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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 1170 — When Sayyiduna Uthman was besieged
وَعَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ : لَمَّا حُصِرَ عُثْمَانُ أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ فَوْقِ دَارِهِ ، فَقَالَ : أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللهَ ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- قَالَ فِي جَيْشِ الْعُسْرَةِ : مَنْ يُنْفِقُ نَفَقَةً مُتَقَبَّلَةً - وَالنَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُجْهَدُونَ مُعْسِرُونَ - فَجَهَّزْتُ ثُلُثَ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشِ مِنْ مَالِي ؟ قَالُوا : نَعَمْ . قَالَ أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللهَ ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ رُومَةَ ، لَمْ يَكُنْ يَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا بِثَمَنٍ ، فَابْتَعْتُهَا مِنْ مَالِي فَجَعَلْتُهَا لِلْغَنِيِّ وَالْفَقِيرِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ ؟ قَالُوا : نَعَمْ ، فِي أَشْيَاءَ عَدَّدَهَا .
Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged (in his house), he looked down on the people from the top of his house and said: "I ask you by Allah: do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about Jaysh al-Usrah (the Army of Hardship): 'Whoever spends (on this army), his spending will be accepted' - and at that time the people were in severe hardship and difficulty - and I equipped a third of that whole army from my own wealth?" They said: "Yes." He said: "I ask you by Allah: do you know about (the well of) Rumah, that no one could drink from it without paying a price, and I bought it with my own wealth and dedicated it to the rich, the poor and the traveller (alike)?" They said: "Yes." In the same way he enumerated several other things.
