مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند الخلفاء الراشدينMusnad of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
مُسْنَدُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُMusnad of Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 433
اُردوEn
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا كَهْمَسٌ ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ : إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا كَانَ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ، أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا ، وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا " .
Once, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon from the pulpit and said: I am narrating to you a hadith which I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not out of miserliness that I would refrain from conveying it to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Standing guard for one night in the path of Allah is superior to a thousand nights of standing in prayer and fasting during the day.
