعْدَ إِحْصَانِهِ، أَوْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا فَيُقْتَلُ بِهَا، فَوَاللهِ مَا أَحْبَبْتُ أَنَّ لِي بِدِينِي بَدَلًا مُنْذُ هَدَانِي اللهُ، وَلَا زَنَيْتُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ قَطُّ، وَلَا قَتَلْتُ نَفْسًا، فَبِمَ يَقْتُلُونَنِي ؟

    ✧ We were with Uthman while he was besieged in the house. He entered a place where, when he entered it, those on the balat could hear his words. He said: He entered that place and came out to us and said: "They are threatening me with killing just now." We said: "God will suffice you against them, O Commander of the Faithful." He said: "And why would they kill me? I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'The blood of a Muslim man is not lawful except for one of three reasons: a man who disbelieves after his Islam, or commits adultery after his chastity, or kills a person and is killed for it.' By God, I have not loved to have any substitute for my religion since God guided me, and I have never committed adultery in ignorance or in Islam, and I have not killed a person, so why would they kill me?"

65. Musnad Ahmad 438Sahih

    إِنِّي لَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فِي الدَّارِ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ، وَقَالَ: كُنَّا نَدْخُلُ مَدْخَلًا...

    ✧ He said: I was with Uthman in the house while he was under siege, and he said, "We used to enter through an entrance." Then he mentioned a hadith like it, and he said, "I had indeed heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say..." Then he mentioned a hadith like it, or something similar to it.

66. Musnad Ahmad 439Weak

    دَعَا عُثْمَانُ نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهِمْ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَائِلُكُمْ، وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَصْدُقُونِي، نَشَدْتُكُمُ اللهَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُؤْثِرُ قُرَيْشًا عَلَى سَائِرِ النَّاسِ، وَيُؤْثِرُ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ عَلَى سَائِرِ قُرَيْشٍ ؟ فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: لَوْ أَنَّ بِيَدِي مَفَاتِيحَ الْجَنَّةِ لَأَعْطَيْتُهَا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ حَتَّى يَدْخُلُوا مِنْ عِنْدِ آخِرِهِمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَى طَلْحَةَ، وَالزُّبَيْرِ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمَا عَنْهُ - يَعْنِي: عَمَّارًا - ؟ أَقْبَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ آخِذًا بِيَدِي نَتَمَشَّى فِي الْبَطْحَاءِ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَعَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُونَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الدَّهْرُ هَكَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ [لَهُ] النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اصْبِرْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِآلِ يَاسِرٍ، وَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ.

    ✧ Uthman called some people from the companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ, among them Ammar b. Yasir, and said: "I am asking you, and I would love for you to be truthful to me. I adjure you by God, do you know that the Messenger of God ﷺ preferred Quraysh over all other people, and preferred Banu Hashim over all other Quraysh?" The people remained silent. Uthman said: "If I had the keys of Paradise in my hand, I would give them to Banu Umayya so that they could enter from the last of them." Then he sent for Talha and al-Zubayr. Uthman said: "Shall I not tell you about him—meaning Ammar? I went with the Messenger of God ﷺ, holding my hand, walking in al-Batha' until he came upon his father and his mother while they were being tortured. Abu Ammar said: 'O Messenger of God, is time always like this?' The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Be patient.' Then he said: 'O God, forgive the family of Yasir, and You have already done so.'"

67. Musnad Ahmad 440Weak

    كُلُّ شَيْءٍ سِوَى ظِلِّ بَيْتٍ، وَجِلْفِ الْخُبْزِ، وَثَوْبٍ يُوَارِي عَوْرَتَهُ، وَالْمَاءِ، فَمَا فَضَلَ عَنْ هَذَا، فَلَيْسَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ فِيهِنَّ حَقٌّ

    ✧ Everything other than the shade of a house, a crust of bread, a garment that covers his private parts, and water—whatever is surplus beyond this, the son of Adam has no right in them.

68. Musnad Ahmad 441Sahih

    أَنَّهُ رَأَى عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْبَابِ الثَّانِي مِنْ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَدَعَا بِكَتِفٍ، فَتَعَرَّقَهَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: جَلَسْتُ مَجْلِسَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَأَكَلْتُ مَا أَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَصَنَعْتُ مَا صَنَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ

    ✧ He saw Uthman b. Affan sit at the second door of the mosque of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He called for a shoulder bone, gnawed the meat off it, then stood and prayed without performing ablution. Then he said: "I sat in the sitting place of the Prophet ﷺ, and I ate what the Prophet ﷺ ate, and I did what the Prophet ﷺ did."

69. Musnad Ahmad 442Hasan

    سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَقُولُ بِمِنًى: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ، فَلْيُرَابِطِ امْرُؤٌ كَيْفَ شَاءَ، هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ

    ✧ I heard Uthman say at Mina: "O people, I am telling you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ saying: 'Guarding a day in the cause of God is better than a thousand days aside from it, so let a man keep guard however he wishes. Have I conveyed it?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'O God, bear witness.'"

70. Musnad Ahmad 443Weak

    أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ صَلَّى بِمِنًى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ، فَأَنْكَرَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي تَأَهَّلْتُ بِمَكَّةَ مُنْذُ قَدِمْتُ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ تَأَهَّلَ فِي بَلَدٍ، فَلْيُصَلِّ صَلَاةَ الْمُقِيمِ

    ✧ Uthman b. Affan prayed four rak'ahs at Mina, and the people disapproved of that. He said: "O people, I have taken up residence in Makkah since I arrived, and I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'Whoever takes up residence in a town should pray the prayer of a resident.'"

71. Musnad Ahmad 444Hasan

    سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: كُنْتُ أَبْتَاعُ التَّمْرَ مِنْ بَطْنٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ: بَنُو قَيْنُقَاعَ، فَأَبِيعُهُ بِرِبْحٍ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا عُثْمَانُ إِذَا اشْتَرَيْتَ، فَاكْتَلْ، وَإِذَا بِعْتَ فَكِلْ

    ✧ I heard Uthman delivering a sermon on the pulpit saying: "I used to buy dates from a clan of the Jews called Banu Qaynuqa', and I would sell them at a profit. That reached the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: 'O Uthman, when you buy, measure, and when you sell, measure.'"

72. Musnad Ahmad 445same_as_before

    446 452 445 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ وَرْدَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ

    ✧ 446 452 445 - Yahya b. Ishaq narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, Musa b. Wardan narrated to us, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, from Uthman b. Affan, and he mentioned the like of it.

73. Musnad Ahmad 446Hasan

    مَنْ قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ، لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْءٌ

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿWhoever says in the Name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing, nothing will harm him.ʿ

74. Musnad Ahmad 447Accepted

    إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَا يَقُولُهَا عَبْدٌ حَقًّا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ إِلَّا حُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: أَنَا أُحَدِّثُكَ مَا هِيَ؛ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ الْإِخْلَاصِ الَّتِي أَلْزَمَهَا اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ، وَأَصْحَابَهُ، وَهِيَ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى الَّتِي أَلَاصَ عَلَيْهَا نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ عَمَّهُ أَبَا طَالِبٍ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ: شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ

    ✧ I definitely know a word that no servant says truly from his heart except that he is forbidden from the Fire. So Umar b. al-Khattab said to him: I shall tell you what it is; it is the word of sincerity which Allah, Blessed and Exalted, enjoined upon Muhammad ﷺ and his companions, and it is the word of piety upon which the Prophet of Allah ﷺ urged his uncle Abu Talib at the time of death: the testimony that there is no god but Allah.

75. Musnad Ahmad 448Sahih

    أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قُلْتُ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا جَامَعَ امْرَأَتَهُ، وَلَمْ يُمْنِ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: [يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ]، وَيَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ. وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَالزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ، وَطَلْحَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، وَأُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، فَأَمَرُوهُ بِذَلِكَ

    ✧ He asked Uthman b. Affan, saying: What do you think if a man has intercourse with his wife but does not ejaculate? Uthman said: He performs wudu for the prayer and washes his penis. Uthman said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I asked about that Ali b. Abi Talib, al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam, Talhah b. Ubayd Allah, and Ubayy b. Ka'b, and they commanded him to do that.

