Hadith 756

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَقِيقٍ : كَانَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ ، وَعَلِيٌّ رضي الله عنه يأمر بها ، فقال عثمان لعلي إنك كذا وكذا ، ثم قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا قَدْ " تَمَتَّعْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " ، فَقَالَ : أَجَلْ ، وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا خَائِفِينَ .
Abdullah bin Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) used to prevent people from performing Hajj Tamattu', and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give the fatwa of its permissibility. On one occasion, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) must have said something to him, so Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do you even know that we performed Hajj Tamattu' with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), yet you prevent it?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What you say is correct, but we fear (that people will go to their wives at night and in the morning will be wet from the water of janabah bath and will enter into the state of ihram for Hajj)."
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الخلفاء الراشدين / 756
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح. م: 1223