حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْوَرَّاقُ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبْزَى عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ حِينَ حُصِرَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي نَجَائِبَ قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُهَا لَكَ فَهَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَيَأْتِيَكَ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكَ قَالَ لَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ يُلْحَدُ بِمَكَّةَ كَبْشٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ نِصْفِ أَوْزَارِ النَّاسِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 461
It was narrated from 'Uthman bin 'Affan (RA): 'Abdullah bin az-Zubair said to him when he was besieged: I have camels that i have prepared for you; do you want to go to Makkah, then whoever wants to see you can come and see you? He said: No; I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say: "A ram of Quraish whose name is 'Abdullah will seek to commit profanity and wrong- doing in Makkah; he will have half of the burden of mankind's sins."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020