76. Musnad Ahmad 449Sahih

    نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَنْ نَشَاءُ قَالَ: بِالْعِلْمِ قُلْتُ: مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ ؟ قَالَ: زَعَمَ ذَاكَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ.

    ✧ We raise in degrees whom We will. He said: By knowledge. I said: Who narrated to you? He said: Zayd b. Aslam claimed that.

77. Musnad Ahmad 450Hasan

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ، فَلَمْ أَدْرِ أَشَفَعْتُ، أَمْ أَوْتَرْتُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِيَّايَ، وَأَنْ يَتَلَعَّبَ بِكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي صَلَاتِكُمْ، مَنْ صَلَّى مِنْكُمْ فَلَمْ يَدْرِ أَشَفَعَ أَوْ أَوْتَرَ فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا تَمَامُ صَلَاتِهِ.

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, I prayed but I do not know whether I prayed an even or odd number. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Beware lest Satan toys with you in your prayer. Whoever of you prays and does not know whether he prayed an even or odd number, let him prostrate twice, for they complete his prayer.

78. Musnad Ahmad 451Hasan

    صَلَّى بِنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ الْعَصْرَ، فَانْصَرَفَ إِلَيْنَا بَعْدَ صَلَاتِهِ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، فَسَجَدَ مِثْلَ هَاتَيْنِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْنَا، فَأَعْلَمَنَا أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ عُثْمَانَ، وَحَدَّثَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

    ✧ Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha led us in the afternoon prayer. Then he turned to us after his prayer and said, "I prayed with Marwan ibn al-Hakam, and he made two prostrations like these two prostrations." Then he turned to us and informed us that he had prayed with Uthman, and he narrated from the Prophet ﷺ something similar to that.

79. Musnad Ahmad 452Hasan

    أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ فَقَالَ: [عَلَى مَا] تَقْتُلُونِي، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: رَجُلٌ زَنَى بَعْدَ إِحْصَانِهِ، فَعَلَيْهِ الرَّجْمُ، أَوْ قَتَلَ عَمْدًا، فَعَلَيْهِ الْقَوَدُ، أَوِ ارْتَدَّ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ، فَعَلَيْهِ الْقَتْلُ. فَوَاللهِ مَا زَنَيْتُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ، وَلَا قَتَلْتُ أَحَدًا فَأُقِيدُ نَفْسِي مِنْهُ، وَلَا ارْتَدَدْتُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ، إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

    ✧ Uthman looked over his companions while he was besieged and said: For what reason do you kill me? For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The blood of a Muslim man is not lawful except for one of three: a man who commits adultery after being married, upon him is stoning; or one who kills deliberately, upon him is retaliation; or one who apostatizes after his Islam, upon him is execution. By Allah, I did not commit adultery in the Jahiliyyah or in Islam, nor did I kill anyone so that I should give my own life in retaliation for him, nor did I apostatize since I embraced Islam. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.

80. Musnad Ahmad 453Weak

    أَنَّهُ جَاءَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَبِيَدِهِ عَصَاهُ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: يَا كَعْبُ، إِنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ تُوُفِّيَ وَتَرَكَ مَالًا، فَمَا تَرَى فِيهِ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنْ كَانَ يَصِلُ فِيهِ حَقَّ اللهِ، فَلَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ عَصَاهُ، فَضَرَبَ كَعْبًا، وَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا أُحِبُّ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي هَذَا الْجَبَلَ ذَهَبًا أُنْفِقُهُ، وَيُتَقَبَّلُ مِنِّي أَذَرُ خَلْفِي مِنْهُ سِتَّ أَوَاقٍ أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ يَا عُثْمَانُ، أَسَمِعْتَهُ ؟ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ: نَعَمْ

    ✧ He came seeking permission to enter upon Uthman b. Affan, and he gave him permission while he had his staff in his hand. Uthman said: O Ka'b, Abd al-Rahman has died and left wealth; what do you think about it? He said: If he fulfilled Allah's right in it, then there is no harm upon him. Abu Dharr raised his staff and struck Ka'b, saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: I would not love to have this mountain as gold and spend it, and have it accepted from me, while I leave behind six uqiyyahs. I adjure you by Allah, O Uthman, did you hear it? Three times. He said: Yes.

81. Musnad Ahmad 454Sahih

    كَانَ عُثْمَانُ إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَكَى حَتَّى يَبُلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: تُذْكَرُ الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ فَلَا تَبْكِي، وَتَبْكِي مِنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: الْقَبْرُ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الْآخِرَةِ، فَإِنْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ، فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ مَنْظَرًا قَطُّ إِلَّا وَالْقَبْرُ أَفْظَعُ مِنْهُ.

    ✧ When Uthman stood by a grave, he would weep until his beard became wet. It was said to him: Paradise and the Fire are mentioned and you do not weep, yet you weep over this? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The grave is the first stage of the Hereafter. If one is saved from it, what comes after is easier than it; and if one is not saved from it, what comes after is more severe than it. He said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: By Allah, I have never seen any sight except that the grave is more dreadful than it.

82. Musnad Ahmad 455Sahih

    أَصَابَ عُثْمَانَ رُعَافٌ سَنَةَ الرُّعَافِ حَتَّى تَخَلَّفَ عَنِ الْحَجِّ وَأَوْصَى، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَقَالَ: اسْتَخْلِفْ ؟ قَالَ: وَقَالُوهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: مَنْ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لَهُ الْأَوَّلُ، وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ قَالُوا: الزُّبَيْرَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَخَيْرَهُمْ مَا عَلِمْتُ، وَأَحَبَّهُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ Uthman suffered a nosebleed in the year of the nosebleeds, so much so that he fell behind from the Hajj and made a will. A man from Quraysh entered upon him and said: Appoint a successor? He said: And did they say that? He said: Yes. He said: Who is he? The man fell silent. Then another man entered upon him and said to him the like of what the first had said, and he replied to him similarly. Uthman said: They said al-Zubayr? He said: Yes. He said: By the One in Whose hand is my soul, he was the best of them as far as I know, and the most beloved of them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

83. Musnad Ahmad 456Sahih

    457 463 456 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَاهُ سُوَيْدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ:

    ✧ 457 463 456 - Abdullah narrated to us, Suwayd narrated it to us, Ali b. Mushir narrated to us with his chain the like of it:

84. Musnad Ahmad 457Hasan

    رَأَى أَبَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ جِنَازَةً، فَقَامَ لَهَا وَقَالَ: رَأَى عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ جِنَازَةً فَقَامَ لَهَا، ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى جِنَازَةً، فَقَامَ لَهَا.

    ✧ Aban b. Uthman saw a funeral procession and stood up for it, and said: Uthman b. Affan saw a funeral procession and stood up for it. Then he narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a funeral procession and stood up for it.

85. Musnad Ahmad 458Sahih

    أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا جَامَعَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ، وَلَمْ يُمْنِ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: يَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ، وَيَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَالزُّبَيْرَ، وَطَلْحَةَ وَأُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَأَمَرُوهُ بِذَلِكَ

    ✧ He asked Uthman b. Affan, saying: What do you think if a man has intercourse with his wife but does not ejaculate? Uthman said: He performs wudu as he performs wudu for prayer and washes his penis. He said: And Uthman said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I asked about that Ali b. Abi Talib, al-Zubayr, Talhah, and Ubayy b. Ka'b, and they commanded him to do that.

86. Musnad Ahmad 459Sahih

    أَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَقَاعِدِ، فَتَوَضَّأَ، فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ مِثْلَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ، فَرَكَعَ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَلَا تَغْتَرُّوا.

    ✧ I came to Uthman b. al-Affan while he was sitting in the maqaid, and he performed ablution and did it well. Then he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in this very gathering perform ablution and do it well, then say: Whoever performs ablution like this ablution of mine, then comes to the mosque and prays two rak'ahs therein, his previous sins will be forgiven. And he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: And do not be deceived.

