Imam Malik bin Anas states: When Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, his body lay cast on the refuse heap of Banu so-and-so for three days. Then twelve men came there, among them my grandfather Malik bin Abi Amir; besides him there were Huwaytib bin Abdul Uzza, Hakim bin Hizam, Abdullah bin al-Zubayr and A'ishah bint Uthman. They had a lamp in a container with them. They lifted his body and carried it on a door, and his head was knocking against the door, 'taq, taq', until they brought him to al-Baqi'. They disagreed among themselves about his funeral prayer, and Hakim bin Hizam, or perhaps Huwaytib bin Abdul Uzza, led his funeral prayer; this doubt is from the narrator Abdul Rahman. Then they intended to bury him, and a man from Banu Mazin stood up and said: "If you bury him with the Muslims, I will tell the people about it tomorrow." So they carried his body and brought it to the place called Hushsh Kawkab. When they began lowering him into the grave, A'ishah, the daughter of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), began to cry out. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to her: "Be quiet! By Allah! If you do it again, I will strike you between your eyes." When they had buried Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and levelled the earth over him, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to her: "Now cry out as much as you see fit." Imam Malik states: Before this, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) once passed by the place of Hushsh Kawkab and said: "A righteous man will be buried here."
Al-Tabarani recorded it and said: Hushsh means bustan (that is, a garden). Its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 14558
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
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