English translation
2687. Narrated Umm Al-'Alā that when the Anṣār drew lots as to which of the emigrants should dwell with which of the Anṣār, the name of 'Uthmān bin Maz'un came out (to be in their lot). Umm Al-'Alā further said, " 'Uthmān stayed with us, and we nursed him when he got sick, but he died. We shrouded him in his clothes, and Allāh's Messenger ﷺ came to our house and I said, (addressing the dead 'Uthmān), 'O Abū As-Sā'ib! May Allāh be Merciful to you. I testify that Allāh has blessed you.' The Prophet ﷺ said to me, 'How do you know that Allāh has blessed him?' I replied, 'I do not know O Allāh's Messenger! May my parents be sacrificed for you.' Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'As regards 'Uthmān, by Allāh he has died and I really wish him every good, yet, by Allāh, although I am Allāh's Messenger, I do not know what will be done to him.'" Umm Al-'Alā added, "By Allāh, I shall never attest the piety of anybody after him. And what Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said made me sad." Umm Al-'Alā further said, "Once I slept and saw in a dream, a flowing stream for 'Uthmān. So, I went to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and told him about it, he said, 'That is (the symbol of) his (good) deeds.'"
Arabic text
2687 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اليَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، أَنَّ أُمَّ العَلاَءِ - امْرَأَةً مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ - قَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ طَارَ لَهُ سَهْمُهُ فِي السُّكْنَى، حِينَ أَقْرَعَتْ الأَنْصَارُ سُكْنَى المُهَاجِرِينَ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ العَلاَءِ: فَسَكَنَ عِنْدَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ، فَاشْتَكَى، فَمَرَّضْنَاهُ حَتَّى إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي ثِيَابِهِ، دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ، فَشَهَادَتِي عَلَيْكَ لَقَدْ أَكْرَمَكَ اللَّهُ، فَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَكْرَمَهُ؟»، فَقُلْتُ: لاَ أَدْرِي بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَّا عُثْمَانُ فَقَدْ جَاءَهُ وَاللَّهِ اليَقِينُ، وَإِنِّي لَأَرْجُو لَهُ الخَيْرَ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي وَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَا يُفْعَلُ بِهِ»، قَالَتْ: فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ أُزَكِّي أَحَدًا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا، وَأَحْزَنَنِي ذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ: فَنِمْتُ، فَأُرِيتُ لِعُثْمَانَ عَيْنًا تَجْرِي، فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: «ذَاكِ عَمَلُهُ»