87. Musnad Ahmad 460Hasan

    كُنْتُ عِنْدَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ فَدَخَلَ شَيْخٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: انْظُرِ الشَّيْخِ، فَأَقْعِدْهُ مَقْعَدًا صَالِحًا؛ فَإِنَّ لِقُرَيْشٍ حَقًّا. فَقُلْتُ: أَيُّهَا الْأَمِيرُ، أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا بَلَغَنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ أَهَانَ قُرَيْشًا أَهَانَهُ اللهُ. قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا، مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: حَدَّثَنِيهِ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، إِنْ وَلِيتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ شَيْئًا فَأَكْرِمْ قُرَيْشًا؛ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ أَهَانَ قُرَيْشًا أَهَانَهُ اللهُ

    ✧ I was with Sulayman b. Ali when a shaykh from Quraysh entered. Sulayman said: Look after the old man and seat him in a good place, for Quraysh have a right. I said: O amir, shall I not relate to you a hadith that reached me from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Yes, do. He said: I said to him: It reached me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever humiliates Quraysh, Allah will humiliate him. He said: Glory be to Allah! How excellent this is! Who narrated this to you? He said: I said: Rabi'a b. Abi 'Abd al-Rahman narrated it to me, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, from 'Amr b. Uthman b. al-Affan, who said: My father said to me: O my son, if you are given authority over any of the people's affairs, honor Quraysh, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever humiliates Quraysh, Allah will humiliate him.

88. Musnad Ahmad 461Fabricated

    قَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ حِينَ حُصِرَ: إِنَّ عِنْدِي نَجَائِبَ قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُهَا لَكَ، فَهَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَيَأْتِيَكَ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يُلْحَدُ بِمَكَّةَ كَبْشٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ نِصْفِ أَوْزَارِ النَّاسِ.

    ✧ Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr said to him when he was besieged: I have swift camels that I have prepared for you; would you like to move to Makkah so that whoever wishes to reach you may come to you? He said: No, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A ram of Quraysh named Abd Allah will be slain in Makkah, upon him will be the like of half the sins of the people.

89. Musnad Ahmad 462Sahih

    لَا يَنْكِحُ الْمُحْرِمُ، وَلَا يُنْكِحُ، وَلَا يَخْطُبُ.

    ✧ The pilgrim in ihram does not marry, nor arrange a marriage, nor propose.

90. Musnad Ahmad 463Weak

    قَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ: إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ بِهِ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ بِكُمْ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا، وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا.

    ✧ Uthman said while delivering a sermon on his pulpit: I shall relate to you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; nothing prevented me from relating it to you except concern for you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Guarding one night in the way of Allah is better than a thousand nights in which one stands in prayer and fasts during the day.

91. Musnad Ahmad 464Sahih

    مَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ.

    ✧ Whoever dies knowing that there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise.

92. Musnad Ahmad 465Sahih

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ رَمِدَتْ عَيْنُهُ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَكْحُلَهَا، فَنَهَاهُ أَبَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُضَمِّدَهَا بِالصَّبِرِ، وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ.

    ✧ Umar b. Ubayd Allah b. Ma'mar's eye became inflamed while he was in ihram, and he wanted to apply kohl to it. Aban b. Uthman forbade him and ordered him to bandage it with aloe, claiming that Uthman narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he did that.

93. Musnad Ahmad 466Sahih

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَ ابْنَهُ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فَنَهَاهُ أَبَانُ، وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: الْمُحْرِمُ لَا يَنْكِحُ وَلَا يُنْكِحُ.

    ✧ Umar b. Ubayd Allah wanted to marry off his son while he was in ihram, and Aban forbade him, claiming that Uthman narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: The pilgrim in ihram does not marry nor arrange a marriage.

94. Musnad Ahmad 467Weak

    زَوَّجَنِي أَهْلِي أَمَةً لَهُمْ رُومِيَّةً وَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ فَعَلِقَهَا عَبْدٌ رُومِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: يُوحَنَّسُ، فَجَعَلَ يُرَاطِنُهَا بِالرُّومِيَّةِ، فَحَمَلَتْ، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ وَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي، فَجَاءَتْ بِغُلَامٍ، كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ مِنَ الْوِزْغَانِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَتْ: هُوَ مِنْ يُوحَنَّسَ. فَسَأَلْتُ يُوحَنَّسَ فَاعْتَرَفَ، فَأَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَسَأَلَهُمَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: [قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ] الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ، وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ، فَأَلْحَقَهُ بِي، قَالَ: فَجَلَدَهُمَا، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي بَعْدُ غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ

    ✧ My family married me to a Byzantine slave woman of theirs. She bore me a black boy like me. A Byzantine slave named Yuhannas became attached to her and would speak to her in Byzantine. She became pregnant, and she had already borne me a black boy like me. Then she came with a boy as if he were a gecko of the geckos. I said to her: What is this? She said: He is from Yuhannas. I asked Yuhannas and he confessed. I came to Uthman b. al-Affan and mentioned that to him. He sent for both of them and questioned them, then said: I shall judge between you with the judgment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: the child belongs to the bed, and for the fornicator is the stone. So he attached the child to me. He said: And he had both of them flogged. She later bore me a black boy.

95. Musnad Ahmad 468Sahih

    كُنْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ فِي الدَّارِ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ قَالَ: وَكُنَّا نَدْخُلُ مَدْخَلًا إِذَا دَخَلْنَاهُ سَمِعْنَا كَلَامَ مَنْ عَلَى الْبَلَاطِ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ عُثْمَانُ يَوْمًا لِحَاجَةٍ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا مُنْتَقِعًا لَوْنُهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُمْ لَيَتَوَعَّدُونِي بِالْقَتْلِ آنِفًا، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: يَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: وَبِمَ يَقْتُلُونِي ؟ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا فِي إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: رَجُلٌ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ، أَوْ زَنَى بَعْدَ إِحْصَانِهِ، أَوْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ؛ فَوَاللهِ مَا زَنَيْتُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ قَطُّ، وَلَا تَمَنَّيْتُ بَدَلًا بِدِينِي مُنْذُ هَدَانِي اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَلَا قَتَلْتُ نَفْسًا، فَبِمَ يَقْتُلُونِي ؟

    ✧ I was with Uthman in the house while he was besieged. He said: We used to enter through a passage; when we entered it, we could hear the speech of those on the paved area. He said: One day Uthman entered for a need and came out to us with his color changed and said: They have just now been threatening me with death. He said: We said: May Allah suffice you against them, O Commander of the Believers. He said: And why would they kill me? For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The blood of a Muslim man is not lawful except in one of three cases: a man who disbelieves after his Islam, or commits adultery after being married, or kills a soul without a soul. By Allah, I never committed adultery either in Jahiliyya or in Islam, nor did I wish for a replacement for my religion since Allah, Mighty and Glorious, guided me, nor did I kill a soul. So why would they kill me?

96. Musnad Ahmad 469Hasan

    مَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ أَوْعَى أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْهُ، وَلَكِنِّي أَشْهَدُ لَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: مَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ. وَقَالَ حُسَيْنٌ: أَوْعَى صَحَابَتِهِ عَنْهُ.

    ✧ What prevents me from narrating from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is not that I am not the most retentive of his companions about him, but I testify that I heard him say: Whoever says about me what I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire. And Husayn said: the most retentive of his companions about him.

97. Musnad Ahmad 470Hasan

    سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي كَتَمْتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَرَاهِيَةَ تَفَرُّقِكُمْ عَنِّي، ثُمَّ بَدَا لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ؛ لِيَخْتَارَ امْرُؤٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ؛ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ [تَعَالَى] خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ.

    ✧ I heard Uthman say on the pulpit: O people, I concealed from you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ out of dislike that you would disperse from me, but it occurred to me to relate it to you so that a man may choose for himself what seems best to him. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Guarding one day in the way of Allah, Exalted is He, is better than a thousand days elsewhere in other stations.

