مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند الخلفاء الراشدينMusnad of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
وَمِنْ أَخْبَارِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُAnd from the reports of Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 558
اُردوEn
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ ، يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ : أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنِّي كَتَمْتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، كَرَاهِيَةَ تَفَرُّقِكُمْ عَنِّي ، ثُمَّ بَدَا لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ ، لِيَخْتَارَ امْرُؤٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ " .
Abu Salih, who was the freed slave of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), says: I heard Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) saying on the pulpit during a sermon: O people! Until now, I have not narrated to you a hadith that I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) so that you would not separate from me, but now I consider it appropriate to narrate it to you so that everyone may choose what he deems suitable. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Standing guard for one day in the way of Allah is better than standing guard for a thousand days elsewhere.
