3. ✧ Uthman b. Affan, ᴿᴬ
Musnad al-Bazzar 376No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ
✧ He performed ablution three times, three times, and said, “Thus I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 377No grade recorded
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"، فَوَضَعْتُمُوهُمَا فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ، مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ السُّوَرُ ذَوَاتُ الْعَدَدِ، فَكَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ، قَالَ: ضَعُوهَا فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا. وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْفَالُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ مَا نَزَلَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَبَرَاءَةٌ مِنْ آخِرِهَا نَزَلَ، وَكَانَتْ قِصَّتُهَا تُشْبِهُ قِصَّتَهَا، وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا، فَمِنْ ثَمَّ قَرَنَّا بَيْنَهُمَا، وَلَمْ نَكْتُبْ بَيْنَهُمَا بِسَطْرِ " بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
✧ I said to Uthman, “What led you to take al-Anfal, which is one of the Mathani, and Bara’a, which is one of the Mi’in, and place them together without writing between them the line ‘Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim,’ and put them in one place? What led you to that?” Uthman ؓ said, “Surahs of varying numbers used to be revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When a verse was revealed to him, he would say, ‘Place it in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned.’ Al-Anfal was among the first revealed in Madinah, and Bara’a among the last revealed, and its story resembled its story. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not clarify anything for us about that, so for that reason we placed them together and did not write between them the line ‘Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim.’”
Musnad al-Bazzar 378No grade recorded
نَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Sa’id b. Abi Aruba narrated to us, from Ya’la b. Hakim, from Nafi’, from Ibn Umar, from Uthman, from the Prophet.
Musnad al-Bazzar 379No grade recorded
" لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: زِنًا بَعْدَ إِحْصَانٍ، أَوْ كُفْرٍ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامٍ، أَوْ قَتْلِ نَفْسٍ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيُقْتَلْ بِهِ
✧ “It is not lawful to shed the blood of a Muslim except for one of three: adultery after marriage, disbelief after Islam, or killing a person intentionally, for which he is to be killed.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 380No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَنَامِ، فَقَالَ: " يَا عُثْمَانُ، إِنَّكَ تُفْطِرُ عِنْدَنَا اللَّيْلَةَ، فَأَصْبَحَ صَائِمًا فَقُتِلَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ "
✧ He looked down upon them and said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream, and he said, ‘O Uthman, you will break your fast with us tonight.’” So he began the day fasting and was killed that day.
Musnad al-Bazzar 381No grade recorded
خَلَّفَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَدْرٍ، وَضَرَبَ لِي سَهْمًا، وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ فِي بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ: " فَضَرَبَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ، وَشِمَالُ رَسُولِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ يَمِينِي
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left me behind from Badr and allotted me a share. Uthman said regarding the pledge of al-Ridwan, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck his right hand on his left for me, and the left hand of the Messenger of Allah is better than my right hand.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 382No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا.
✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution three times, three times.
Musnad al-Bazzar 383No grade recorded
إِنِّي أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا مَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ بِكُمْ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: مَنْ حَرَسَ لَيْلَةً مِنْ وَرَاءِ عَوْرَةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا، وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا
✧ I am telling you a hadith that nothing prevented me from telling you except sparing you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever guards one night behind the vulnerable areas of the Muslims is better than a thousand nights in which the night is spent in prayer and the day in fasting.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 384No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُجَامِعُ وَلَا يُنْزِلُ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا الْوُضُوءُ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ
✧ He asked Uthman about a man who has intercourse but does not ejaculate. He said, “He only needs ablution.” Uthman said, “I bear witness that I heard that from the Messenger of Allah.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 385No grade recorded
خَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ حَاجًّا، فَرَأَى عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابٌ مُعَصْفَرَةٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: لِمَ تَلْبَسُ الْمُعَصْفَرَ، وَقَدْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ وَلَا إِيَّاهُ، إِنَّمَا نَهَانِي
✧ Uthman went out for Hajj and saw Abdullah b. Ja’far wearing safflower-dyed clothes. Uthman said to him, “Why do you wear safflower-dyed clothes when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade safflower-dyed clothes?” Ali said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not forbid you or him from safflower-dyed clothes; he only forbade me.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 386No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ ائْتَزَرَ إِلَى نِصْفِ السَّاقِ، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا إِزْرَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ
✧ Uthman tied his waist wrapper up to the middle of his shin and said: "This is how the Messenger of God ﷺ tied his waist wrapper."
Musnad al-Bazzar 387No grade recorded
" مَنْ غَشَّ الْعَرَبَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِي شَفَاعَتِي، وَلَمْ تَنَلْهُ مَوَدَّتِي
✧ "Whoever cheats the Arabs will not enter into my intercession, and my affection will not reach him."
Musnad al-Bazzar 388No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ، فَأَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ، فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالَةِ، فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ، فَجَلَسَ، وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ: " اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ "، قَالَ: فَقَضَيْتُ حَاجَتِي، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: لَمْ أَرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ، كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ، وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ وَأَنَا عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالَةِ لَا يَبْلُغُ إِلَيَّ فِي حَاجَتِهِ
✧ Abu Bakr ؓ sought permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ while he was lying on his bed wearing Aisha's cloak. He granted Abu Bakr permission while he was like that, and he fulfilled his need and then left. Then Umar sought permission to enter upon him while he was in that same state, and he fulfilled his need and then left. Then Uthman sought permission to enter upon him, so he sat up and said to Aisha: "Gather your garments around you." He said: "So I fulfilled my need and then left." Aisha said: "I did not see you alarmed for Abu Bakr and Umar as you were alarmed for Uthman." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Uthman is a shy man, and I feared that if I granted him permission while I was in that state, he would not reach me concerning his need."
Musnad al-Bazzar 389No grade recorded
" أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِأَحَدِهِمْ نَهَرًا جَارِيًا بَيْنَ مَنْزِلِهِ وَمُعْتَمَلِهِ يَغْتَمِسُ فِيهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ هَلْ كَانَ يُبْقِي مِنْ دَرَنِهِ شَيْئًا ؟ " قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: " فَكَذَلِكَ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ
✧ "Do you think that if one of you had a flowing stream between his house and his place of work in which he bathed five times every day, would any of his dirt remain?" They said: "No." He said: "So it is with the five prayers."
Musnad al-Bazzar 390No grade recorded
" مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ وَحِينَ يُمْسِي: بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ، وَإِنْ قَالَهَا حِينَ يُصْبِحُ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَإِنْ قَالَهَا حِينَ يُمْسِي لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ
✧ "Whoever says when he enters upon the morning and when he enters upon the evening: 'In the name of God with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm,' nothing will harm him. And if he says it in the morning, nothing will harm him until evening, and if he says it in the evening, nothing will harm him until morning."
Musnad al-Bazzar 391No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَى زَمْزَمَ، فَقَالَ: انْزِعُوا وَلَوْلَا أَنْ تُغْلَبُوا عَلَيْهَا لَنَزَعْتُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ came to Zamzam and said: "Draw water, and were it not that you would be overcome for it, I would draw too."
Musnad al-Bazzar 392No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِنَازَةً مُقْبِلَةً، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا قَامَ لَهَا قَائِمًا، ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَ: أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ
✧ He saw a funeral procession approaching, and when he saw it he stood up for it. Then he reported that he saw the Messenger of God ﷺ doing that.