98. Musnad Ahmad 471Weak

    مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ يُرِيدُ سَفَرًا، أَوْ غَيْرَهُ فَقَالَ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ: بِسْمِ اللهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ اعْتَصَمْتُ بِاللهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ إِلَّا رُزِقَ خَيْرَ ذَلِكَ الْمَخْرَجِ، وَصُرِفَ عَنْهُ شَرُّ ذَلِكَ الْمَخْرَجِ.

    ✧ There is no Muslim who leaves his house intending a journey or otherwise and says when he leaves: 'In the name of Allah; I have believed in Allah; I have sought refuge in Allah; I have relied upon Allah; there is no power and no strength except with Allah,' except that he is granted the good of that departure, and the evil of that departure is turned away from him.

99. Musnad Ahmad 472Hasan or sahih

    رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ غَسْلًا.

    ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution: he washed his face three times, and his hands three times, and wiped his head, and washed his feet with a washing.

100. Musnad Ahmad 473Sahih

     مَنْ أَتَمَّ الْوُضُوءَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَالصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ كَفَّارَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ.

     ✧ Whoever completes ablution as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded him, the five prayers are expiations for what is between them.

101. Musnad Ahmad 474Hasan

     مَنْ قَالَ فِي أَوَّلِ يَوْمِهِ، أَوْ فِي أَوَّلِ لَيْلَتِهِ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْءٌ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، أَوْ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ.

     ✧ Whoever says at the beginning of his day or at the beginning of his night: 'In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,' three times, nothing will harm him on that day or on that night.

102. Musnad Ahmad 475Graders disagree

     أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ: اقْضِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: لَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ، وَلَا أَؤُمُّ رَجُلَيْنِ؛ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ عَاذَ بِاللهِ، فَقَدْ عَاذَ بِمَعَاذٍ ؟ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ أَنْ تَسْتَعْمِلَنِي، فَأَعْفَاهُ، وَقَالَ: لَا تُخْبِرْ بِهَذَا أَحَدًا

     ✧ Uthman said to Ibn Umar: 'Judge between the people.' He said: 'I will not judge between two, nor lead two men in prayer. Have you not heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Whoever seeks refuge in Allah has sought refuge in a refuge"?' Uthman said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then I seek refuge in Allah from you appointing me.' So he excused him and said: 'Do not tell anyone about this.'

103. Musnad Ahmad 476Sahih

     مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ، فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ خَرَجَتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَظْفَارِهِ.

     ✧ Whoever performs ablution and does it well, his sins depart from his body until they come out from beneath his fingernails.

104. Musnad Ahmad 477Graders disagree

     أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، هَجِّرُوا فَإِنِّي مُهَجِّرٌ، فَهَجَّرَ النَّاسُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ رِبَاطَ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ مِمَّا سِوَاهُ، فَلْيُرَابِطِ امْرُؤٌ حَيْثُ شَاءَ، هَلْ بَلَّغْتُكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ.

     ✧ O people, come early, for I am coming early. So the people came early. Then he said: 'O people, I am going to narrate to you a hadith that I have not spoken of since I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until this day of mine. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Ribāṭ (guarding the frontier) for one day in the way of Allah is better than a thousand days of anything else. So let a man keep guard wherever he wishes. Have I conveyed to you?" They said: "Yes." He said: "O Allah, bear witness."

105. Musnad Ahmad 478Sahih

     كَانَ عُثْمَانُ قَاعِدًا فِي الْمَقَاعِدِ، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ مِثْلَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا تَغْتَرُّوا.

     ✧ Uthman was sitting in the sitting places, and he called for water for ablution and performed ablution. Then he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution in this place of mine. Then he said: "Whoever performs ablution like this ablution of mine, then stands and prays two rak'ahs, his previous sins will be forgiven." And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not be deceived."

106. Musnad Ahmad 479Weak

     أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قَالَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: هَلْ أَنْتَ مُنْتَهِي عَمَّا بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ ؟ فَاعْتَذَرَ بَعْضَ الْعُذْرِ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: وَيْحَكَ إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ وَحَفِظْتُ، وَلَيْسَ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: سَيُقْتَلُ أَمِيرٌ، وَيَنْتَزِي مُنْتَزِي، وَإِنِّي أَنَا الْمَقْتُولُ، وَلَيْسَ عُمَرَ؛ إِنَّمَا قَتَلَ عُمَرَ وَاحِدٌ، وَإِنَّهُ يُجْتَمَعُ عَلَيَّ

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan said to Ibn Mas'ud: 'Will you refrain from what has reached me about you?' He offered some excuse. Uthman said: 'Woe to you! I have heard and memorized, and it is not as you heard. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A commander will be killed, and an aggressor will aggress. I am the one who will be killed, not Umar. Only one person killed Umar, but a group will be gathered against me."

107. Musnad Ahmad 480Sahih

     أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قَالَ لَهُ: ابْنَ أَخِي أَدْرَكْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَا وَلَكِنْ خَلَصَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ، وَالْيَقِينُ مَا يَخْلُصُ إِلَى الْعَذْرَاءِ فِي سِتْرِهَا قَالَ: فَتَشَهَّدَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْحَقِّ، فَكُنْتُ مِمَّنِ اسْتَجَابَ لِلهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ، وَآمَنَ بِمَا بُعِثَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ، ثُمَّ هَاجَرْتُ الْهِجْرَتَيْنِ كَمَا قُلْتُ: وَنِلْتُ صِهْرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَبَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَوَاللهِ مَا عَصَيْتُهُ وَلَا غَشَشْتُهُ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan said to him: 'O son of my brother, did you meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'No, but some of his knowledge and certainty reached me, as it reaches a virgin in her seclusion.' He said: 'Then he uttered the testimony of faith and said: "To proceed: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sent Muhammad with the truth. I was among those who responded to Allah and His Messenger, and believed in what Muhammad was sent with. Then I migrated the two migrations, as I said, and I attained the marriage ties of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. By Allah, I did not disobey him or deceive him until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, took his soul."

108. Musnad Ahmad 481Weak

     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.

     ✧ 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.'

109. Musnad Ahmad 482Weak

     يُلْحِدُ

     ✧ He will commit sacrilege.

110. Musnad Ahmad 483Sahih

     مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ، فَأَسْبَغَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ مَشَى إِلَى صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ، فَصَلَّاهَا غُفِرَ لَهُ ذَنْبُهُ.

     ✧ Whoever performs wudu' and perfects the wudu', then walks to an obligatory prayer and performs it, his sin is forgiven.

111. Musnad Ahmad 484Hasan or sahih

     كَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَغْتَسِلُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مَرَّةً مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَ، فَوَضَعْتُ وَضُوءًا لَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ لِلصَّلَاةِ، فَلَمَّا تَوَضَّأَ قَالَ: إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: بَدَا لِي أَنْ لَا أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ، فَقَالَ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنْ كَانَ خَيْرًا فَنَأْخُذُ بِهِ، أَوْ شَرًّا فَنَتَّقِيهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: فَإِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ، تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَذَا الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ هَذَا الْوُضُوءَ، فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَأَتَمَّ رُكُوعَهَا وَسُجُودَهَا كَفَّرَتْ عَنْهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا، وَبَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ الْأُخْرَى مَا لَمْ يُصِبْ مَقْتَلَةً ( يَعْنِي: كَبِيرَةً. )

     ✧ Uthman used to bathe once every day since he became Muslim. One day I prepared water for his wudu' for prayer. When he had performed wudu', he said: 'I intended to relate to you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,' then he said: 'I have decided not to relate it to you.' Al-Hakam b. Abi al-'As said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, if it is good, we will act upon it, or if it is evil, we will avoid it.' He said: 'Then I will relate it to you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed wudu' like this wudu', then said: Whoever performs wudu' like this wudu', and perfects the wudu', then stands for prayer and completes its bowing and prostration, it will atone for what is between it and the next prayer, as long as he does not commit a mortal sin (meaning a major sin).'

112. Musnad Ahmad 485Hasan

     أَدْخَلَ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلًا كَانَ سَهْلًا قَاضِيًا، وَمُقْتَضِيًا، وَبَائِعًا وَمُشْتَرِيًا.

