حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا أَرْطَاةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُنْذِرِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَوْنٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ هَلْ أَنْتَ مُنْتَهٍ عَمَّا بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ فَاعْتَذَرَ بَعْضَ الْعُذْرِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَيْحَكَ إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ وَحَفِظْتُ وَلَيْسَ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ سَيُقْتَلُ أَمِيرٌ وَيَنْتَزِي مُنْتَزٍ وَإِنِّي أَنَا الْمَقْتُولُ وَلَيْسَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِنَّمَا قَتَلَ عُمَرَ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّهُ يُجْتَمَعُ عَلَيَّ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 479
Abu 'Awn al-Ansari narrated that 'Uthman bin 'Affan (RA) said to Ibn Mas'ood: Are you going to give up what I heard about you? He was apologetic, then 'Uthman (RA) said: Woe to you! I heard and remembered and it is not as you heard; the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "A leader will be killed and a criminal will commit a crime." I am the one who will be killed, not 'Umar (RA) rather 'Umar (RA) was killed by one man, but a group of people will kill me.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020