Musnad al-Bazzar 393No grade recorded
رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " أَكَلَ خُبْزًا وَلَحْمًا وَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ
✧ He saw the Prophet ﷺ eat bread and meat and then pray without performing ablution.
Musnad al-Bazzar 394No grade recorded
نَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Yahya b. Sa'id narrated to us, from Malik b. Anas, from Nafi', from Nubayh b. Wahb, from Aban, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad al-Bazzar 395No grade recorded
نَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي: ابْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ وَيَعْلَى بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ
✧ Sa'id, meaning Ibn Abi Aruba, narrated to us, from Matar and Ya'la b. Hakim, from Nafi', from Nubayh b. Wahb, from Aban b. Uthman, from Uthman: that the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad al-Bazzar 396No grade recorded
نَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Nafi', from Nubayh b. Wahb, from Aban, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad al-Bazzar 397No grade recorded
نَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Isma'il b. Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Nafi', from Nubayh b. Wahb, from Aban, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad al-Bazzar 398No grade recorded
نَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Sulayman b. Abi Sulayman narrated to us, from Yahya b. Abi Kathir, from Nafi', from Nubayh b. Wahb, from Aban, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ
Musnad al-Bazzar 399No grade recorded
" لَا يَنْكِحُ الْمُحْرِمُ وَلَا يُنْكِحُ
✧ "A person in ihram may not marry, nor arrange a marriage."
Musnad al-Bazzar 400No grade recorded
بَعَثَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ إِلَى أَبَانَ: أَنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ، فَاحْضَرِ النِّكَاحَ، قَالَ: وَذَلِكَ بِمَكَّةَ، وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَبَانُ: أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَنْكِحُ الْمُحْرِمُ وَلَا يُنْكِحُ
✧ Umar b. Abd al-Aziz sent to Aban: 'I intend to marry, so attend the wedding.' He said: 'That was in Makkah, while he was in ihram.' Aban sent back to him: 'I heard Uthman say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A person in ihram may not marry, nor arrange a marriage.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 401No grade recorded
قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: قَالَ فُلَيْحٌ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، وَعَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ ابْنَا نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِمَا، عَنْ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ
✧ Ahmad said: Ishaq said: Fulayh said: And Abd al-A'la and Abd al-Jabbar, the two sons of Nubayh b. Wahb, narrated to me, from their father, from Aban, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ, something similar.
Musnad al-Bazzar 402No grade recorded
نَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Sufyan b. Uyaynah narrated to us, from Ayyub b. Musa, from Nubayh b. Wahb, from Aban b. Uthman, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ
Musnad al-Bazzar 403No grade recorded
نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Muhammad b. Yusuf narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Ayyub b. Musa, from Nubayh b. Wahb, from Aban, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ
Musnad al-Bazzar 404No grade recorded
" إِذَا اشْتَكَى الْمُحْرِمُ عَيْنَهُ ضَمَدَهَا بِالصَّبِرِ
✧ "If a person in ihram has a complaint in his eye, he should bandage it with aloe."
Musnad al-Bazzar 405No grade recorded
" أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَشْفَعُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ، ثُمَّ الشُّهَدَاءُ، ثُمَّ الْمُؤَذِّنُونَ
✧ "The first to intercede on the Day of Resurrection will be the prophets, then the martyrs, then the muezzins."
Musnad al-Bazzar 406No grade recorded
قَالَ لِي أَبِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، إِنْ وَلِيتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ شَيْئًا فَأَكْرِمْ قُرَيْشًا؛ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُرِدْ هَوَانَ قُرَيْشٍ أَهَانَهُ اللهُ
✧ My father said to me: 'O my son, if you are given any authority over the people, honor the Quraysh, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever wishes humiliation for the Quraysh, Allah will humiliate him.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 407No grade recorded
حَضَرْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَوْمَ حُصِرَ وَالنَّاسُ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْجَنَائِزِ، فَلَوْ أَنَّ حَصَاةً أُلْقِيَتْ مَا وَقَعَتْ، أَوْ مَا سَقَطَتْ إِلَّا عَلَى رَأْسِ رَجُلٍ، قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ أَشْرَفَ مِنَ الْخَوْخَةِ الَّتِي تَلِي مَقَامَ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: أَفِيكُمْ طَلْحَةُ ؟ فَسَكَتُوا، فَقَالَ: أَفِيكُمْ طَلْحَةُ ؟ فَسَكَتُوا، فَقَالَ: أَفِيكُمْ طَلْحَةُ ؟ فَسَكَتُوا ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنْ تَكُونَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَسْمَعُ نِدَائِي آخِرَ ثَلَاثِ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَا تُجِيبُنِي، فَقَالَ: أَنْشَدْتُكَ بِاللهِ يَا طَلْحَةُ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَأَنَا وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُ، لَيْسَ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُكَ، فَقَالَ لَكَ: يَا طَلْحَةُ، إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ رَفِيقًا مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ عُثْمَانَ هَذَا رَفِيقِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، فَانْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ
✧ I was present with Uthman on the day he was besieged, and the people were in the area of the funerals. If a pebble had been thrown, it would not have fallen except on a man's head. He said: I saw Uthman look out from the small door that is next to the Station of Jibril ﷺ and say: 'Is Talhah among you?' They remained silent. He said: 'Is Talhah among you?' They remained silent. He said: 'Is Talhah among you?' They remained silent three times. Then Uthman said: 'I never thought you would be in a group that hears my call three times and does not answer me.' He said: 'I adjure you by Allah, O Talhah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was at such-and-such a place, and I and you were with him, no one else but me and you, and he said to you: O Talhah, every prophet has a companion from his nation in Paradise, and this Uthman is my companion in Paradise?' He said: 'O Allah, yes.' Then he turned away from him.
Musnad al-Bazzar 408No grade recorded
يُلْحَدُ بِمَكَّةَ كَبْشٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: عَبْدُ اللهِ، عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ نِصْفِ أَوْزَارِ النَّاسِ
✧ A ram from the Quraysh will be buried in Makkah, called Abdullah, upon him will be the like of half the sins of the people.
Musnad al-Bazzar 409No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ جَلَسَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ فَأَكَلَ خُبْزًا وَلَحْمًا، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ: أَكَلْتُ مَا أَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَجَلَسْتُ مَجْلِسَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَفَعَلْتُ كَمَا فَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ.
✧ Uthman sat in a place and ate bread and meat, then stood up to pray and said: 'I ate what the Prophet ﷺ ate, I sat where the Prophet ﷺ sat, and I did as the Prophet ﷺ did.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 410No grade recorded
تَوَضَّأَ عُثْمَانُ فَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ هَكَذَا.
✧ Uthman performed wudu: he rinsed his mouth three times, sniffed water into his nostrils three times, washed his face three times, his right hand three times, his left hand three times, wiped over his head, and washed his feet three times. Then he said: I saw the Prophet ﷺ perform wudu like this.
Musnad al-Bazzar 411No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed wudu three times for each limb.
Musnad al-Bazzar 412No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: كُنْتُ أَبْتَاعُ التَّمْرَ، وَأَكْتَالُ فِي أَوْعِيَتِي، ثُمَّ أَهْبِطُ بِهِ إِلَى السُّوقِ، فَأَقُولُ فِيهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَآخُذُ رِبْحَهُ، وَأُخَلِّي بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا ابْتَعْتَ فَاكْتَلْ وَإِذَا بِعْتَ فَكِلْ
✧ I heard Uthman say on the pulpit: I used to buy dates and measure them into my containers, then I would take them down to the market and say, for them, such and such [price], and I would take its profit and leave the buyers to deal with it. That reached the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: When you buy, measure; and when you sell, measure out.