     ✧ Allah admitted into Paradise a man who was easygoing as a judge, as a creditor, and as a buyer and seller.

113. Musnad Ahmad 486Hasan

     أَنَّ الْمُؤَذِّنَ أَذَّنَ لِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ: فَدَعَا عُثْمَانُ بِطَهُورٍ، فَتَطَهَّرَ قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ تَطَهَّرَ كَمَا أُمِرَ وَصَلَّى كَمَا أُمِرَ كُفِّرَتْ عَنْهُ ذُنُوبُهُ فَاسْتَشْهَدَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: فَشَهِدُوا لَهُ بِذَلِكَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ.

     ✧ The mu'adhdhin called the adhan for the 'Asr prayer. Uthman called for water for purification and purified himself. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever purifies himself as he has been commanded and prays as he has been commanded, his sins will be forgiven.' He then asked four of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to testify to that. They testified for him regarding the Prophet ﷺ.

114. Musnad Ahmad 487Hasan or sahih

     أَتَى عُثْمَانُ الْمَقَاعِدَ، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَتَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَرِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هَكَذَا يَتَوَضَّأُ، يَا هَؤُلَاءِ أَكَذَاكَ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ لِنَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَهُ.

     ✧ Uthman came to al-Maqa'id and called for water for wudu'. He rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, then washed his face three times, and his hands three times each, then wiped his head, and his feet three times each. Then he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform wudu' like this. O you people, is it not so?' They said: 'Yes,' to a group of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who were with him.

115. Musnad Ahmad 488Hasan or sahih

     أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ عِنْدَ الْمَقَاعِدِ، فَتَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: هَلْ رَأَيْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ.

     ✧ He called for water and performed wudu' at al-Maqa'id, washing each part three times. Then he said to the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Have you seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do this?' They said: 'Yes.'

116. Musnad Ahmad 489Hasan or sahih

     رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ، وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَأَمَرَّ بِيَدَيْهِ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ أُذُنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِهِمَا عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: تَوَضَّأْتُ لَكُمْ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ رَكَعَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ رَكْعَتَيْهِ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ كَمَا تَوَضَّأْتُ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ فِيهِمَا نَفْسَهُ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَبَيْنَ صَلَاتِهِ بِالْأَمْسِ.

     ✧ I saw Uthman b. 'Affan call for water for wudu' while he was at the door of the mosque. He washed his hands, then rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, and blew it out. Then he washed his face three times, then washed his hands up to the elbows three times, then wiped his head and passed his hands over the outside of his ears, then passed them over his beard. Then he washed his feet up to the ankles three times. Then he stood and prayed two rak'ahs. Then he said: 'I performed wudu' for you as I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform wudu', then I prayed two rak'ahs as I saw him pray.' He said: Then he said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said when he finished his two rak'ahs: Whoever performs wudu' as I have performed wudu', then prays two rak'ahs without letting his mind wander in them, his previous sins will be forgiven.'

117. Musnad Ahmad 490Hasan

     لَقِيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ: مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ جَفَوْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَبْلِغْهُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَفِرَّ يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنِ، قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: يَقُولُ: يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، وَلَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، وَلَمْ أَتْرُكْ سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ، فَخَبَّرَ ذَلِكَ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: إِنِّي لَمْ أَفِرَّ يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنَ، فَكَيْفَ يُعَيِّرُنِي بِذَنْبٍ وَقَدْ عَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُمْ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: إِنِّي تَخَلَّفْتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُمَرِّضُ رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ، وَقَدْ ضَرَبَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمِي، وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمِهِ فَقَدْ شَهِدَ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: إِنِّي لَمْ أَتْرُكْ سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ، فَإِنِّي لَا أُطِيقُهَا وَلَا هُوَ، فَأْتِهِ فَحَدِّثْهُ بِذَلِكَ.

     ✧ 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf met al-Walid b. 'Uqbah. Al-Walid said to him: 'Why do I see you have been aloof from the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman?' 'Abd al-Rahman said to him: 'Tell him that I did not flee on the day of 'Aynayn' — 'Asim said: meaning the day of Uhud — 'and I did not stay behind on the day of Badr, and I did not abandon the Sunnah of 'Umar.' He said: He went and told that to Uthman. He said: Uthman said: 'As for his saying that I did not flee on the day of 'Aynayn, how can he reproach me for a sin that Allah has forgiven? Allah said: "Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some of what they had earned, but Allah has pardoned them." As for his saying that I stayed behind on the day of Badr, I was nursing Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, until she died, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted me a share, and whoever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted a share has witnessed. As for his saying that I did not abandon the Sunnah of 'Umar, I am not able to bear it, nor is he. Go to him and tell him that.'

118. Musnad Ahmad 491Sahih

     مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ كَانَ كَقِيَامِ نِصْفِ لَيْلَةٍ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ وَالْفَجْرَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ كَانَ كَقِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ.

     ✧ Whoever prays 'Isha' in congregation is like standing in prayer for half the night, and whoever prays 'Isha' and Fajr in congregation is like standing in prayer for the whole night.

119. Musnad Ahmad 492Sahih

     أَرَادَ ابْنُ مَعْمَرٍ أَنْ يُنْكِحَ ابْنَهُ ابْنَةَ شَيْبَةَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَى أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَوْسِمِ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ أَخَاكَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْكِحَ ابْنَهُ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُشْهِدَكَ ذَاكَ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُرَاهُ عِرَاقِيًّا جَافِيًا إِنَّ الْمُحْرِمَ لَا يَنْكِحُ، وَلَا يُنْكِحُ، ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بِمِثْلِهِ يَرْفَعُهُ

     ✧ Ibn Ma'mar wanted to marry his son to the daughter of Shaybah b. Jubayr, so he sent me to Aban b. Uthman, who was the governor of the pilgrimage season. I went to him and said: 'Your brother wants to marry his son and wanted you to witness it.' He said: 'Do I not see him as a coarse Iraqi? A person in ihram may not marry or arrange a marriage.' Then he narrated from Uthman something similar, tracing it back to the Prophet.

120. Musnad Ahmad 493Sahih

     أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ بِالْمَقَاعِدِ، فَغَسَلَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا وَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ سَقَطَتْ خَطَايَاهُ

     ✧ Uthman performed wudu' at al-Maqa'id, washing each part three times, and said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever performs wudu' like this wudu' of mine, then stands for prayer, his sins fall away.'

121. Musnad Ahmad 494Sahih

     اشْتَكَى عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ عَيْنَيْهِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: وَهُوَ أَمِيرٌ مَا يَصْنَعُ بِهِمَا ؟ قَالَ: قَالَ: ضَمَّدَهُمَا بِالصَّبِرِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يُحَدِّثُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

     ʿUmar bin ʿUbaidullah bin Maʿmar had a problem in his eyes. He sent word to Aban bin ʿUthman ؓ - Sufyan said: He was the Ameer (of Hajj) - to ask what he should do. He said: Apply aloes to them, for I heard ‘Uthman ؓ narrate that from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

122. Musnad Ahmad 495Graders disagree

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِنَازَةً مُقْبِلَةً، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا قَامَ وَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ.

     ✧ He saw a funeral procession approaching, and when he saw it, he stood up and said: 'I saw Uthman do that, and he told me that he saw the Prophet ﷺ do it.'

123. Musnad Ahmad 496Sahih

     لَا يَنْكِحُ الْمُحْرِمُ، وَلَا يَخْطُبُ.

     ✧ The one in ihram may not marry or propose.

124. Musnad Ahmad 497Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَخَّصَ، أَوْ قَالَ: فِي الْمُحْرِمِ إِذَا اشْتَكَى عَيْنَهُ أَنْ يُضَمِّدَهَا بِالصَّبِرِ.

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a concession — or he said: regarding the one in ihram, if his eye troubles him, that he may bandage it with aloe.

125. Musnad Ahmad 498Sahih

     مَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ.

