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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1166 — Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased)
وَعَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عِرَارٍ قَالَ : سُئِلَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعُثْمَانَ ، فَقَالَ : I " أَمَّا عَلِيٌّ فَلَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهُ ، انْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْزِلَتِهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ سَدَّ أَبْوَابَنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَأَقَرَّ بَابَهُ ، وَأَمَّا عُثْمَانُ فَإِنَّهُ أَذْنَبَ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ ذَنْبًا عَظِيمًا ، فَعَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُ ، وَأَذْنَبَ فِيكُمْ ذَنْبًا دُونَ ذَلِكَ فَقَتَلْتُمُوهُ I " .
Al-Ala' bin Irar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: "As for Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), do not ask (me) about him; rather, look at his high rank and standing with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) closed all our doors that opened into the mosque and kept his door (open). As for Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), on the day the two hosts met (that is, the day of Uhud) he committed a great slip, and Allah Almighty forgave him; then he did something among you far less than that, and you killed him."
