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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2158
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، أَشْرَفَ يَوْمَ الدَّارِ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمُ اللَّهَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلاَّ بِإِحْدَى ثَلاَثٍ زِنًا بَعْدَ إِحْصَانٍ أَوِ ارْتِدَادٍ بَعْدَ إِسْلاَمٍ أَوْ قَتْلِ نَفْسٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ فَقُتِلَ بِهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا زَنَيْتُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلاَ فِي إِسْلاَمٍ وَلاَ ارْتَدَدْتُ مُنْذُ بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلاَ قَتَلْتُ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فَبِمَ تَقْتُلُونَنِي قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ ‏.‏ وَرَوَاهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ فَرَفَعَهُ ‏.‏ وَرَوَى يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَأَوْقَفُوهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعُوهُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرْفُوعًا ‏.

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ahmad ibn ‘Abdah al-Dabbi narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, that ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan appeared above the people on the Day of the House and said, ‘I adjure you by Allah: do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “It is not lawful to shed the blood of a Muslim except in one of three cases: adultery after having been married; apostasy after accepting Islam; or unlawfully killing a person, in retribution for which he is killed”?’ By Allah, I have never committed adultery, whether in the pre-Islamic period or in Islam; I have not apostatized since pledging allegiance to the Messenger of Allah; and I have not killed a person whom Allah has made inviolable. So why are you killing me?’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Ibn Mas‘ud, ‘A’ishah, and Ibn ‘Abbas. This is a hasan hadith. Hammad ibn Salamah narrated it from Yahya ibn Sa‘id in marfu‘ form. Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan and more than one other transmitter narrated this hadith from Yahya ibn Sa‘id as mawquf, stopping at ‘Uthman and not raising it to the Prophet. This hadith has also been narrated through more than one route from ‘Uthman, raised to the Prophet.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • ‘The Day of the House’ refers to the siege of ‘Uthman’s residence. The source records both a marfu‘ transmission and routes that stop at ‘Uthman (mawquf), and notes the former through more than one route.

  • ‏ وَرَوَى يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَأَوْقَفُوهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعُوهُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرْفُوعًا ‏.

    The English witness contains the report but omits Abu ‘Isa’s distinction between raised and stopped transmission routes.

    Preserve the chain-status variants and Abu ‘Isa’s note on the report’s transmission.