     ✧ Whoever dies knowing that there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise.

126. Musnad Ahmad 499Weak

     قُلْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ: مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى أَنْ عَمَدْتُمْ إِلَى الْأَنْفَالِ، وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمَثَانِي، وَإِلَى بَرَاءَةٌ وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمِئِينَ، فَقَرَنْتُمْ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَلَمْ تَكْتُبُوا بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَوَضَعْتُمُوهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطُّوَلِ، فَمَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ الزَّمَانُ وَهُوَ يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّوَرِ ذَوَاتِ الْعَدَدِ، فَكَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْءُ دَعَا بَعْضَ مَنْ يَكْتُبُ لَهُ، فَيَقُولُ: ضَعُوا هَذِهِ فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَإِذَا أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْآيَاتُ قَالَ: ضَعُوا هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَإِذَا أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْآيَةُ قَالَ: ضَعُوا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ: وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْفَالِ مِنْ أَوَائِلِ مَا نَزَلَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَانَتْ بَرَاءَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِ مَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، قَالَ: فَكَانَتْ قِصَّتُهَا شَبِيهًا بِقِصَّتِهَا، فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا، وَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا، فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ قَرَنْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرًا بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَوَضَعْتُهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطُّوَلِ.

     ✧ I said to Uthman: What prompted you to turn to al-Anfal, which is among the mathani, and to Bara'ah, which is among the mi'in, and join them together without writing between them the line "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim," and you placed them in the seven long surahs? What prompted you to that? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have periods of time pass while surahs of numerous verses were being sent down to him. When something was sent down to him, he would call one of those who wrote for him and say: Put this in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned. And when verses were sent down to him, he would say: Put these verses in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned. And when a single verse was sent down to him, he would say: Put this verse in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned. He said: Al-Anfal was among the first of what was sent down in Madinah, and Bara'ah was among the last of what was sent down of the Qur'an. He said: Its story was similar to its story, so we thought it was from it. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was taken, and he had not made clear to us that it was from it. For that reason, I joined between them and did not write between them the line "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim," and I placed them in the seven long surahs.

127. Musnad Ahmad 500Sahih

     أَفْضَلُكُمْ وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ: خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ.

     ✧ The best of you — and Shu'bah said: the best of you — is one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it.

128. Musnad Ahmad 501Hasan

     يَوْمَ الدَّارِ حِينَ حُصِرَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا فَأَنَا صَابِرٌ عَلَيْهِقَالَ قَيْسٌ فَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ

     ✧ On the Day of the House, when he was besieged: The Prophet ﷺ made a covenant to me, and I am patient with it. Qays said: They considered that to be that day.

129. Musnad Ahmad 502Weak

     زَوَّجَنِي مَوْلَايَ جَارِيَةً رُومِيَّةً، فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي، فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ، ثُمَّ وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي، فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ، ثُمَّ طَبِنَ لِي غُلَامٌ رُومِيٌّ قَالَ: حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ: لِأَهْلِي رُومِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: يُوحَنَّسُ، فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ يَعْنِي: بِالرُّومِيَّةِ، فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا، فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ غُلَامًا أَحْمَرَ كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ مِنَ الْوِزْغَانِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَتْ: هَذَا مِنْ يُوحَنَّسَ قَالَ: فَارْتَفَعْنَا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ وَأَقَرَّا جَمِيعًا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: إِنْ شِئْتُمْ قَضَيْتُ بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ قَالَ: حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ: وَجَلَدَهُمَا.

     ✧ My master married me to a Roman slave girl, and I had intercourse with her. She bore me a black boy like me, and I named him Abdullah. Then I had intercourse with her again, and she bore me a black boy like me, and I named him Ubaydullah. Then a Roman slave boy served me — I think he said: a Roman belonging to my family called Yuhannis — and he spoke privately with her in his tongue, meaning in Greek, and had intercourse with her. She bore him a red boy like a gecko from among the geckos. I said to her: What is this? She said: This is from Yuhannis. He said: We brought the case before Uthman b. Affan, and they both confessed. Uthman said: If you wish, I will judge between you with the judgment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the child belongs to the bed. He said: I think he said: And he had them both flogged.

130. Musnad Ahmad 503Sahih

     مَنْ أَتَمَّ الْوُضُوءَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ فَالصَّلَوَاتُ الْمَكْتُوبَاتُ كَفَّارَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ.

     I heard Humran bin Aban telling Abu Burdah in the mosque that he heard ʿUthman bin ʿAffan ؓ narrate from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: “Whoever does wudoo’ properly as enjoined by Allah, the prescribed prayers will be expiations for whatever comes between them.ʿ

131. Musnad Ahmad 504Hasan

     إِنَّا وَاللهِ قَدْ صَحِبْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْحَضَرِ، فَكَانَ يَعُودُ مَرْضَانَا، وَيَتْبَعُ جَنَائِزَنَا، وَيَغْزُو مَعَنَا، وَيُوَاسِينَا بِالْقَلِيلِ وَالْكَثِيرِ، وَإِنَّ نَاسًا يُعْلِمُونِي بِهِ عَسَى أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ أَحَدُهُمْ رَآهُ قَطُّ

     ✧ By Allah, we accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in travel and at home. He used to visit our sick, follow our funerals, raid with us, and share with us the little and the much. Yet some people teach me about him, though perhaps not one of them ever saw him.

132. Musnad Ahmad 505Hasan

     رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ قَاعِدًا فِي الْمَقَاعِدِ، فَدَعَا بِطَعَامٍ مِمَّا مَسَّتْهُ النَّارُ فَأَكَلَهُ، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى، ثُمَّ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: قَعَدْتُ مَقْعَدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَكَلْتُ طَعَامَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، وَصَلَّيْتُ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

     ✧ I saw Uthman sitting in the sitting places. He called for food that had been touched by fire and ate it, then stood for prayer and prayed. Then Uthman said: I sat where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat, ate the food of the Messenger of Allah, and prayed the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

133. Musnad Ahmad 506Sahih

     أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ مَسْجِدَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَكَرِهَ النَّاسُ ذَاكَ، وَأَحَبُّوا أَنْ يَدَعُوهُ عَلَى هَيْئَتِهِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلهِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِثْلَهُ.

     ✧ Uthman wanted to rebuild the mosque of Madinah, but the people disliked that and preferred to leave it as it was. Uthman said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house like it in Paradise.

134. Musnad Ahmad 507Sahih

     مَنْ تَعَمَّدَ عَلَيَّ كَذِبًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ بَيْتًا فِي النَّارِ.

     ✧ Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.

135. Musnad Ahmad 508Hasan

     أَدْخَلَ اللهُ رَجُلًا الْجَنَّةَ كَانَ سَهْلًا مُشْتَرِيًا وَبَائِعًا وَقَاضِيًا، وَمُقْتَضِيًا.

     ✧ Allah admitted a man into Paradise who was easygoing as a buyer, seller, judge, and claimant.

136. Musnad Ahmad 509Sahih

     كُنَّا مَعَ عُثْمَانَ، وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ فِي الدَّارِ قَالَ: وَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَنِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: رَجُلٌ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ، أَوْ زَنَى بَعْدَ إِحْصَانِهِ، أَوْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا، فَيُقْتَلُ بِهَا.

     ✧ We were with Uthman while he was besieged in the house. He said: “Why do you kill me? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘The blood of a Muslim man is not lawful except for one of three reasons: a man who disbelieves after his Islam, or commits adultery after being married, or kills a person and is executed for it.’”

137. Musnad Ahmad 510Sahih

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا، وَعُثْمَانَ يُصَلِّيَانِ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَالْأَضْحَى، ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفَانِ يُذَكِّرَانِ النَّاسَ، قَالَ: وَسَمِعْتُهُمَا يَقُولَانِ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ صِيَامِ هَذَيْنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ

     ✧ I saw Ali and Uthman praying on the day of Fitr and Adha, then they departed and reminded the people. He said: I heard both of them say: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade fasting on these two days.”

