(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو النَّضْرِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شَهْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِفِنَاءِ بَيْتِهِ بِمَكَّةَ جَالِسٌ ، إِذْ مَرَّ بِهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ ، فَكَشَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَلَا تَجْلِسُ ؟ " قَالَ : بَلَى . قَالَ : فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُسْتَقْبِلَهُ ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُحَدِّثُهُ إِذْ شَخَصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، فَنَظَرَ سَاعَةً إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، فَأَخَذَ يَضَعُ بَصَرَهُ حَتَّى وَضَعَهُ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ ، فَتَحَرَّفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ جَلِيسِهِ عُثْمَانَ إِلَى حَيْثُ وَضَعَ بَصَرَهُ ، وَأَخَذَ يُنْغِضُ رَأْسَهُ كَأَنَّهُ يَسْتَفْقِهُ مَا يُقَالُ لَهُ ، وَابْنُ مَظْعُونٍ يَنْظُرُ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ، وَاسْتَفْقَهَ مَا يُقَالُ لَهُ ، شَخَصَ بَصَرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَمَا شَخَصَ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ، فَأَتْبَعَهُ بَصَرَهُ حَتَّى تَوَارَى فِي السَّمَاءِ ، فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بِجِلْسَتِهِ الْأُولَى ، قَالَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، فِيما كُنْتُ أُجَالِسُكَ وَآتِيكَ ، مَا رَأَيْتُكَ تَفْعَلُ كَفِعْلِكَ الْغَدَاةَ ! قَالَ : " وَمَا رَأَيْتَنِي فَعَلْتُ ؟ " قَالَ : رَأَيْتُكَ تَشْخَصُ بِبَصَرِكَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، ثُمَّ وَضَعْتَهُ حَيْثُ وَضَعْتَهُ عَلَى يَمِينِكَ ، فَتَحَرَّفْتَ إِلَيْهِ وَتَرَكْتَنِي ، فَأَخَذْتَ تُنْغِضُ رَأْسَكَ كَأَنَّكَ تَسْتَفْقِهُ شَيْئًا يُقَالُ لَكَ . قَالَ : " وَفَطِنْتَ لِذَاكَ ؟ " قَالَ عُثْمَانُ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ آنِفًا ، وَأَنْتَ جَالِسٌ " قَالَ : رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ؟ ! قَالَ : " نَعَمْ " . قَالَ : فَمَا قَالَ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ سورة النحل آية 90 . قَالَ عُثْمَانُ فَذَلِكَ حِينَ اسْتَقَرَّ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِي ، وَأَحْبَبْتُ مُحَمَّدًا .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sitting in the courtyard of his house in Makkah Mukarramah when Uthman bin Maz'un passed by there. He began to pass by quickly, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: "Will you not sit?" He replied: Why not, so he came and sat in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). While the two of them were talking, suddenly the Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gaze was lifted upwards. He looked towards the sky for a moment, then gradually lowered his gaze until he fixed his eyes on the ground to his right, turned away from his guest Uthman and focused in that direction, and bowed his head. It seemed as if he was trying to understand someone's words. Uthman kept watching all this. After a little while, when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) finished with that matter and understood what was being said to him, his gaze was again lifted towards the sky, just as it had happened the first time. The Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) eyes kept following something until that thing disappeared into the heavens. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) turned towards Uthman as before, so he said: Why should I come and sit with you? I have never seen you do what you did today. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "What did you see me doing?" Uthman said: I saw your gaze lifted towards the sky, then you fixed your eyes to your right, you turned away from me and focused in that direction, and you bowed your head. It seemed as if something was being said to you and you were trying to understand it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Did you really notice such a thing?" Uthman said: Yes! The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Just now, the messenger of Allah came to me while you were sitting with me." Uthman asked: The messenger of Allah? He replied: "Yes!" Uthman asked: Then what did he say to you? He replied: "Indeed, Allah commands justice, excellence, and giving to close relatives, and forbids indecency, evil, and rebellion. He admonishes you so that you may take heed." Uthman says that from that very moment, Islam began to find a place in my heart and I began to love Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).