Musnad al-Bazzar 413No grade recorded
رَفَعَ عُثْمَانُ صَوْتَهُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ عَلَيَّ، وَقَدْ شَهِدْتُ بَدْرًا، وَلَمْ تَشْهَدْ، وَبَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ تُبَايِعْ، وَفَرَرْتَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَلَمْ أَفِرَّ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: شَهِدْتُ بَدْرًا وَلَمْ أَشْهَدْ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَلَّفَنِي عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ، فَضَرَبَ لِي بِسَهْمٍ وَأَعْطَانِي أَجْرِيَ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ أُبَايِعْ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى أُنَاسٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا احْتُبِسْتُ ضَرَبَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ " فَشِمَالُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ مِنْ يَمِينِي، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: فَرَرْتَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَلَمْ أَفِرَّ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُمْ، فَلِمَ تُعَيِّرُنِي بِذَنْبٍ قَدْ عَفَا اللهُ لِي عَنْهُ ؟ ".
✧ Uthman raised his voice against Abd al-Rahman b. Awf. Abd al-Rahman said to him: Why do you raise your voice against me when I was present at Badr and you were not, and I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you did not, and you fled on the day of Uhud and I did not flee? Uthman said: As for your saying that you were present at Badr and I was not, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left me behind to care for his daughter and allotted me a share and gave me my reward. As for your saying that you pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I did not, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to some people among the polytheists, and you knew that. When I was delayed, he struck his right hand over his left and said: This is for Uthman b. Affan. The left hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better than my right hand. As for your saying that I fled on the day of Uhud and you did not flee, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, 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, and Allah has already forgiven them. So why do you reproach me for a sin that Allah has already forgiven me?
Musnad al-Bazzar 414No grade recorded
لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: رَجُلٌ زَنَى بَعْدَ إِحْصَانٍ، أَوْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامٍ، أَوْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُتَعَمِّدًا
✧ The blood of a Muslim man is not lawful except for one of three reasons: a man who commits adultery after being married, or one who disbelieves after Islam, or one who kills a person deliberately.
Musnad al-Bazzar 415No grade recorded
لَا تَبِيعُوا الدِّينَارَ بِالدِّينَارَيْنِ وَلَا الدِّرْهَمَ بِالدِّرْهَمَيْنِ
✧ Do not sell a dinar for two dinars, nor a dirham for two dirhams.
Musnad al-Bazzar 416No grade recorded
مَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، إِلَّا أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوْعَى أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْهُ، لَكِنْ أَشْهَدُ لَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: مَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ.
✧ Nothing prevents me from narrating from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except that I might be the most retentive of his companions regarding 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.
Musnad al-Bazzar 417No grade recorded
مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire.
Musnad al-Bazzar 418No grade recorded
" مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلهِ بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِثْلَهُ
✧ Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him something like it in Paradise.
Musnad al-Bazzar 419No grade recorded
" نَهَى عَنِ الْحَرِيرِ، إِلَّا قَدْرَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ.
✧ He forbade silk, except the amount of two fingers.
Musnad al-Bazzar 420No grade recorded
" لَيُقْتَصُّ لِلْجَمَّاءِ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْقَرْنِ
✧ Retaliation will be taken for the hornless sheep from the horned one.
Musnad al-Bazzar 421No grade recorded
" مَنِ اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ - أَوْ مَا اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَا رَجُلٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ - إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ النَّارَ "، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ مَاشِيًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ.
✧ No man's feet become dusty in the path of Allah—or no man's feet become dusty in the path of Allah—except that Allah makes the Fire forbidden for him. I never saw more people walking than on that day.
Musnad al-Bazzar 422No grade recorded
بَلَغَ عُثْمَانَ أَنَّ وَفْدَ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ، قَدْ أَقْبَلُوا فَتَلَقَّاهُمْ فِي قَرْيَةٍ لَهُ خَارِجًا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، فَلَمَّا عَلِمُوا بِمَكَانِهِ أَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا: ادْعُ لَنَا بِالْمُصْحَفِ، فَدَعَى - يَعْنِي بِهِ - فَقَالَ: افْتَحْ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا أَنْـزَلَ اللهُ لَكُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَجَعَلْتُمْ مِنْهُ حَرَامًا وَحَلالا قُلْ آللهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ أَمْ عَلَى اللهِ تَفْتَرُونَ فَقَالُوا: أَحِمَى اللهِ أَذِنَ لَكَ بِهِ أَمْ عَلَى اللهِ تَفْتَرِي ؟ فَقَالَ: امْضِ، نَزَلَتْ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَأَمَّا الْحِمَى، فَإِنَّ عُمَرَ حَمَى الْحِمَى لِإِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَلَمَّا وُلِّيتُ فَعَلْتُ الَّذِي فَعَلَ، وَمَا زِدْتُ عَلَى مَا زَادَ، قَالَ: وَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَالَ: وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ ابْنُ كَذَا سَنَةٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ: امْضِهْ، نَزَلَتْ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ عَرَفَهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ فِيهَا مَخْرَجٌ، فَقَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا تُرِيدُونَ ؟ قَالُوا: نُرِيدُ أَلَّا يَأْخُذَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَطَاءَ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ لِلَّذِي قَاتَلَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلِهَذِهِ الشُّيُوخِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَرَضِيَ وَرَضُوا، قَالَ: وَأَخَذُوا عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: وَأُرَاهُ كَتَبُوا عَلَيْهِ كِتَابًا، وَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلَا يَشُقُّوا عَصًى، وَلَا يُفَارِقُوا جَمَاعَةً قَالَ: فَرَضِيَ وَرَضُوا، وَأَقْبَلُوا مَعَهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ وَفْدًا هُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَفْدِ، أَلَا مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ زَرْعٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِزَرْعِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ ضَرْعٌ فَلْيَحْتَلِبْهُ، أَلَا إِنَّهُ لَا مَالَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَنَا، إِنَّمَا هَذَا الْمَالُ لِمَنْ قَاتَلَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلِهَذِهِ الشُّيُوخِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ النَّاسُ، وَقَالُوا: هَذَا مَكْرُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، وَرَجَعَ الْوَفْدُ رَاضِينَ، فَلَمَّا كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ إِذَا رَاكِبٌ يَتَعَرَّضُ لَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يُفَارِقُهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيَسُبُّهُمْ، فَأَخَذُوهُ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ إِنَّ لَكَ لَشَأْنًا، فَقَالَ: أَنَا رَسُولُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ بِمِصْرَ، فَفَتَّشُوهُ فَإِذَا مَعَهُ كِتَابٌ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُثْمَانَ عَلَيْهِ خَاتَمُهُ أَنْ يَصْلُبَهُمْ، أَوْ يَضْرِبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ، أَوْ يَقْطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ، قَالَ: فَرَجَعُوا، وَقَالُوا: قَدْ نَقَضَ الْعَهْدَ، وَأَحَلَّ اللهُ دَمَهُ، فَقَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَتَوْا عَلِيًّا، فَقَالُوا: أَلَمْ تَرَ عَدُوَّ اللهِ كَتَبَ فِينَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا، قُمْ مَعَنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أَقُومُ مَعَكُمْ، قَالُوا: فَلِمَ كَتَبْتَ إِلَيْنَا ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا قَطُّ، فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: أَلِهَذَا تُقَاتِلُونَ أَمْ لِهَذَا تَغْضَبُونَ، وَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ، فَنَزَلَ قَرْيَةً خَارِجًا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَتَوْا عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالُوا: أَكَتَبْتَ فِينَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا هُمَا اثْنَتَانِ أَنْ تُقِيمُوا شَاهِدَيْنِ، أَوْ يَمِينَ اللهِ: مَا كَتَبْتُ وَلَا أَمْلَيْتُ وَلَا عَلِمْتُ، وَقَدْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الْكِتَابَ يُكْتَبُ عَلَى لِسَانِ الرَّجُلِ، وَقَدْ يُنْقَشُ الْخَاتَمُ عَلَى الْخَاتَمِ، قَالَ: فَحَصَرُوهُ، فَأَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، قَالَ: فَمَا أَسْمَعُ أَحَدًا رَدَّ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَرُدَّ رَجُلٌ فِي نَفْسِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَعَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ مِنْ مَالِي أَسْتَعْذِبُ بِهَا، فَجَعَلْتُ رِشَائِي كَرِشَاءِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ قِيلَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَعَلَامَ تَمْنَعُونِي أَنْ أَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا ؟ حَتَّى أُضْطَرَّ عَلَى مَاءِ الْبَحْرِ، قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَعَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ مَالِي فَزِدْتُهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَهَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَحَدًا مُنِعَ فِيهِ الصَّلَاةَ قَبْلِي ؟ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أَشْيَاءَ، قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأُرَاهُ ذَكَرَ كِتَابَتَهُ الْمُفَصَّلَ بِيَدِهِ، قَالَ: فَفَشَا النَّهْيُ، وَقِيلَ مَهْلًا عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ رَوَاهُ إِلَّا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ.
