أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ جَاوَانَ عَنْ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي مَنَازِلِنَا نَضَعُ رِحَالَنَا إِذْ أَتَانَا آتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَفَزِعُوا فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَإِذَا النَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَی نَفَرٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَطَلْحَةُ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَإِنَّا لَکَذَلِکَ إِذْ جَائَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ عَلَيْهِ مُلَائَةٌ صَفْرَائُ قَدْ قَنَّعَ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ أَهَاهُنَا عَلِيٌّ أَهَاهُنَا طَلْحَةُ أَهَاهُنَا الزُّبَيْرُ أَهَاهُنَا سَعْدٌ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَنْشُدُکُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ مِرْبَدَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَابْتَعْتُهُ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا أَوْ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ اجْعَلْهَا فِي مَسْجِدِنَا وَأَجْرُهُ لَکَ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَنْشُدُکُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَابْتَعْتُهُ بِکَذَا وَکَذَا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ ابْتَعْتُهَا بِکَذَا وَکَذَا قَالَ اجْعَلْهَا سِقَايَةً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَجْرُهَا لَکَ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَنْشُدُکُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ مَنْ جَهَّزَ هَؤُلَائِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ يَعْنِي جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ حَتَّی مَا يَفْقِدُونَ عِقَالًا وَلَا خِطَامًا قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3642
It was narrated that Al-Ahnaf bin Qais said: “We set out for Hajj, and came to Al-Madinah intending to perform Hajj. While we were in our camping place unloading our mounts, someone came to us and said: ‘The people have gathered in the Masjid and there is panic.’ So we set out and found the people gathered around a group in the middle of the Masjid, among whom were ‘Ali, Az-Zubair, Talhah and Saad bin Abi WaqqaWhile we were like that, ‘Uthman came, wearing a yellowish cloak with which he had covered his head. He said: Is ‘Ali here? Is Talhah here? Is A.z.Zubair here? Is Saad here? They said: Yes. He said: I adjure you by Allah, beside Whom there is none worthy of worship, are you aware that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: Whoever buys the Mirbad of Banu so and so, Allah will forgive him, and I bought it for twenty or twenty-five thousand, then I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and told him, and he said: Add it to our Masjid and the reward for it will be yours? They said: By Allah, yes. He said: ‘I adjure you by Allah, beside Whom there is none worthy of worship, are you aware that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: Whoever buys the well of Rumah, Allah will forgive him, so I bought it for such and such an amount, then I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and told him, and he said: Give it to provide water for the Muslims, and the reward for it will be yours? They said: By Allah, yes. He said: ‘I adjure you by Allah, beside Whom there is none worthy of wordhip are you aware that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: Whoever equips these (men), Allah will forgive him, — meaning the army of Al-’Usrah (i.e., Tabuk) — so I equipped them until they were not lacking even a rope or a bridle? They said: ‘By Allah, yes. He said: Allah, bear witness, Allah, bear witness.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020