Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/71)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Uthman said, “I wanted to keep you among your companions, but I feared for you the ignorance of the people.” (1)

And Abu Dharr narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, ‘Listen and obey whoever is placed over you.’”

Jaʿfar ibn Burqan—on the authority of Thabit ibn al-Hajjaj, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Sidan al-Sulami—said:
“Abu Dharr and Uthman conferred in private until their voices grew loud, then Abu Dharr left smiling.
The people asked, ‘What has happened between you and the Commander of the Believers?’
He replied, ‘I hear and I obey. Even if he ordered me to go to Sanaʿa or to Aden, and I were able, I would do so.’ After that, Uthman instructed him to set out for al-Rabadha. (2)”

Maymun ibn Mihran, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Sidan, from Abu Dharr, reported that he said:
“If Uthman had ordered me to walk on my head, I would have done it.” (3)

Abu ʿImran al-Juni, from ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Samit, said:
“Abu Dharr said to Uthman, ‘Commander of the Believers, open the door; do not think that I belong to a people who bolt out of the religion as an arrow shoots through its prey.’”

Yazid related: al-ʿAwwam ibn Hawshab informed us—a man narrated to me from two elders of Banu Thaʿlabah—who said:
“We camped at al-Rabadha, and an unkempt old man with a white head and beard passed by. People said, ‘He is one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’
We asked his permission to wash his hair; he granted it and felt at ease with us. While we were doing that, a group from Iraq arrived—so I believe he…"

(1) All the transmitters are trustworthy; Abu al-Juwayriya’s personal name was Hattan ibn Khafaf al-Jarmi. (2) Recorded by Ibn Saʿd, 4/227; the additional wording is his. About ʿAbd Allah ibn Sidan, al-Bukhari says in al-Tarikh, 5/110: “No one corroborates his hadith.” Ibn Abi Hatim, 5/68, mentions him without praise or censure, while al-Dhahabi quotes al-Lalakāʾi in his Mizan as saying: “He is unknown and his narration is unreliable.” (3) The chain is weak, like the preceding one, because of the weakness of ʿAbd Allah ibn Sidan.

قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَجْعَلَكَ مَع أَصْحَابِكَ، وَخِفْتُ عَلَيْكَ جُهَّالَ النَّاسِ (١) . وَعَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ: قَالَ لِي رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (اسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ لِمَنْ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ) . جَعْفَرُ بنُ بُرْقَانَ: عَنْ ثَابِتِ بنِ الحَجَّاجِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ سِيْدَانَ السُّلَمَيِّ، قَالَ: تَنَاجَى أَبُو ذَرٍّ وَعُثْمَانُ حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ مُتَبَسِّماً. فَقَالُوا: مَا لَكَ وَلأَمِيْرِ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ؟ قَالَ: سَامِعٌ مُطِيْعٌ، وَلَو أَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَ صَنْعَاءَ أَوْ عَدَنٍ، ثُمَّ اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ، لَفَعَلْتُ. وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ (٢) . مَيْمُوْنُ بنُ مِهْرَانَ: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ سِيدَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ: لَوْ أَمَرَنِي عُثْمَانُ أَنْ أَمْشِيَ عَلَى رَأْسِي لَمَشَيْتُ (٣) . وَقَالَ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الجَوْنِيُّ: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ لِعُثْمَانَ: يَا أَمِيْرَ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ! افْتَحِ البَابَ، لاَ تَحْسَبُنِي مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّيْنِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ. يَزِيْدُ: أَخْبَرَنَا العَوَّامُ بنُ حَوْشَبٍ: حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ، عَنْ شَيْخَيْنِ مِنْ بَنِي ثَعْلَبَةَ، قَالاَ: نَزَلْنَا الرَّبَذَةَ، فَمَرَّ بِنَا شَيْخٌ أَشْعَثُ، أَبْيَضُ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ، فَقَالُوا: هَذَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَاسْتَأْذَنَّاهُ بِأَنْ نَغْسِلَ رَأْسَهُ، فَأَذِنَ لَنَا، وَاسْتَأْنَسَ بِنَا، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ، إِذْ أَتَاهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ العِرَاقِ - حَسِبْتُهُ

(١) رجاله ثقات، وأبو الجويرية اسمه: حطان بن خفاف الجرمي. (٢) أخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ٢٢٧، والزيادة منه، وعبد الله بن سيدان، قال البخاري في " التاريخ " ٥ / ١١٠: لا يتابع على حديثه، وأورده ابن أبي حاتم ٥ / ٦٨، فلم يذكر فيه جرحا ولا تعديلا، ونقل الذهبي في " ميزانه " عن اللالكائي قوله: مجهول لاحجة فيه. (٣) إسناده ضعيف كسابقه، لضعف عبد الله بن سيدان.