✧ It reached ‘Uthmān that the delegation of the people of Egypt had set out, so he met them at a village of his outside al-Madīnah, and he disliked that they should enter upon him—or something like that. When they learned of his location, they came to him and said, “Call for the muṣḥaf for us.” So he called for one—meaning by it—and said, “Open it.” He recited until he reached this verse: “Say, ‘Have you seen what Allah has sent down for you of provision, and you made of it unlawful and lawful?’ Say, ‘Has Allah permitted you, or do you fabricate against Allah?’” They said, “Did Allah’s protected pasture permit you to do this, or do you fabricate against Allah?” He said, “Continue; it was revealed concerning such-and-such. As for the protected pasture, ‘Umar protected the pasture for the camels of the zakāh. When I was appointed, I did as he did, and I did not increase beyond what he increased.” I think he said, “And at that time I was a man of such-and-such years.” Then he said, “They asked him about matters, and he kept saying, ‘Continue; it was revealed concerning such-and-such.’ Then they asked him about matters he recognized for which he had no way out, and he said, ‘Seek Allah’s forgiveness.’ Then he said, ‘What do you want?’ They said, ‘We want that the people of al-Madīnah should not receive stipends, for this wealth belongs to those who fought for it and to these elders among the Companions of Muḥammad ﷺ.’” He said, “So he accepted and they accepted.” He said, “And they took an undertaking from him.” I think they wrote a document against him, and he took an undertaking from them that they would not split the stick or separate from the community. He said, “So he accepted and they accepted, and they set off with him to al-Madīnah. He ascended the pulpit, praised Allah, and extolled Him, then said, ‘By Allah, I have never seen a delegation better than this delegation. Indeed, whoever has crops should go to his crops, and whoever has a milking animal should milk it. Indeed, you have no wealth with us; this wealth is for those who fought for it and for these elders among the Companions of Muḥammad ﷺ.’” He said, “The people became angry and said, ‘This is a trick of the Umayyads.’ The delegation returned satisfied. When they were on part of the road, a rider appeared to them, then left them, then returned to them and insulted them. They seized him and said, ‘What is your business? You have some matter.’ He said, ‘I am the messenger of the Commander of the Believers to his governor in Egypt.’ They searched him and found with him a letter in ‘Uthmān’s name, sealed with his seal, ordering that they be crucified or their necks struck or their hands and feet cut off.” He said, “So they returned and said, ‘He has broken the pact, and Allah has made his blood lawful.’ They came to al-Madīnah and went to ‘Alī and said, ‘Did you not see the enemy of Allah writing about us such-and-such? Stand with us against him.’ He said, ‘By Allah, I will not stand with you.’ They said, ‘Then why did you write to us?’ He said, ‘By Allah, I never wrote you any letter.’ They looked at one another, then some of them said, ‘Is it for this you fight, or for this you become angry?’ ‘Alī left and settled in a village outside al-Madīnah. They came to ‘Uthmān and said, ‘Did you write about us such-and-such?’ He said, ‘There are only two options: either you bring two witnesses, or I swear by Allah: I did not write, dictate, or know. You know that a letter can be written in a man’s name and a seal can be engraved on a seal.’” He said, “So they besieged him. One day he looked over them and said, ‘Peace be upon you.’ He said, ‘I did not hear anyone answer him except a man who answered in himself.’ He said, ‘I adjure you by Allah, do you know that I bought the well of Rūmah with my own money to drink sweet water from it, and I made my rope like the rope of any Muslim?’ It was said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Then why do you prevent me from drinking its water, until I am forced to seawater?’ He said, ‘I adjure you by Allah, do you know that I bought such-and-such with my own money and added it to the mosque?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Do you know of anyone prevented from praying there before me?’ Then he mentioned things the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, and I think he mentioned his writing of al-Mufaṣṣal with his own hand.” He said, “So the prohibition spread, and it was said, ‘Wait regarding the Commander of the Believers.’” This ḥadīth we do not know anyone narrated except al-Mu‘tamir b. Sulaymān from his father.
Musnad al-Bazzar 423No grade recorded
انْطَلَقْنَا حُجَّاجًا وَدَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَإِنَّا لَنَضَعُ رِحَالَنَا إِذْ أَتَانَا آتٍ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ فَزِعَ النَّاسُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي فَإِذَا النَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى نَفَرٍ فَتَخَلَّلْتُهُمْ، فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَسَعْدٌ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَسْرَعَ مِنْ أَنْ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ يَمْشِي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَيْهِ مُلَاءَتَانِ أَوْ مُلَاءَةٌ صُفْرٌ، قَدْ رَفَعَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي: كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهُمْ، قِيلَ: هَذَا ابْنُ عَفَّانَ فَقَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا عَلِيٌّ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا طَلْحَةُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا الزُّبَيْرُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا سَعْدٌ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ مِرْبَدَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ، فَابْتَعْتُهُ بِعِشْرِينَ أَوْ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي قَدِ ابْتَعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: " اجْعَلْهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ - أَوْ قَالَ: اجْعَلْهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ - وَأَجْرُهُ لَكَ ". فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: " مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ " فَابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي قَدِ ابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: " اجْعَلْهَا سِقَايَةً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَجْرُهَا لَكَ "، فَقَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ يَوْمَ جَيْشِ الْعُسْرَةِ، فَقَالَ: " مَنْ جَهَّزَ هَؤُلَاءِ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ " فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ حَتَّى مَا يَفْقِدُونَ خِطَامًا وَلَا عِقَالًا، قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدِ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ
✧ We set out as pilgrims and entered al-Madīnah. While we were placing our saddles, a man came to us and said, “The people have gathered in the mosque in alarm.” He said, “So I and my companion went, and there were the people gathered in the middle of the mosque around a group. I made my way through them, and there were ‘Alī, al-Zubayr, Ṭalḥah, and Sa‘d. It was not long before ‘Uthmān came walking in the mosque wearing two yellow wraps or one yellow wrap, which he had raised over his head. I said to my companion, ‘Stay where you are until I see what he has come for.’ When he drew near them, it was said, ‘This is Ibn ‘Affān.’ He said, ‘Is ‘Alī here?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Is Ṭalḥah here?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Is al-Zubayr 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 Banū so-and-so, Allah will forgive him,” and I bought it for twenty or twenty-five thousand and came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “I have bought it,” and he said, “Put it in the mosque—or he said, in the mosque of 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 said, “Whoever buys the well of Rūmah, Allah will forgive him,” and I bought it for such-and-such and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “I have bought it for such-and-such,” and he said, “Make it a watering place for the Muslims, and its reward is yours”?’ They said, ‘O Allah, 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,” and I equipped them until they lacked neither a nose-rein nor a hobble’? They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘O Allah, bear witness; O Allah, bear witness,’ three times, then he left.
