Hadith 277

عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قِيلَ لَهُ: أَلَا تَدْخُلُ عَلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: أَلَا تُكَلِّمُ عُثْمَانَ) قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنِّي لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ إِلَّا أُسْمِعُكُمْ، وَاللَّهِ! لَقَدْ كَلَّمْتُهُ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مَادُونَ أَنْ أَفْتَحَ أَمْرًا لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ فَتَحَهُ وَلَا أَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلَيَّ أَمِيرًا إِنَّهُ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: وَلَا أَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ إِنَّكَ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَيَّ أَمِيرًا) بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُلْقَى فِي النَّارِ، فَتَنْدَلِقُ أَقْتَابُ بَطْنِهِ فَيَدُورُ بِهَا فِي النَّارِ كَمَا يَدُورُ الْحِمَارُ بِالرَّحَى، قَالَ: فَيَجْتَمِعُ أَهْلُ النَّارِ إِلَيْهِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: يَا فُلَانُ! أَمَا كُنْتَ تَأْمُرُنَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَانَا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ؟ قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ: بَلَى! قَدْ كُنْتُ آمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فَلَا آتِيهِ وَأَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَآتِيهِ))
Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that someone said to Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him): "Will you not go and speak to this man, meaning Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He replied: "Do you think that whenever I speak to him, I will make you hear it? By Allah! Without announcing anything, I have spoken to him, and in that gathering, only he and I were present. I do not like to be the first to announce such matters." After hearing this hadith, I will not say about any person that he is the best among the people, even if he is my leader. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and he will be thrown into the Fire. His intestines will come out and he will begin to circle around them in Hell as a donkey circles around a millstone. Seeing his condition, the people of Hell will gather around him and say: 'Did you not used to command us to do good and forbid us from evil?' He will say: 'Yes, I used to command you to do good but I did not do it myself, and I used to forbid you from evil but I used to commit it myself.'"
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب العلم / 277
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
Hadith Takhrij «أخرجه البخاري: 3267، ومسلم: 2989، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 21800 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 22143»