Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 113
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي مَرَضِهِ " وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِي " . قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَدْعُو لَكَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَسَكَتَ قُلْنَا أَلاَ نَدْعُو لَكَ عُمَرَ فَسَكَتَ قُلْنَا أَلاَ نَدْعُو لَكَ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ " نَعَمْ " . فَجَاءَ عُثْمَانُ فَخَلاَ بِهِ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يُكَلِّمُهُ وَوَجْهُ عُثْمَانَ يَتَغَيَّرُ . قَالَ قَيْسٌ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَهْلَةَ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قَالَ يَوْمَ الدَّارِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَهِدَ إِلَىَّ عَهْدًا وَأَنَا صَائِرٌ إِلَيْهِ . وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَأَنَا صَابِرٌ عَلَيْهِ . قَالَ قَيْسٌ فَكَانُوا يُرَوْنَهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn Numayr and 'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; they said: Waki' narrated to us; Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid narrated to us, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from 'Aishah, who said: During his illness, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I wish some of my Companions were with me. We said: Messenger of Allah, shall we call Abu Bakr for you? He was silent. We said: Shall we call 'Umar for you? He was silent. We said: Shall we call 'Uthman for you? He said: Yes. 'Uthman came and was alone with him. The Prophet began speaking to him, and 'Uthman's face changed. Qays said: Abu Sahlah, 'Uthman's freedman, told me that 'Uthman ibn 'Affan said on the Day of the House: The Messenger of Allah entrusted me with a charge, and I am going to fulfill it. In 'Ali's narration: I am bearing it patiently. Qays said: They used to think that this was that day.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic has two wordings for Uthman response: he is proceeding to the charge, or bearing it patiently. The English witness paraphrases the first as knowledge of what would come to pass. “Day of the House” translates Yawm al-Dar literally.