Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3609
أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ بَكَّارِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَطَّابُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ، أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِينَ حَصَرُوهُ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُ بِاللَّهِ رَجُلاً سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ يَوْمَ الْجَبَلِ حِينَ اهْتَزَّ فَرَكَلَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ " اسْكُنْ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ أَوْ شَهِيدَانِ " . وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْشُدُ بِاللَّهِ رَجُلاً شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ يَقُولُ " هَذِهِ يَدُ اللَّهِ وَهَذِهِ يَدُ عُثْمَانَ " . فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْشُدُ بِاللَّهِ رَجُلاً سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ جَيْشِ الْعُسْرَةِ يَقُولُ " مَنْ يُنْفِقُ نَفَقَةً مُتَقَبَّلَةً " . فَجَهَّزْتُ نِصْفَ الْجَيْشِ مِنْ مَالِي فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْشُدُ بِاللَّهِ رَجُلاً سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ يَزِيدُ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ بِبَيْتٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " . فَاشْتَرَيْتُهُ مِنْ مَالِي فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْشُدُ بِاللَّهِ رَجُلاً شَهِدَ رُومَةَ تُبَاعُ فَاشْتَرَيْتُهَا مِنْ مَالِي فَأَبَحْتُهَا لاِبْنِ السَّبِيلِ فَانْتَشَدَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ .
'Imran ibn Bakkar ibn Rashid reported to us: Khattab ibn 'Uthman narrated to us: 'Isa ibn Yunus narrated to me: My father narrated to me, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, that 'Uthman looked out at them when they had besieged him and said: I adjure, by Allah, anyone who heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say on the day the mountain shook and he struck it with his foot, ‘Be still! Upon you are only a Prophet, a man of truth, and two martyrs’—I was with him then. Some men testified to this. He then said: I adjure, by Allah, anyone who witnessed the Messenger of Allah on the day of the Pledge of Ridwan say, ‘This is the hand of Allah, and this is the hand of 'Uthman.’ Some men testified to this. He then said: I adjure, by Allah, anyone who heard the Messenger of Allah say on the day of the army of hardship, ‘Who will make an expenditure that will be accepted?’ I equipped half the army from my own wealth. Some men testified to this. He then said: I adjure, by Allah, anyone who heard the Messenger of Allah say, ‘Who will enlarge this mosque in return for a house in Paradise?’ I bought it with my own wealth. Some men testified to this. He then said: I adjure, by Allah, anyone who witnessed Rumah being sold. I bought it with my own wealth and made it available to travelers. Some men testified to this.
Translation notes
The report recounts five appeals by 'Uthman during his siege, including witnesses' responses. The mosque expansion phrase is rendered as an offer of a house in Paradise.