Musnad al-Bazzar 424No grade recorded
" غَفَرَ اللهُ لِرَجُلٍ سَهْلًا إِذَا بَاعَ، سَهْلًا إِذَا اشْتَرَى، سَهْلًا إِذَا قَضَى، سَهْلًا إِذَا اقْتَضَى
✧ May Allah forgive a man who is easygoing when he sells, easygoing when he buys, easygoing when he settles a debt, and easygoing when he collects a debt.
Musnad al-Bazzar 425No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ وَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا، وَخَلَّلَ أَصَابِعَ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَخَلَّلَ لِحْيَتَهُ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ قَبْلَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَالَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ
✧ I saw ‘Uthmān perform ablution: he washed his palms three times, washed his face three times, rinsed his mouth three times, sniffed water into his nose three times, washed his forearms three times each, wiped his head and his ears, their outside and inside, passed his fingers between his toes, and passed his fingers through his beard three times. Then he washed his face before his hands. Then he said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do just as you saw me do.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 426No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا، وَعُثْمَانَ " تَوَضَّيَا ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَا: هَكَذَا رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ
✧ I saw ‘Alī and ‘Uthmān perform ablution three times each, and they said, “This is how we saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution.”
Musnad al-Bazzar 427No grade recorded
لَقِيَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْتِي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا تَغْشَاهُ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَبْلِغْهُ عَنِّي أَنِّي لَمْ أَغِبْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ، وَلَمْ أَفِرَّ يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنِ، فَبَلَغَ عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: لَمْ أَغِبْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ فَإِنِّي تَخَلَّفْتُ عَلَى ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَضَرَبَ لِي بِسَهْمِي، وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمٍ فَكَأَنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَهُ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: لَمْ أَفِرَّ يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَنْ فَرَّ، فَلِمَ يُعَيِّرُنِي بِذَنْبٍ قَدْ عَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُ ".
✧ Al-Walīd b. ‘Uqbah met ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. ‘Awf and said, “Why do you not come to the Commander of the Believers and visit him?” ‘Abd al-Raḥmān said to him, “Convey to him from me that I was not absent from Badr, and I did not flee on the day of ‘Aynayn.” This reached ‘Uthmān, and he said, “As for his saying, ‘I was not absent from Badr,’ I stayed behind to care for the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he allotted me my share. Whoever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted a share, it is as if he was present. As for his saying, ‘I did not flee on the day of ‘Aynayn,’ Allah, mighty and majestic, has forgiven all those who fled. So why reproach me for a sin Allah has forgiven?”
Musnad al-Bazzar 428No grade recorded
خَيْرُكُمْ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَفْضَلُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ
✧ The best of you—and the other said: the most excellent of you—is the one who learns the Qur’an and teaches it.
Musnad al-Bazzar 429No grade recorded
نَا قَيْسٌ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ
✧ Qays narrated to us, from ‘Alqamah b. Marthad, from Sa‘d b. ‘Ubaydah, from Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, from ‘Uthmān, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.
Musnad al-Bazzar 430No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ نَشَدَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَذَكَرَ نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَتَحَرَّكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اثْبُتْ فَمَا عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ أَوْ شَهِيدٌ. أَحْسَبُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ
✧ He adjured them, saying, “Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on Ḥirā’ with me, and Abū Bakr, and he mentioned some people of his Companions, and it moved. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Be still, for upon you is none but a prophet, a ṣiddīq, or a martyr.’ I think so.” He said, “They said, ‘Yes.’”
Musnad al-Bazzar 431No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَدْ خَالَفَ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ، فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ. وَنَحْنُ فَلَمْ نَحْفَظْهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَلَا رَوَاهُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ إِلَّا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ جَبَلَةَ
✧ My father narrated to me, from Shu‘bah, from Abū Isḥāq, from Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, from ‘Uthmān, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly. This ḥadīth we do not know is reported from ‘Uthmān except through this channel that we mentioned, unless Yūnus b. Abī Isḥāq differed in its chain and reported it from his father, from Abū Salamah. We have not memorized it except from the ḥadīth of Abū Isḥāq, from Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, and no one reported it from Shu‘bah except ‘Uthmān b. Jabalah.
Musnad al-Bazzar 432No grade recorded
قَدِمْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ: مَا بَقِيَ مِنْكَ لِلنِّسَاءِ ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: ادْنُ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ، وَكُنْتُ شَابًّا فَدَنَوْتُ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فِتْيَةٍ عُزَّابٍ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ ذَا طَوْلٍ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ؛ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلطَّرْفِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ، وَمَنْ لَا فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ ".
✧ We came with ‘Abdullāh to ‘Uthmān, and ‘Uthmān said to ‘Abdullāh, “What remains of your desire for women?” ‘Abdullāh said, “Come close, ‘Alqamah,” and I was a young man, so I came close. ‘Uthmān said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to a group of unmarried young men and said, ‘Whoever among you has the means should marry, for it lowers the gaze and guards the private parts; and whoever cannot, let him fast, for it is a shield for him.’”
Musnad al-Bazzar 433No grade recorded
إِنَّا قَدْ صَحِبْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْحَضَرِ، فَكَانَ " يَعُودُ مَرْضَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيَشْهَدُ جَنَائِزَهُمْ، أَوْ قَالَ: يَتْبَعُ جَنَائِزَهُمْ ".
✧ We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in travel and at home, and he used to visit the sick among the Muslims and attend their funerals—or he said, follow their funerals.
Musnad al-Bazzar 434No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ يَوْمَ الدَّارِ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدًا وَأَنَا صَابِرٌ نَفْسِي عَلَيْهِ.
✧ That Uthman said on the Day of the House: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a covenant with me, and I am patiently restraining myself for it.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 435No grade recorded
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 half the night in prayer, and whoever prays Isha and Fajr in congregation is like standing the whole night in prayer.
Musnad al-Bazzar 436No grade recorded
كَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَأْمُرُ بِهَا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِعَلِيٍّ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا تَمَتَّعْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ، وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا خَائِفِينَ
✧ Uthman used to forbid mut'ah, and Ali used to command it. Uthman said to Ali about that. Ali said: 'You know that we performed mut'ah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'Yes, but we were afraid.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 437No grade recorded
جَلَسَ عُثْمَانُ عَلَى الْمَقَاعِدِ وَجَلَسْنَا مَعَهُ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ يَكُونُ قَدْرَ مُدٍّ فَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَمَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ، أَوْ قَالَ الصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ إِنْ قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ الظُّهْرِ، وَهُنَّ الْحَسَنَاتُ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ، قَالُوا: هَذِهِ الْحَسَنَاتُ، فَمَا الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: هِيَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ ".
