39. ✧ Uthman b. Abi al-As

1. Musnad al-Bazzar 2325No grade recorded

   " كَانَ آخِرُ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمَمْتُ بِقَوْمٍ أَنْ أُخَفِّفَ بِهِمُ الصَّلَاةَ

   ✧ "The last instruction the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me when I led people in prayer was to make the prayer light for them."

2. Musnad al-Bazzar 2326No grade recorded

   " الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ كَجُنَّةِ أَحَدِكُمْ لِلْقِتَالِ - أَوْ مِنَ الْقِتَالِ

   ✧ "Fasting is a shield like the shield of one of you for fighting—or from fighting."

3. Musnad al-Bazzar 2327No grade recorded

   " إِنَّ فِي اللَّيْلِ سَاعَةً يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ: هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ ؟ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ

   ✧ "In the night there is an hour in which a caller calls out: 'Is there any supplicant that I may answer him? Is there any asker that I may give him? Is there any seeker of forgiveness that I may forgive him?'"

4. Musnad al-Bazzar 2328No grade recorded

   " الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ يَسْتَجِنُّ بِهَا الْعَبْدُ مِنَ النَّارِ

   ✧ "Fasting is a shield with which the servant shields himself from the Fire."

5. Musnad al-Bazzar 2329No grade recorded

   أَنَّ مَوْلًى لَهُ اشْتَرَى خَمْرًا فَرَبِحَ فِيهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: ارْدُدْهُ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَحَرَّمَ ثَمَنَهَا

   ✧ A client of his bought wine and made a profit from it. Uthman said to him: "Return it, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wine and prohibited its price."

6. Musnad al-Bazzar 2330No grade recorded

   " إِنِّي لَأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ فَأَخِفُّ الصَّلَاةَ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ تُفْتَتَنَ أُمُّهُ

   ✧ “I hear the crying of the child, so I shorten the prayer, disliking that his mother be tempted.”

7. Musnad al-Bazzar 2331No grade recorded

   " لَقَدِ اسْتَجَنَّ بِجُنَّةٍ كَثِيفَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ مَنْ سَلَفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ

   ✧ “Whoever has three of his children precede him in Islam has surely been shielded by a thick covering from the Fire.”

8. Musnad al-Bazzar 2332No grade recorded

   قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ الْحَيَّاتِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ خَشِيَ إِرْبَهُنَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا

   ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, mentioning snakes: “Whoever fears their cunning is not of us.”

9. Musnad al-Bazzar 2333No grade recorded

   كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الرِّيحُ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَ فِيهَا

   ✧ When the wind blew strongly, the Prophet ﷺ would say: “O God, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what has been sent in it.”

10. Musnad al-Bazzar 2334No grade recorded

    " أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ مَسْجِدَ الطَّائِفِ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ طَاغِيَتُهُمْ

    ✧ “The Prophet ﷺ commanded him to place the mosque of al-Ta’if where their idol had been.”