138. Musnad Ahmad 511Sahih

     انْطَلَقْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَمَرَرْنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ فِي مَنْزِلِنَا إِذْ جَاءَنَا آتٍ فَقَالَ: النَّاسُ مِنْ فَزَعٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي فَإِذَا النَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى نَفَرٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، قَالَ: فَتَخَلَّلْتُهُمْ حَتَّى قُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَإِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ بِأَسْرَعَ مِنْ أَنْ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ يَمْشِي فَقَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا عَلِيٌّ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا الزُّبَيْرُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا طَلْحَةُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا سَعْدٌ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ مِرْبَدَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ، فَابْتَعْتُهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي قَدِ ابْتَعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: اجْعَلْهُ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا، وَأَجْرُهُ لَكَ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ، فَابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي قَدِ ابْتَعْتُهَا يَعْنِي: بِئْرَ رُومَةَ فَقَالَ: اجْعَلْهَا سِقَايَةً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَجْرُهَا لَكَ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ يَوْمَ جَيْشِ الْعُسْرَةِ فَقَالَ: مَنْ يُجَهِّزُ هَؤُلَاءِ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ، فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ حَتَّى مَا يَفْقِدُونَ خِطَامًا وَلَا عِقَالًا ؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ. قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ.

     ✧ We set out as pilgrims and passed by Madinah. While we were in our lodging, a man came to us and said: “The people are in a state of alarm in the mosque.” So I and my companion went and found the people gathered around a group in the mosque. He said: I made my way through them until I stood over them, and there were Ali b. Abi Talib, al-Zubayr, Talha, and Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas. He said: No sooner had that happened than Uthman came walking and said: “Is Ali here?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “Is al-Zubayr here?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “Is Talha here?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “Is Sa'd here?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever buys the mirbad of Banu So-and-so, Allah will forgive him,’ so I bought it, then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: ‘I have bought it,’ and he said: ‘Make it part of our mosque, and its reward is yours’?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever buys the well of Ruma,’ so I bought it for such-and-such, then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: ‘I have bought it,’ meaning the well of Ruma, and he said: ‘Make it a drinking place for the Muslims, and its reward is yours’?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at the faces of the people on the day of the army of hardship and said: ‘Whoever equips these men, Allah will forgive him,’ so I equipped them until they lacked neither a halter nor a rope’?” They said: “O Allah, yes.” He said: “O Allah, bear witness; O Allah, bear witness; O Allah, bear witness.” Then he departed.

139. Musnad Ahmad 512Graders disagree

     طُفْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ، فَاسْتَلَمْنَا الرُّكْنَ قَالَ يَعْلَى: فَكُنْتُ مِمَّا يَلِي الْبَيْتَ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغْنَا الرُّكْنَ الْغَرْبِيَّ الَّذِي يَلِي الْأَسْوَدَ جَرَرْتُ بِيَدِهِ لِيَسْتَلِمَ، فَقَالَ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَلَا تَسْتَلِمُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ تَطُفْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَهُ يَسْتَلِمُ هَذَيْنِ الرُّكْنَيْنِ الْغَرْبِيَّيْنِ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: أَفَلَيْسَ لَكَ فِيهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَانْفُذْ عَنْكَ.

     ✧ I circumambulated with Uthman, and we touched the corner. Ya'la said: I was on the side facing the House, and when we reached the western corner that is next to the Black Stone, I pulled his hand to make him touch it. He said: “What is the matter with you?” I said: “Will you not touch it?” He said: “Did you not circumambulate with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” I said: “Yes.” He said: “Did you see him touch these two western corners?” I said: “No.” He said: “Is there not for you in him a good example?” I said: “Yes.” He said: “Then go on your way.”

140. Musnad Ahmad 513Hasan

     جَلَسَ عُثْمَانُ يَوْمًا، وَجَلَسْنَا مَعَهُ، فَجَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فِي إِنَاءٍ أَظُنُّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِيهِ مُدٌّ، فَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَمَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي [هَذَا]، ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَصَلَّى صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ الصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ، ثُمَّ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَبِيتَ يَتَمَرَّغُ لَيْلَتَهُ، ثُمَّ إِنْ قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ، وَهُنَّ الْحَسَنَاتُ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ قَالُوا: هَذِهِ الْحَسَنَاتُ، فَمَا الْبَاقِيَاتُ [الصَّالِحَاتُ] يَا عُثْمَانُ ؟ قَالَ: هُنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ

     ✧ Uthman sat one day and we sat with him. The mu'adhdhin came to him, and he called for water in a vessel which I think contained a mudd, and he performed ablution. Then he said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution like this ablution of mine, then he said: ‘Whoever performs ablution like this ablution of mine, then stands and prays the Zuhr prayer, he will be forgiven what is between it and the dawn prayer; then he prays the Asr prayer, he will be forgiven what is between it and the Zuhr prayer; then he prays the Maghrib prayer, he will be forgiven what is between it and the Asr prayer; then he prays the Isha prayer, he will be forgiven what is between it and the Maghrib prayer; then perhaps he spends the night rolling over, then if he gets up, performs ablution, and prays the dawn prayer, he will be forgiven what is between it and the Isha prayer. These are the good deeds that remove the evil deeds.’” They said: “These are the good deeds, so what are the enduring good deeds, O Uthman?” He said: “They are: There is no god but Allah, glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, Allah is most great, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah.”

141. Musnad Ahmad 514Sahih

     أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ، فَأَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ، فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ، فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ: اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ، فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا لِي لَمْ أَرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ، وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لَا يَبْلُغَ إِلَيَّ فِي حَاجَتِهِ. وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ: وَقَالَ جَمَاعَةُ النَّاسِ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ: أَلَا أَسْتَحْيِي مِمَّنْ تَسْتَحْيِي مِنْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ

     ✧ Abu Bakr asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was lying on his bed, wearing Aisha's cloak. He gave permission to Abu Bakr while he was in that state, and he fulfilled his need with him, then he departed. Then Umar asked permission, and he gave permission to him while he was in that state, and he fulfilled his need with him, then he departed. Uthman said: Then I asked permission to enter upon him, and he sat up and said to Aisha: “Gather your clothes around you.” So I fulfilled my need with him, then I departed. Aisha said: “O Messenger of Allah, why did I not see you alarmed for Abu Bakr and Umar as you were alarmed for Uthman?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Uthman is a shy man, and I feared that if I gave him permission while I was in that state, he would not convey his need to me.” Al-Layth said: A group of people said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Aisha: “Should I not be shy of one from whom the angels are shy?”

142. Musnad Ahmad 515Sahih

     أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ...

     ✧ Abu Bakr asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was lying on his bed, wearing Aisha's cloak...

143. Musnad Ahmad 516Sahih

     مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ، فَأَسْبَغَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ مَشَى إِلَى صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ، فَصَلَّاهَا، غُفِرَ لَهُ ذَنْبُهُ.

     ✧ Whoever performs ablution and does it thoroughly, then walks to an obligatory prayer and prays it, his sin will be forgiven.

144. Musnad Ahmad 517Weak

     رَاحَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ حَاجًّا، وَدَخَلَتْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ امْرَأَتُهُ، فَبَاتَ مَعَهَا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، ثُمَّ غَدَا عَلَيْهِ رَدْعُ الطِّيبِ، وَمِلْحَفَةٌ مُعَصْفَرَةٌ مُفَدَّمَةٌ، فَأَدْرَكَ النَّاسَ بِمَلَلٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرُوحُوا، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ عُثْمَانُ انْتَهَرَهُ وَأَفَّفَ، وَقَالَ: أَتَلْبَسُ الْمُعَصْفَرَ، وَقَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَنْهَهُ وَلَا إِيَّاكَ، إِنَّمَا نَهَانِي

     ✧ Uthman went to Makkah for Hajj, and Muhammad b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib's wife entered upon him, and he spent the night with her until morning. Then he went out with traces of perfume and a yellow-dyed, red-tinted wrapper. He caught up with the people at Malal before they departed. When Uthman saw him, he rebuked him and expressed annoyance, saying: “Do you wear yellow-dyed clothing when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade it?” Ali b. Abi Talib said to him: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not forbid him or you; he only forbade me.”