✧ Uthman sat on the benches and we sat with him. When the mu'adhdhin came, he called for water about a mudd, and performed wudu. Then he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform wudu like this wudu of mine.' Then he said: 'Whoever performs wudu like my wudu, then stands and prays Zuhr, he will be forgiven for what is between it and Asr prayer. And whoever prays Asr, he will be forgiven for what is between it and Maghrib prayer. And whoever prays Maghrib, he will be forgiven for what is between it and Isha prayer. And whoever prays Isha, he will be forgiven for what is between it and Fajr prayer—or he said Subh prayer. Then if he gets up, performs wudu, and prays, he will be forgiven for what is between it and Zuhr. These are the good deeds that remove the evil deeds.' They said: 'These are the good deeds. So what are the enduring righteous deeds?' Uthman said: 'They are: La ilaha illa Allah, Subhan Allah wa bi-hamdih, Allahu Akbar, Al-hamdu lillah, and La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 438No grade recorded
يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: كُنْتُ كَتَمْتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ بَدَا لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ لِيَخْتَارَ امْرُؤٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ مِمَّا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ.
✧ He said on the minbar: 'I used to conceal from you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then it occurred to me to narrate it to you so that a man may choose for himself what seems best to him. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Ribat for one day in the path of Allah is better than a thousand days in any other station."'
Musnad al-Bazzar 439No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَعُثْمَانَ يُصَلِّيَانِ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَالْأَضْحَى، وَيَذْكُرَانِ أَوْ يَقُولَانِ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صِيَامِ هَذَيْنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ
✧ I saw Ali b. Abi Talib and Uthman praying on the day of Fitr and Adha, and they mentioned or said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade fasting on these two days.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 440No grade recorded
زَوَّجَنِي أَهْلِي أَمَةً لَهُمْ، فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي، ثُمَّ عَلِقَهَا عَبْدٌ رُومِيُّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: يُحَنَّسُ، فَحَمَلَتْ، فَوَلَدَتْ آخَرَ كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةُ الْوِزْغَانِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَتْ: هُوَ لِيُحَنِّسَ، فَأَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ: أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْوَلَدِ لِلْفِرَاشِ، وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ وَحْدَهَا، ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا مِثْلِي، أَسْوَدَيْنِ وَأَحْمَرَ، فَكَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَيَّ
✧ My family married me to a slave woman of theirs. She gave birth to a black boy like me. Then a Roman slave called Yuhannis had relations with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to another who was like a gecko of the geckos. I said: 'What is this?' She said: 'He belongs to Yuhannis.' I went to Uthman and mentioned that to him. He sent for her and said: 'I judge between you two by the judgment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ judged that the child belongs to the bed, and for the adulterer is the stone. Alone.' Then she became pregnant and gave birth to a boy like me, two black ones and a red one, and they were attributed to me.
Musnad al-Bazzar 441No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى ابْنِ دَارَةَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَسَمِعَنِي وَأَنَا أُمَضْمِضُ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَقُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ، قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ وَهُوَ بِالْمَقَاعِدِ، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى وُضُوئِي هَذَا
✧ I entered upon Ibn Dara in his house, and he heard me rinsing my mouth. He said: 'O Muhammad.' I said: 'At your service.' He said: 'Shall I inform you about the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I saw Uthman b. Affan while he was at the benches. He called for water for wudu, rinsed his mouth three times, sniffed water three times, washed his face three times, wiped his head, washed his forearms, and washed his feet. Then he said: "Whoever loves to look at the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, let him look at this wudu of mine."'
Musnad al-Bazzar 442No grade recorded
" الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ، وَرَدْأُ الْإِيمَانِ فِي قَحْطَانَ، وَالْقَسْوَةُ فِي وَلَدِ عَدْنَانَ، حِمْيَرُ رَأْسُ الْعَرَبِ وَنَابُهَا، وَمَذْحِجٌ هَامَتُهَا وَعِصْمَتُهَا، وَالْأَزْدُ كَاهِلُهَا وَجُمْجُمَتُهَا، وَهَمْدَانُ غَارِبُهَا وَذُرْوَتُهَا، اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الْأَنْصَارَ الَّذِينَ أَقَامَ اللهُ بِهِمُ الدِّينَ، الَّذِينَ آوَوْنِي وَنَصَرُونِي وَحَمَوْنِي، وَهُمْ أَصْحَابِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَشِيعَتِي فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي
✧ Faith is Yemeni, and the support of faith is in Qahtan. Harshness is in the descendants of Adnan. Himyar is the head of the Arabs and their fang. Madhhij is their skull and their protection. Al-Azd is their shoulder and their cranium. Hamdan is their withers and their summit. O Allah, honor the Ansar, by whom Allah established the religion, who sheltered me, helped me, and protected me. They are my companions in this world and my followers in the Hereafter, and the first of my ummah to enter Paradise.
Musnad al-Bazzar 443No grade recorded
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ لِيَتَوَضَّأَ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنِ امْرِئٍ تَحْضُرُهُ صَلَاةٌ مَكْتُوبَةٌ، فَيُحْسِنُ وُضُوءَهَا وَخُشُوعَهَا وَرُكُوعَهَا إِلَّا كَانَتْ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا قَبْلَهَا مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ " أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: " مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ كَبِيرَةً، وَذَلِكَ الدَّهْرَ كُلَّهُ ".
✧ We were sitting with Uthman, and he called for water to perform wudu. He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "There is no person for whom a prescribed prayer comes, and he perfects its wudu, its humility, and its bowing, except that it becomes an expiation for the sins before it."' I think he said: 'As long as it is not a major sin, and that for all time.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 444No grade recorded
أَغْفَى عُثْمَانُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي قُتِلَ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَوْلَا أَنْ تَقُولُوا: أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ تَمَنَّى أُمْنِيَّتَهُ لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ، قَالَ: قُلْنَا
✧ Uthman dozed on the day he was killed, then woke up. Then he said: 'Were it not that you would say that Uthman wished his wish, I would have narrated to you.' He said: 'We said.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 445No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا كَثِيرُ لَا أُرَانِي إِلَّا مَقْتُولًا مِنْ يَوْمِي هَذَا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَنْصُرُكَ اللهُ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَعَادَ عَلَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: قِيلَ لَكَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ سَهِرْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ الصُّبْحِ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ، فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ: " يَا عُثْمَانُ، لَا تَحْبِسْنَا فَإِنَّا نَنْتَظِرُكَ " فَقُتِلَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: الْقَائِلُ لِعُثْمَانَ كَثِيرٌ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى.
✧ I entered upon Uthman while he was besieged. He said: 'O Kathir, I do not think I will be anything but killed this day of mine.' He said: 'I said: "May Allah give you victory over your enemy."' He said: 'Then he repeated to me, and I said to him: "Were you told something about it?" He said: "No, but I stayed awake this night. When it was near dawn, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and Umar. The Prophet of Allah said: 'O Uthman, do not detain us, for we are waiting for you.'" So he was killed that day of his.' He said: 'I said: "Was the one who said to Uthman, Kathir?" He said: "Yes."
Musnad al-Bazzar 447No grade recorded
مَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ حَقٌّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ.
✧ Whoever dies knowing that Allah is true will enter Paradise.
