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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
مناقب عثمان رضي اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
The merits of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3913 — The merits of Uthman
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حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ ، قَالَ : لَقِيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ : مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ جَفَوْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ : أَبْلِغْهُ عَنِّي أَنِّي لَمْ أَفِرَّ يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنِ - قَالَ عَاصِمٌ : هُوَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ - وَلَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ ، وَلَمْ أَتْرُكْ سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، فَانْطَلَقَ يُخْبِرُ ذَاكَ عُثْمَانَ ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ " يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنِ " فَكَيْفَ يُعَيِّرُنِي بِذَنْبٍ قَدْ عَفَا اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ .. الْآيَةَ ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ : " إِنِّي تَخَلَّفْتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ " ، كُنْتُ أُمَرِّضُ رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ ، وَقَدْ ضَرَبَ لِي بِسَهْمٍ ، وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَدْ شَهِدَ ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ : " إِنِّي أَتْرُكُ سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ " فَإِنِّي لَا أُطِيقُهَا أَنَا وَلَا هُوَ . فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ .
It is narrated from Shaqiq that Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) met Walid bin Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Walid said to him: "What is the reason that I see you showing such indifference and coldness towards the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)?" At this Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "Convey this message from me to him: that I did not flee from the battlefield on the Day of Aynayn (that is, the day of the Battle of Uhud) (Asim says: by this is meant the day of the Battle of Uhud), nor did I stay behind at the Battle of Badr, nor have I abandoned the sunnah and way of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)." So Walid went and informed Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) of this conversation, whereupon Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "As for his saying that I turned back on the day of the Battle of Uhud, how can he taunt me with a sin which Allah Almighty Himself has forgiven? For Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: '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 certainly forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Forbearing.' [Surah Al Imran: 155] And as for his saying, 'I stayed behind at the Battle of Badr,' the truth is that I was nursing Sayyidah Ruqayyah (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), until she passed away, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) formally assigned me a share of the spoils; and whoever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) assigns a share of the spoils is counted as having taken part in the battle. And as for his saying, 'I have abandoned the sunnah of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him),' the truth is that neither I nor he has the strength for it." The narrator says: Then I went to Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf and informed him of this reply of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good), and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal narrated it in Musnad Ahmad.
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good), and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal narrated it in Musnad Ahmad.