145. Musnad Ahmad 518Sahih

     أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ بِفِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ نَهَرٌ يَجْرِي يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ، مَا كَانَ يُبْقِي مِنْ دَرَنِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا شَيْءَ. قَالَ: فَإِنَّ الصَّلَوَاتِ تُذْهِبُ الذُّنُوبَ كَمَا يُذْهِبُ الْمَاءُ الدَّرَنَ

     ✧ Do you think that if there were at the courtyard of one of you a flowing river in which he bathed five times every day, would any of his dirt remain? They said: “Nothing.” He said: “Indeed, prayers remove sins just as water removes dirt.”

146. Musnad Ahmad 519Weak

     مَنْ غَشَّ الْعَرَبَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِي شَفَاعَتِي، وَلَمْ تَنَلْهُ مَوَدَّتِي.

     ✧ Whoever cheats the Arabs will not enter into my intercession, nor will my affection reach him.

147. Musnad Ahmad 520Graders disagree

     إِنَّ الْجَمَّاءَ لَتُقَصُّ مِنَ الْقَرْنَاءِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

     ✧ Indeed, the hornless animal will retaliate against the horned one on the Day of Resurrection.

148. Musnad Ahmad 521Weak

     شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَأْمُرُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ، وَذَبْحِ الْحَمَامِ

     ✧ I witnessed Uthman, in his sermon, commanding the killing of dogs and the slaughtering of pigeons.

149. Musnad Ahmad 522Hasan

     كَانَ عُثْمَانُ مِنْ أَجْمَلِ النَّاسِ

     ✧ Uthman was one of the most handsome of people.

150. Musnad Ahmad 523Sahih

     كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي، فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ، فَمَنَعْتُهُ، فَأَبَى، فَسَأَلْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، فَقَالَ: لَا يَضُرُّكَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي

     ✧ I was praying when a man passed in front of me, so I tried to stop him, but he refused. So I asked Uthman b. Affan, and he said: It does not harm you, O son of my brother.

151. Musnad Ahmad 524Sahih

     إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ تَضَعُوا رِجْلِي فِي الْقَيْدِ، فَضَعُوهَا

     My father narrated; that his father said: Uthman said: If you find in the Book of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, that you should put my feet in fetters, then do that.

152. Musnad Ahmad 525Hasan

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَفَ بِعَرَفَةَ، وَهُوَ مُرْدِفٌ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَكُلُّ عَرَفَةَ مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ دَفَعَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ، وَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ: السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ وَقَفَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ فَوَقَفَ عَلَى قُزَحَ، وَأَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَكُلُّ مُزْدَلِفَةَ مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ دَفَعَ، وَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ، وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ: السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، السَّكِينَةَ...

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at Arafah, with Usamah b. Zayd riding behind him, and said: This is the standing place, and all of Arafah is a standing place. Then he moved on, traveling at a gentle pace, and the people were striking right and left while he turned and said: Calmness, O people, calmness, O people, until he came to Muzdalifah and combined the two prayers. Then he stood at Muzdalifah, standing upon Quzah, with al-Fadl b. al-Abbas riding behind him, and said: This is the standing place, and all of Muzdalifah is a standing place. Then he moved on, traveling at a gentle pace, and the people were striking right and left while he turned and said: Calmness, O people, calmness...

153. Musnad Ahmad 526Graders disagree

     أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ أَعْتَقَ عِشْرِينَ مَمْلُوكًا، وَدَعَا بِسَرَاوِيلَ، فَشَدَّهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يَلْبَسْهَا فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ، وَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَارِحَةَ فِي الْمَنَامِ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ، وَإِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِي: اصْبِرْ، فَإِنَّكَ تُفْطِرُ عِنْدَنَا الْقَابِلَةَ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمُصْحَفٍ، فَنَشَرَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقُتِلَ وَهُوَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan freed twenty slaves, called for a pair of trousers, and tied them on himself, though he had never worn them in Jahiliyyah or Islam. He said: Last night I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream, and I saw Abu Bakr and Umar, and they said to me: Be patient, for you will break your fast with us tomorrow evening. Then he called for a mus-haf and opened it before him, and he was killed while it was before him.

154. Musnad Ahmad 527Graders disagree

     رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ غَسْلًا

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution. He washed his face three times, his hands three times, and his forearms three times each. He wiped his head and washed his feet thoroughly.

155. Musnad Ahmad 528Hasan

     مَنْ قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ تَفْجَأْهُ فَاجِئَةُ بَلَاءٍ حَتَّى اللَّيْلِ، وَمَنْ قَالَهَا حِينَ يُمْسِي لَمْ تَفْجَأْهُ فَاجِئَةُ بَلَاءٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ

     ✧ Whoever says: 'In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,' three times, no sudden calamity will befall him until nightfall. And whoever says it when evening comes, no sudden calamity will befall him until morning, if Allah wills.

156. Musnad Ahmad 529Graders disagree

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِنَازَةً مُقْبِلَةً، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا قَامَ فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ، وَخَبَّرَنِي أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ

     ✧ He saw a funeral approaching, and when he saw it he stood up and said: I saw Uthman do that, and he informed me that he saw the Prophet ﷺ do it.

157. Musnad Ahmad 530Fabricated

     الصُّبْحَةُ تَمْنَعُ الرِّزْقَ

     ✧ The morning nap prevents sustenance.

158. Musnad Ahmad 531Weak

     شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ دُفِنَ فِي ثِيَابِهِ بِدِمَائِهِ، وَلَمْ يُغَسَّلْ.

     ✧ I witnessed Uthman b. Affan being buried in his clothes, with his blood on them, and he was not washed.

159. Musnad Ahmad 532Weak

     أَظَلَّ اللهُ عَبْدًا فِي ظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ: أَنْظَرَ مُعْسِرًا، أَوْ تَرَكَ لِغَارِمٍ

     ✧ Allah will shade a servant in His shade on the day when there is no shade but His shade: one who gives respite to one in difficulty or forgives a debtor.

160. Musnad Ahmad 533Fabricated

     الصُّبْحَةُ تَمْنَعُ الرِّزْقَ

     ✧ The morning nap prevents sustenance.

161. Musnad Ahmad 534Sahih

     الْمُحْرِمُ لَا يَنْكِحُ وَلَا يُنْكِحُ وَلَا يَخْطُبُ

     ✧ The pilgrim in ihram does not marry, does not give in marriage, and does not propose.

162. Musnad Ahmad 535Sahih

     بَعَثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ، وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ بِنْتَ شَيْبَةَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَلَى ابْنِهِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمَوْسِمِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُرَاهُ أَعْرَابِيًّا ؟ إِنَّ الْمُحْرِمَ لَا يَنْكِحُ وَلَا يُنْكِحُ

     ✧ Umar b. Ubayd Allah b. Mamar sent me - and he was seeking the daughter of Shaybah b. Uthman for his son - so he sent to Aban b. Uthman, while he was on the pilgrimage season, and he said: "Do I not see him as a bedouin? The pilgrim in ihram does not marry and does not give in marriage."

163. Musnad Ahmad 536Weak

     نَعَسَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانُ، فَأَغْفَى فَاسْتَيْقَظَ، فَقَالَ: لَيَقْتُلَنَّنِي الْقَوْمُ. قُلْتُ: كَلَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ، لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَاكَ، إِنَّ رَعِيَّتَكَ اسْتَعْتَبُوكَ، قَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَنَامِي، وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ فَقَالُوا: تُفْطِرُ عِنْدَنَا اللَّيْلَةَ

     ✧ The Commander of the Believers, Uthman, dozed off and then woke up, and said: "The people will surely kill me." I said: "No, if Allah wills, it will not reach that. Your subjects have asked you to redress their grievances." He said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in my dream, and Abu Bakr and Umar, and they said: 'You will break your fast with us tonight.'"