Musnad al-Bazzar 448No grade recorded
مَنْ أَتَمَّ الْوُضُوءَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ، فَالصَّلَوَاتُ الْمَكْتُوبَةُ كَفَّارَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ ".
✧ Whoever completes the ablution as Allah has commanded him, the prescribed prayers are expiations for what is between them.
Musnad al-Bazzar 449No grade recorded
نَا مِسْعَرٌ، عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ
✧ Mis'ar narrated to us, from Jami' b. Shaddad, from Humran, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ something similar.
Musnad al-Bazzar 450No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ هَكَذَا، وَقَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ دُونَ هَذَا كَفَاهُ.
✧ I saw Uthman perform ablution: he washed his hands three times, washed his face three times, washed his forearms three times, wiped his head three times, and washed his feet three times. Then he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution like this, and he said: Whoever performs ablution with less than this, it suffices him.
Musnad al-Bazzar 451No grade recorded
دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ.
✧ He called for water for ablution.
Musnad al-Bazzar 452No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَظَهْرِ قَدَمَيْهِ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا تَسْأَلُونَ مَا أَضْحَكَنِي ؟ فَقُلْنَا: مَا أَضْحَكَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ: ضَحِكْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ قَرِيبًا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ، فَتَوَضَّأَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا تَوَضَّأْتُ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ كَمَا ضَحِكْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي مَا أَضْحَكَنِي ؟ قُلْنَا: مَا أَضْحَكَكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَضْحَكَنِي أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ حَطَّ اللهُ عَنْهُ كُلَّ خَطِيئَةٍ أَصَابَ بِوَجْهِهِ، فَإِذَا غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ، فَإِذَا مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ، فَإِذَا طَهَّرَ قَدَمَيْهِ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ.
✧ He called for water for ablution, rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, washed his face three times, and his forearms three times each, wiped his head and the tops of his feet, then laughed and said: Will you not ask me what made me laugh? We said: What made you laugh, O Commander of the Believers? He said: I laughed because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for water for ablution near this place, and the Prophet of Allah ﷺ performed ablution as I have performed ablution, then laughed as I laughed, then said: Will you not ask me what made me laugh? We said: What made you laugh, O Prophet of Allah? He said: It made me laugh that when a servant performs ablution and washes his face, Allah removes from him every sin his face committed; when he washes his forearms, it is the same; when he wipes his head, it is the same; when he purifies his feet, it is the same.
Musnad al-Bazzar 453No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ
✧ Muhammad b. al-Muthanna narrated to us, Mu'adh b. Hisham narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Qatada, from Humran, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ, and Mu'adh b. Hisham did not say: from his father, from Qatada, from Muslim b. Yasar.
Musnad al-Bazzar 454No grade recorded
دَعَا عُثْمَانُ بِوَضُوءٍ، وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بَارِدَةٍ فَجِئْتُهُ بِمَاءٍ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: حَسْبُكَ قَدْ أَسْبَغْتَ الْوُضُوءَ، وَاللَّيْلَةُ شَدِيدَةُ الْبَرْدِ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يُسْبِغُ عَبْدٌ الْوُضُوءَ إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ.
✧ Uthman called for water for ablution, intending to go out for prayer on a cold night. I brought him water, and he washed his face and hands. I said: That is enough for you; you have completed the ablution, and the night is severely cold. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A servant does not complete the ablution except that Allah forgives him his past and future sins.
Musnad al-Bazzar 455No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ أَتَى بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى الْوُضُوءِ وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ
✧ He was brought water and performed ablution: he rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, washed his face three times, and his hands three times each, and wiped his head until he completed the ablution, and said: This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution.
Musnad al-Bazzar 456No grade recorded
نَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوٍ مِنْهُ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ هِشَامٌ، وَرَوَاهُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ جَمَاعَةٌ، أَحَدُهُمْ شُعْبَةُ، فَاجْتَزَأْنَا بِمَنْ ذَكَرْنَاهُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ، وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْهُ. وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ
✧ Abu 'Amir narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from his father, from 'Urwa, from Humran, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ something similar. This hadith was narrated from 'Urwa by Hisham, and it was narrated from Hisham by a group, one of them being Shu'ba, so we sufficed with those we mentioned from Hisham. Abu al-Aswad narrated it from 'Urwa, from Humran, from Uthman, and Ibn Lahi'a narrated it from him. 'Abd Allah b. Abi Bakr narrated it from 'Urwa, from Humran, from Uthman.
Musnad al-Bazzar 457No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution three times each.
Musnad al-Bazzar 458No grade recorded
نُودِيَ يَوْمًا بِالصَّلَاةِ وَأَنَا مَعَ عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ يَرُوحُ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَتْ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا
✧ One day the call to prayer was given while I was with Uthman. Uthman ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "No Muslim performs ablution and perfects it, then goes to an obligatory prayer, except that it is an expiation for what occurred between it and the next prayer."
Musnad al-Bazzar 459No grade recorded
نَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - ﷺ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدَّثَ بِهِ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ ابْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ، فَلَمْ يُوصِلْهُ كَمَا وَصَلَهُ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ
✧ Abu 'Awana narrated to us, from 'Asim, from al-Musayyib, from Musa b. Talha, from Humran, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ. This hadith was narrated by Hammad b. Salama, from 'Asim b. Bahdala, but he did not connect it as Abu 'Awana connected it.
Musnad al-Bazzar 460No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ كَمَا تَوَضَّأْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ فِيهِمَا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ
✧ Uthman performed ablution: he rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, washed his face three times, his hands three times, wiped his head, and washed his feet three times. Then he said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution just as I have performed ablution. Then he said: 'Whoever performs ablution like this ablution of mine, then prays two rak'ahs without letting his mind wander during them, his previous sins will be forgiven.'"
Musnad al-Bazzar 461No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ، نَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ
✧ And Ahmad b. Mansur b. Sayyar narrated to us: 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Ma'mar informed us: from al-Zuhri, from 'Ata' b. Yazid, from Humran, from Uthman, from the Prophet ﷺ with something similar.
Musnad al-Bazzar 462No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ عُرْوَةُ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَى عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ إِلَّا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ
✧ And 'Urwa narrated it to me, from Humran, from Uthman. We do not know that 'Ata' b. Yazid narrated from Humran, from Uthman, except this hadith.
Musnad al-Bazzar 463No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بِوَضُوءِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ نَاسًا يُحَدِّثُونَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَادِيثَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا هِيَ، إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ نَحْوَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ، وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ وَمَشْيُهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ نَافِلَةً
✧ I brought Uthman his ablution water. He said: "Some people narrate hadiths from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I do not know what they are. 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, his previous sins will be forgiven, and his prayer and his walking to the mosque will be an extra reward (nafilah).'"
Musnad al-Bazzar 464No grade recorded
" مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ خَرَجَتِ الْخَطَايَا مِنْ جَسَدِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَظْفَارِهِ
✧ "Whoever performs ablution and perfects it, sins depart from his body until they depart from beneath his fingernails."
Musnad al-Bazzar 465No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ دَعَا بِفُخَّارَةِ مَاءٍ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْجَنَائِزِ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَبَاطِنِهِمَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " رَأَيْتُ نَبِيَّكُمْ ﷺ فَعَلَ هَذَا
✧ Uthman called for a clay vessel of water in the area of the funerals. He rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times, washed his face three times, washed his hands three times each, wiped his head and his ears—their outside and inside—once, and washed his feet three times. Then he said: "I saw your Prophet ﷺ do this."
