حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْکِنْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَيَّاةَ يَحْيَی بْنُ يَعْلَی بْنِ عَطَائٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ أَخِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ لَمَّا أُرِيدَ قَتْلُ عُثْمَانَ جَائَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ مَا جَائَ بِکَ قَالَ جِئْتُ فِي نَصْرِکَ قَالَ اخْرُجْ إِلَی النَّاسِ فَاطْرُدْهُمْ عَنِّي فَإِنَّکَ خَارِجًا خَيْرٌ لِي مِنْکَ دَاخِلًا فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَی النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ کَانَ اسْمِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فُلَانٌ فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ وَنَزَلَتْ فِيَّ آيَاتٌ مِنْ کِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَنَزَلَتْ فِيَّ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَی مِثْلِهِ فَآمَنَ وَاسْتَکْبَرْتُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ وَنَزَلَتْ فِيَّ قُلْ کَفَی بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَکُمْ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْکِتَابَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ سَيْفًا مَغْمُودًا عَنْکُمْ وَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِکَةَ قَدْ جَاوَرَتْکُمْ فِي بَلَدِکُمْ هَذَا الَّذِي نَزَلَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ أَنْ تَقْتُلُوهُ فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ لَتَطْرُدُنَّ جِيرَانَکُمْ الْمَلَائِکَةَ وَلَتَسُلُّنَّ سَيْفَ اللَّهِ الْمَغْمُودَ عَنْکُمْ فَلَا يُغْمَدُ عَنْکُمْ إِلَی يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالُوا اقْتُلُوا الْيَهُودِيَّ وَاقْتُلُوا عُثْمَانَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ وَقَدْ رَوَی شُعَيْبُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ فَقَالَ عَنْ ابْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3803
Narrated 'Abdul-Malik bin 'Umair: from the nephew of 'Abdullah bin Salam who said: When they were about to kill 'Uthman, 'Abdullah bin Salam came and 'Uthman said to him: 'What did you come for?' He said: 'I came to assist you.' He said: 'Go to the people to repel their advances against me. For verily your going is better to me than your entering here.' So 'Abdullah went to the people and said: 'O you people! During Jahiliyyah I was named so-and-so, then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) named me 'Abdullah, and some Ayat from the Book of Allah were revealed about me. (The following) was revealed about me: A witness from among the Children of Isra'il has testified to something similar and believed while you rejected. Verily, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people. (46:10) [And (the following) was revealed about me:] Sufficient as a witness between me and you is Allah, and those too who have knowledge of the Scripture. (13:43) Allah has sheathed the sword from you and the angels are your neighbors in this city of yours, the one in which the Revelation came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). But by Allah! (Fear) Allah regarding this man; if you kill him, then by Allah! If you kill him, then you will cause the angels to remove your goodness from you, and to raise Allah's sheathed sword against you, such that it will never be sheathed again until the Day of Resurrection.' He said: They said: 'Kill the Jew and kill 'Uthman.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020