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5 Jumada II 1448 AH

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Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 7744 — Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan had a doorkeeper

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ، نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ ، نَا مُوسَى بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ ، نَا أَبِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَلْمٍ ، نَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ : كَانَ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ آذِنٌ ، فَكَانَ يَخْرُجُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، قَالَ : I " فَخَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَصَلَّى وَالْآذِنُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَجَلَسَ الْآذِنُ نَاحِيَةً ، وَلَفَّ رِدَاءَهُ فَوَضَعَهُ تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ ، وَاضْطَجَعَ ، وَوَضَعَ الدِّرَّةَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ، فَأَقْبَلَ عَلِيٌّ فِي إِزَارٍ وَرِدَاءٍ ، وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ الْآذِنُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ قَالَ : هَذَا عَلِيٌّ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ ، فَجَلَسَ عُثْمَانُ ، فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءَهُ ، فَجَاءَ حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ، وَقَالَ : اشْتَرَيْتَ ضَيْعَةَ آلِ فُلَانٍ وَلِوَقْفِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَائِهَا حَقٌّ ، أَمَا إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَشْتَرِيهَا غَيْرُكَ ، فَقَامَ عُثْمَانُ ، وَجَرَى بَيْنَهُمَا كَلَامٌ لَا أَرُدُّهُ حَتَّى أَلْقَى اللهَ .
وَجَاءَ الْعَبَّاسُ فَدَخَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، وَرَفَعَ عُثْمَانُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ الدِّرَّةَ ، وَرَفَعَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ الْعَصَا ، فَجَعَلَ الْعَبَّاسُ يُسَكِّنُهُمَا ، وَيَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ : أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، وَيَقُولُ لِعُثْمَانَ : ابْنُ عَمِّكَ ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ حَتَّى سَكَنَا ، فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ بِالْعَشِيِّ مِنَ الْغَدِ ، رَأَيْتُهُمَا وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا آخِذٌ بَيْدِ صَاحِبِهِ ، وَهُمَا يَتَحَدَّثَانِ I " .
لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ إِلَّا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَلْمٍ ، وَلَا عَنْ سَعِيدٍ إِلَّا ابْنُهُ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ I " .
Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: "Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) had a doorkeeper who used to walk ahead of him when he went out to the prayer. One day he went out and prayed while the doorkeeper was ahead of him; then he came back, and the doorkeeper sat down to one side, and (Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him) rolled up his cloak, placed it under his head and lay down, and placed the whip in front of him. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came, wearing a waist-wrap and a cloak, with a staff in his hand. When the doorkeeper saw him from afar, he said: 'This is Ali coming.' So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) sat up and gathered his cloak about him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came and stood over his head and said: 'You have bought the estate of such-and-such family, although the endowment (waqf) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has a right in its water. I knew that no one but you would buy it.' At this Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, and some words passed between them that I will not repeat until I meet Allah.
Then Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) came and stepped in between them. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) raised the whip against Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) raised the staff against Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) kept calming them both, saying to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): 'He is the Commander of the Believers,' and saying to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him): 'He is your cousin,' until both of them calmed down. Then, in the evening of the next day, I saw that each of them was holding the other's hand and they were talking together."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Awn except Sa'id bin Salm, and no one from Sa'id except his son, and Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Reference المعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 7744
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده ضعيف لجهالة بعض رواته
Hadith Takhrij «قال الهيثمي: فيه جماعة لم أعرفهم «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 7، ص 227»»

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