أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمْرِو 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 وَفِيهِمْ عَلِيٌّ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَطَلْحَةُ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَإِنَّا لَکَذَلِکَ إِذْ جَائَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ مُلَائَةٌ صَفْرَائُ قَدْ قَنَّعَ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ 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 اجْعَلْهُ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا وَأَجْرُهُ لَکَ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنْشُدُکُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ ابْتَاعَ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَابْتَعْتُهَا بِکَذَا وَکَذَا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ ابْتَعْتُهَا بِکَذَا وَکَذَا قَالَ اجْعَلْهَا سِقَايَةً لَلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَجْرُهَا لَکَ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَنْشُدُکُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ مَنْ يُجَهِّزُ هَؤُلَائِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ يَعْنِي جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ حَتَّی لَمْ يَفْقِدُوا عِقَالًا وَلَا خِطَامًا فَقَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3190
It was narrated that Al Ahnaf bin Qais said: “We set out as pilgrims 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 he middle of the Masjid, among whom were ‘Ali, Zubayr, Talhah and Saad bin Abl WaqqaWhile we were like that, ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, came, wearing a yellow cloak with which he had covered his head. He said: ‘Is Talhah here? Is Az-Zubair here? Is Saad here?’ They said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘I adjure you by the One beside Whom there is none worthy of worship, didn’t the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: 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 the One beside Whom there is none worthy of worship, didn’t the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: Whoever buys the well of Rflmah, 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 the One beside Whom there is none worthy of worship, didn’t the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: Whoever equips these (men) — meaning the army of Al-’Usrah (Tabuk) — Allah will forgive him, 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, Allah, bear witness.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020