Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3256
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَيَّاةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلاَمٍ، لَمَّا أُرِيدَ عُثْمَانُ جَاءَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ قَالَ جِئْتُ فِي نَصْرِكَ قَالَ اخْرُجْ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَاطْرُدْهُمْ عَنِّي فَإِنَّكَ خَارِجٌ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنْكَ دَاخِلٌ . فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ اسْمِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فُلاَنٌ فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَبْدَ اللَّهِ وَنَزَلَ فِيَّ آيَاتٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ : ( وشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى مِثْلِهِ فَآمَنَ وَاسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ ) وَنَزَلَتْ فِيَّ : (قلْ كَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتَابِ ) إِنَّ لِلَّهِ سَيْفًا مَغْمُودًا عَنْكُمْ وَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ قَدْ جَاوَرَتْكُمْ فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا الَّذِي نَزَلَ فِيهِ نَبِيُّكُمْ فَاللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ أَنْ تَقْتُلُوهُ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ لَتَطْرُدُنَّ جِيرَانَكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ وَلَتَسُلُّنَّ سَيْفَ اللَّهِ الْمَغْمُودَ عَنْكُمْ فَلاَ يُغْمَدُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَقَالُوا اقْتُلُوا الْيَهُودِيَّ وَاقْتُلُوا عُثْمَانَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ شُعَيْبُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلاَمٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلاَمٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
When ‘Uthman was under threat, ‘Abdullah ibn Salam came to him. ‘Uthman asked, ‘What brought you here?’ He said, ‘I came to support you.’ ‘Uthman replied, ‘Go out to the people and turn them away from me. Your being outside is better for me than your being inside.’ ‘Abdullah ibn Salam went out to the people and said, ‘People, in the Days of Ignorance my name was so-and-so; the Messenger of Allah named me ‘Abdullah. Verses from Allah’s Book were revealed concerning me: “A witness from the Children of Israel testifies to something similar and believes, while you act arrogantly. Allah does not guide wrongdoing people”’ (Qur’an 46:10); and, ‘Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you, as is whoever has knowledge of the Book’ (13:43). ‘Allah has kept a sword sheathed against you, and the angels have settled among you in this city where your Prophet received revelation. Fear Allah concerning this man. If you kill him, you will drive away the angels who are your neighbors and unsheathe Allah’s sword against yourselves; it will not be sheathed again until the Day of Resurrection.’ They replied, ‘Kill the Jew, and kill ‘Uthman.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith. Shu‘ayb ibn Safwan also narrated it from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr, from Ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Salam, from his grandfather ‘Abdullah ibn Salam.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Kept the account’s two Qur’anic citations and its warning that killing ‘Uthman would drive the angels away and unsheathe Allah’s sword. Included the alternate chain noted by Abu ‘Isa.