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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 1

وَبِسَنَدِ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ، أَنْبَأَ شُعَيْبٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، أَخْبَرَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفِقْهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ - رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ - يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حَزِنُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى كَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُوَسْوَسُ ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ : وَكُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ أُطُمٍ مَنَ الْآطَامِ مَرَّ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ - رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ - فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ وَلَا سَلَّمَ ، فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - فَقَالَ لَهُ : مَا يُعْجِبُكَ أَنِّي مَرَرْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ ! وَأَقْبَلَ هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ - فِي وِلَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ - رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ - حَتَّى سَلَّمَا جَمِيعًا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : جَاءَنِي أَخُوكَ عُمَرُ ، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْكَ فَلَمْ تَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ، فَمَا الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : مَا فَعَلْتُ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : بَلَى ، وَاللَّهِ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ ، وَلَكِنَّهَا عُبِّيَّتُكُمْ يَا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ . قَالَ : قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ مَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّكَ مَرَرْتَ وَلَا سَلَّمْتَ . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : صَدَقَ عُثْمَانُ . وَقَدْ شَغَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ . فَقُلْتُ : أَجَلْ . قَالَ : وَمَا هُوَ ؟ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - : تَوَفَّى اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَبْلَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ نَجَاةِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ : فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي ، أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَا نَجَاةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَنْ قَبِلَ مِنِّي الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي عَرَضْتُ عَلَى عَمِّي فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيَّ فَهِيَ لَهُ نَجَاةٌ " .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ بِاخْتِصَارٍ ، وَأَبُو يَعْلَى بِتَمَامِهِ ، وَالْبَزَّارُ بِنَحْوِهِ ، وَفِيهِ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يُسَمَّ وَلَكِنَّ الزُّهْرِيَّ وَثَّقَهُ وَأَبْهَمَهُ ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُهُ بِسَنَدِهِ حَتَّى لَا أَبْتَدِئَ الْكِتَابَ بِسَنَدٍ مُنْقَطِعٍ .
Imam Ahmad, with his chain, recorded this statement of al-Zuhri: A man of knowledge from the Ansar told me that he heard Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrating: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them all) felt (intense) grief over it, to the point that some of them were overcome by misgivings. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was one of those people. Once I was sitting in the shade of a building when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by me and also greeted me with salam, but I did not notice that he had passed by or that he had greeted me. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went on; he went to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: "Will you not be amazed? I passed by Uthman and greeted him with salam, but he did not return my greeting." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came. This was during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Both of them greeted me with salam, and then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Your brother Umar came to me and mentioned that he passed by (you) and greeted you with salam, but you did not answer him. Why did you do that?"
Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: "I did not do that." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Yes! By Allah, you did. O Banu Umayyah! This is the self-regard of your people." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: "By Allah, I did not even notice that you passed by or that you greeted me." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Uthman is telling the truth. He must not have paid attention to you because of some worry." I said: "Yes!" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What is that matter?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah Almighty took His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in death before I could ask him about the salvation of this matter." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) about that." (Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) I got up and went to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: "May my mother and father be sacrificed for you, you are the most deserving of it." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) related: (Once) I said: "O Messenger of Allah! What is the salvation of this matter?" Then
the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever accepts from me the word that I presented to my uncle and that he did not accept, that word will be a means of salvation for him."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded this narration in abridged form, while Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it as the complete narration, and Imam al-Bazzar recorded a similar narration. It contains a narrator who is not named; however, Imam al-Zuhri declared him thiqah (trustworthy) and left him mubham (unnamed).
I have mentioned its chain so that I do not begin the book with a munqati' (broken) chain.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 1
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