حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ سَمِعَ هُشَيْمًا أَخْبَرَنَا حُصَيْنٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا أَنْزَلَکَ مَنْزِلکَ هَذَا قَالَ کُنْتُ بِالشَّأْمِ فَاخْتَلَفْتُ أَنَا وَمُعَاوِيَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ يَکْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ نَزَلَتْ فِي أَهْلِ الْکِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ نَزَلَتْ فِينَا وَفِيهِمْ فَکَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ فِي ذَاکَ وَکَتَبَ إِلَی عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَشْکُونِي فَکَتَبَ إِلَيَّ عُثْمَانُ أَنْ اقْدَمْ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَدِمْتُهَا فَکَثُرَ عَلَيَّ النَّاسُ حَتَّی کَأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرَوْنِي قَبْلَ ذَلِکَ فَذَکَرْتُ ذَاکَ لِعُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ تَنَحَّيْتَ فَکُنْتَ قَرِيبًا فَذَاکَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَنِي هَذَا الْمَنْزِلَ وَلَوْ أَمَّرُوا عَلَيَّ حَبَشِيًّا لَسَمِعْتُ وَأَطَعْتُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 1406
Narrated Zaid bin Wahab: I passed by a place called Ar-Rabadha and by chance I met Abu Dhar and asked him, "What has brought you to this place?" He said, "I was in Sham and differed with Muawiya on the meaning of (the following verses of the Qur'an): 'They who hoard up gold and silver and spend them not in the way of Allah.' (9.34). Muawiya said, 'This verse is revealed regarding the people of the scriptures." I said, It was revealed regarding us and also the people of the scriptures." So we had a quarrel and Mu'awiya sent a complaint against me to `Uthman. `Uthman wrote to me to come to Medina, and I came to Medina. Many people came to me as if they had not seen me before. So I told this to `Uthman who said to me, "You may depart and live nearby if you wish." That was the reason for my being here for even if an Ethiopian had been nominated as my ruler, I would have obeyed him .
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020