حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ
النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ ، عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ، فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْبَلَتْ إِحْدَانَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى ، فَكَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ كَلَامٍ كَلَّمَهُ ، أَنْ ضَرَبَ مَنْكِبَهُ ، وَقَالَ : " يَا عُثْمَانُ ،
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَسَى أَنْ يُلْبِسَكَ قَمِيصًا ، فَإِنْ أَرَادَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ عَلَى خَلْعِهِ فَلَا تَخْلَعْهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَانِي ، يَا عُثْمَانُ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَسَى أَنْ يُلْبِسَكَ قَمِيصًا فَإِنْ أَرَادَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ عَلَى خَلْعِهِ ، فَلَا تَخْلَعْهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَانِي " ثَلَاثًا فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، فَأَيْنَ كَانَ هَذَا عَنْكِ ؟ قَالَتْ : نَسِيتُهُ وَاللَّهِ فَمَا ذَكَرْتُهُ . قَالَ : فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ ، فَلَمْ يَرْضَ بِالَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُهُ حَتَّى كَتَبَ إِلَى أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْ اكْتُبِي إِلَيَّ بِهِ ، فَكَتَبَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِهِ كِتَابًا.
It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent for Hazrat Usman Ghani. When he came, the Prophet (peace be upon him) turned towards him, and at the end of the conversation, the Prophet (peace be upon him) placed his hand on Hazrat Usman's shoulder and said, "Usman! Soon Allah Almighty will clothe you with a shirt. If the hypocrites want to take it off, do not take it off until you meet me." This sentence was repeated three times. Hazrat Nu'man says that I asked her, "O Mother of the Believers! Why have you not mentioned this until now?" She replied, "By Allah, I had forgotten this matter; I did not remember it." He says that then I narrated this tradition to Hazrat Amir Muawiyah, but he was not satisfied with just my narration; rather, he wrote a letter to the Mother of the Believers, asking her to write it and send it to him. Accordingly, she wrote that hadith in a letter and sent it to Hazrat Muawiyah.