Musnad al-Bazzar 466No grade recorded
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ، قَالَ: تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا تَوَضَّأْتُ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ تَبَسَّمَ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّا تَبَسَّمْتُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَتَمَّ وُضُوءَهُ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَأَتَمَّ صَلَاتَهُ، خَرَجَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ، كَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ
✧ I was with Uthman. He called for ablution water and performed ablution. When he finished, he said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution as I have performed ablution. When he finished, he smiled and said: 'Do you know why I smiled?'" He said: We said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "When a Muslim servant performs ablution and completes his ablution, then enters his prayer and completes his prayer, he comes out of his prayer as he came out of his mother's womb."
Musnad al-Bazzar 467No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا - أَوْ مِثْلَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا - ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ " وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " لَا تَغْتَرُّوا
✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution and perfect it. Then he said: "Whoever performs ablution like this ablution of mine—or like this ablution of mine—then comes to the mosque and prays two rak'ahs, his previous sins will be forgiven." And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not be deceived."
Musnad al-Bazzar 468No grade recorded
" مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَسْبَغَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ مَشَى إِلَى صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ غُفِرَ لَهُ
✧ "Whoever performs ablution and completes it fully, then walks to an obligatory prayer, will be forgiven."
Musnad al-Bazzar 469No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: مَنْ تَطَهَّرَ فَأَحْسَنَ الطُّهُورَ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى كُفِّرَ عَنْهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ هَلْ سَمِعْتُ أَحْسَبُهَ، قَالَ: ثَلَاثًا أَوْ أَرْبَعًا، قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَدْ سَمِعْنَا
✧ I saw Uthman ؓ call for water and perform ablution. Then he said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever purifies himself and perfects his purification, then prays, his previous sins will be expiated.'" Then he turned to his companions and said: "I adjure you by Allah—I think he said it three or four times—did you hear?" They said: "Yes, we heard."
Musnad al-Bazzar 470No grade recorded
نَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُدَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ
✧ Imran b. Hudayr narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik b. Ubayd, from Humran, from Uthman.
Musnad al-Bazzar 471No grade recorded
" مَنْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ حَقٌّ مَكْتُوبَةٌ، أَوْ حَقٌّ وَاجِبٌ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ
✧ "Whoever knows that prayer is a right incumbent upon him—or a right obligatory—enters Paradise."
Musnad al-Bazzar 472No grade recorded
تَوَضَّأَ عُثْمَانُ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: تَوَضَّأْتُ كَمَا تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ أَتَى بِعَرْقٍ فَانْتَشَلَهُ، وَقَالَ: أَكَلْتُ كَمَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ
✧ Uthman performed ablution: he washed his face three times, his hands three times, wiped his head, and washed his feet three times each. Then he said: "I performed ablution as the Messenger of God ﷺ performed ablution." Then a bone with meat was brought and he picked it clean, saying: "I ate as the Messenger of God ate."
Musnad al-Bazzar 473No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثًا، وَيَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ الْقَدَمَ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا " رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ
✧ He called for water for ablution and washed his palms three times, rinsed his mouth three times, sniffed water into his nose three times, washed his face three times, washed his right hand three times, his left hand three times, wiped his head and ears, then washed his right foot three times and his left three times. Then he said: "Thus I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ perform ablution."
Musnad al-Bazzar 446No grade recorded
ثَلَاثٌ لَيْسَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ بَعْدَهُنَّ فَضْلُ جِلْفٍ: هَذَا الطَّعَامُ، وَثَوْبٌ يَسْتُرُهُ، وَبَيْتٌ يُكِنُّهُ، وَمَا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ فِيهِ فَضْلٌ
✧ There are three things after which a son of Adam has no merit beyond that of a rough bedouin: this food, a garment to cover him, and a house to shelter him. Anything beyond that, a son of Adam has no merit in it.
Musnad al-Bazzar 474No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ وَعِنْدَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَفْرَغَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى وَغَسَلَهُمَا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَأَنْقَاهُمَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْوُضُوءِ وَقَالَ: تَوَضَّئُوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي تَوَضَّأْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، كَانَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ
✧ He called for water for ablution while some of the Companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ were with him. He poured with his right hand over his left and washed them three times, rinsed his mouth three times, sniffed water three times, washed his face three times, washed his hands up to the elbows three times, then wiped his head and washed his feet, cleaning them thoroughly. Then he said: "I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ perform ablution like this ablution, and he said: 'Perform ablution as you have seen me perform ablution.'" Then he said: "Whoever performs ablution and does it well, then prays two rak'ahs, his sins will be like the day his mother gave birth to him."
Musnad al-Bazzar 475No grade recorded
كَانَ عُثْمَانُ إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ بَكَى حَتَّى يَبُلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: قَدْ تُذْكَرُ عِنْدَكَ الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ، فَلَا تَبْكِي، وَتَبْكِي مِنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْقَبْرَ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الْآخِرَةِ، فَإِنْ نَجَى مِنْهُ، فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ
✧ When Uthman stood at a grave he would weep until his beard became wet. It was said to him: "Paradise and the Fire are mentioned to you and you do not weep, yet you weep over this?" He said: "The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'The grave is the first stage of the Hereafter. If one is saved from it, what comes after is easier; if one is not saved from it, what comes after is more severe.'"
Musnad al-Bazzar 476No grade recorded
وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَبْرِ رَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يُدْفَنُ، فَلَمَّا فُرِغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِأَخِيكُمْ وَسَلُوا اللهَ لَهُ بِالثَّبَاتِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يُسْأَلُ الْآنَ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ stood at the grave of a man while he was being buried. When the burial was finished, he said: "Ask forgiveness for your brother and ask God to make him steadfast, for he is being questioned now."
Musnad al-Bazzar 477No grade recorded
إِنَّ لِلهِ مِائَةً وَسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ شَرِيعَةً، مَنْ وَافَاهُ بِخُلُقٍ مِنْهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ
✧ God has one hundred and seventeen divine laws; whoever meets Him with one of them will enter Paradise.
Musnad al-Bazzar 478No grade recorded
" نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَحْلِقَ الْمَرْأَةُ رَأْسَهَا
✧ "The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade a woman from shaving her head."
Musnad al-Bazzar 479No grade recorded
قَدِمَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُدَيْسٍ الْبَلَوِيُّ، وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، وَذَكَرَ عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو ثَوْرٍ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ: زَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ، ثُمَّ ابْنَتَهُ، ثُمَّ بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِهَذِهِ يَعْنِي: الْيَمِينَ، فَمَا مَسِسْتُ بِهَا ذَكَرِي، وَلَا تَغَيَّبْتُ وَلَا تَمَنَّيْتُ، وَلَا شَرِبْتُ خَمْرًا فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ، وَلَا فِي إِسْلَامٍ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذِهِ الزَّنَقَةَ، وَيَزِيدُهَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَلَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا وَزِدْتُهَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Udays al-Balawi, one of those who pledged allegiance under the tree, came and ascended the pulpit. He praised and extolled God and mentioned Uthman. Abu Thawr said: I entered upon Uthman and he said: "The Messenger of God ﷺ married me to his daughter, then to another daughter. Then I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ with this—meaning his right hand—and I have never touched my private part with it, nor have I disappeared (to relieve myself) with it, nor wished with it, nor drunk wine in the time of ignorance or in Islam. And the Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Who will buy this plot and add it to the mosque, and he will have a house in Paradise?' So I bought it and added it to the mosque."