حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ أُمَّ الْعَلَائِ امْرَأَةً مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ قَدْ بَايَعَتْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ طَارَ لَهُ سَهْمُهُ فِي السُّکْنَی حِينَ أَقْرَعَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ سُکْنَی الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ الْعَلَائِ فَسَکَنَ عِنْدَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ فَاشْتَکَی فَمَرَّضْنَاهُ حَتَّی إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي ثِيَابِهِ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْکَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ فَشَهَادَتِي عَلَيْکَ لَقَدْ أَکْرَمَکَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا يُدْرِيکِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَکْرَمَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَّا عُثْمَانُ فَقَدْ جَائَهُ وَاللَّهِ الْيَقِينُ وَإِنِّي لَأَرْجُو لَهُ الْخَيْرَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي وَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَا يُفْعَلُ بِهِ قَالَتْ فَوَاللَّهِ لَا أُزَکِّي أَحَدًا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا وَأَحْزَنَنِي ذَلِکَ قَالَتْ فَنِمْتُ فَأُرِيتُ لِعُثْمَانَ عَيْنًا تَجْرِي فَجِئْتُ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ذَاکِ عَمَلُهُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2687
Narrated Um Al-Ala: That when the Ansar drew lots as to which of the emigrants should dwell with which of the Ansar, the name of `Uthman bin Mazun came out (to be in their lot). Um Al-Ala further said, "Uthman stayed with us, and we nursed him when he got sick, but he died. We shrouded him in his clothes, and Allah's Apostle came to our house and I said, (addressing the dead `Uthman), 'O Abu As-Sa'ib! May Allah be merciful to you. I testify that Allah has blessed you.' The Prophet said to me, "How do you know that Allah has blessed him?" I replied, 'I do not know O Allah's Apostle! May my parents be sacrificed for you.' Allah's Apostle said, 'As regards `Uthman, by Allah he has died and I really wish him every good, yet, by Allah, although I am Allah's Apostle, I do not know what will be done to him.' Um Al- Ala added, 'By Allah I shall never attest the piety of anybody after him. And what Allah's Apostles said made me sad." Um Al-Ala further said, "Once I slept and saw in a dream, a flowing stream for `Uthman. So I went to Allah's Apostle and told him about it, he said, 'That is (the symbol of) his deeds."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020