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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الفتوح
Book of Conquests
بَابُ مقتل عثمان بن عفان رضي اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Chapter: The killing of Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him)
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4376 — The killing of Uthman bin Affan
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حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ، ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ - وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ - ثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ - وَهُوَ ابْنُ هِلَالٍ الْعَدَوِيُّ - ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُغَفَّلٍ قَالَ : كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَجِيءُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ لَهُ عَلَى أَتَانٍ أَوْ حِمَارٍ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، فَيُبَكِّرُ ، فَإِذَا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ أَتَى أَرْضَهُ ، فَلَمَّا هَاجَ النَّاسُ بِعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ ، وَاسْتَعْتِبُوهُ ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، مَا قَتَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ نَبِيَّهَا ، فَأَصْلَحَ اللهُ ذَاتَ بَيْنِهِمْ حَتَّى يُهَرِيقُوا دَمَ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا ، وَمَا قَتَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ خَلِيفَةً ، فَأَصْلَحَ اللهُ ذَاتَ بَيْنِهِمْ حَتَّى يُهَرِيقُوا دَمَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفًا ، وَمَا هَلَكَتْ أُمَّةٌ قَطُّ حَتَّى يَرْفَعُوا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ : لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ وَاسْتَعْتِبُوهُ ، قَالَ : فَمَا نَظَرُوا فِيمَا قَالَ فَقَتَلُوهُ .
قَالَ : فَجَلَسَ عَلَى طَرِيقِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ ؟ فَقَالَ : الْعِرَاقَ ، فَقَالَ : لَا تَأْتِ الْعِرَاقَ ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِمِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَالْزَمْهُ ، وَلَا أَدْرِي هَلْ يُنْجِيكَ ، فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَا تَرَاهُ أَبَدًا ، فَقَالَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ : دَعْنَا فَلْنَقْتُلْهُ ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَلَامٍ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ .
قَالَ ابْنُ مُغَفَّلٍ : وَكُنْتُ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ ابْنَ سَلَامٍ فِي أَرْضٍ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَرْضِهِ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَهَا ، فَقَالَ لِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ : هَذَا رَأْسُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ، وَسَيَكُونُ بَعْدَهَا صُلْحٌ ، فَاشْتَرِهَا ، قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ : فَقُلْتُ لِحُمَيْدٍ : كَيْفَ يَرْفَعُونَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ ؟ فَقَالَ : أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الْخَوَارِجِ كَيْفَ يَتَأَوَّلُونَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ .
قَالَ : فَجَلَسَ عَلَى طَرِيقِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ ؟ فَقَالَ : الْعِرَاقَ ، فَقَالَ : لَا تَأْتِ الْعِرَاقَ ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِمِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَالْزَمْهُ ، وَلَا أَدْرِي هَلْ يُنْجِيكَ ، فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَا تَرَاهُ أَبَدًا ، فَقَالَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ : دَعْنَا فَلْنَقْتُلْهُ ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَلَامٍ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ .
قَالَ ابْنُ مُغَفَّلٍ : وَكُنْتُ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ ابْنَ سَلَامٍ فِي أَرْضٍ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَرْضِهِ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَهَا ، فَقَالَ لِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ : هَذَا رَأْسُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ، وَسَيَكُونُ بَعْدَهَا صُلْحٌ ، فَاشْتَرِهَا ، قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ : فَقُلْتُ لِحُمَيْدٍ : كَيْفَ يَرْفَعُونَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ ؟ فَقَالَ : أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الْخَوَارِجِ كَيْفَ يَتَأَوَّلُونَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) used to come (to the city) on Friday from his land riding a she-donkey or a donkey, and would arrive early for the Friday prayer; then, when the prayer was finished, he would return to his land. When the people rose up against Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and stirred up unrest, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them: "Do not kill him; rather, ask him to reconsider and make amends. By the One in whose Hand is my soul! Whenever any nation killed its prophet, Allah did not set their mutual affairs right until they had shed the blood of seventy thousand souls; and whenever a nation killed its caliph, Allah did not bring peace and reconciliation among them until they had shed the blood of forty thousand souls. And no nation is ever destroyed until they raise the Qur'an (with false interpretations) against the ruler of the time." Then he again said to them emphatically: "Do not kill him; rather, ask him to reconsider." The narrator says that those wrongdoers paid no attention to his words and martyred Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).
The narrator states that then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) sat on the road of Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) until, when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reached there, he asked him: "Where do you intend to go?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "To Iraq." He submitted: "Do not go to Iraq; rather, hold fast to the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (in Madinah) and stay there. I do not know whether this will save you (from the fitnahs) or not, but by Allah! if you leave it, you will never see it again (as the seat of the caliphate)." Hearing this, the people around Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Let us kill him (who is saying such things)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Leave him; indeed Abdullah bin Salam is a righteous and good man from among us."
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I had sought permission from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) to buy a piece of land adjoining his land, and after this incident he said to me: "This is the beginning of forty years (an era of fitnahs); after it there will soon be peace and reconciliation, so now buy that land." Sulayman says: I asked Humayd: "How do they raise the Qur'an against the ruler?" He replied: "Have you not seen how the Khawarij (wrongly) interpret the Qur'an and use it against the ruler?"
The narrator states that then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) sat on the road of Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) until, when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reached there, he asked him: "Where do you intend to go?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "To Iraq." He submitted: "Do not go to Iraq; rather, hold fast to the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (in Madinah) and stay there. I do not know whether this will save you (from the fitnahs) or not, but by Allah! if you leave it, you will never see it again (as the seat of the caliphate)." Hearing this, the people around Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Let us kill him (who is saying such things)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Leave him; indeed Abdullah bin Salam is a righteous and good man from among us."
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I had sought permission from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) to buy a piece of land adjoining his land, and after this incident he said to me: "This is the beginning of forty years (an era of fitnahs); after it there will soon be peace and reconciliation, so now buy that land." Sulayman says: I asked Humayd: "How do they raise the Qur'an against the ruler?" He replied: "Have you not seen how the Khawarij (wrongly) interpret the Qur'an and use it against the ruler?"
