English translation
3267. Narrated Abū Wā’il: Somebody said to Usāma, “Will you go to so-and-so (i.e., Uthmān) and talk to him (i.e., advise him).” He said, “You see that I don’t talk to him except to inform you that I shall talk to him secretly without opening a gate (of affliction), for neither do I want to be the first to open it (i.e., rebellion), nor shall I say to a man who is my ruler that he is the best of all the people, after I have heard something from Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ.” They said, “What have you heard him saying?” He said, “I have heard him (the Prophet ﷺ) saying, ‘A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in the (Hell) Fire, so that his intestines will come out, and he will go around like a donkey goes around a millstone. The people of (Hell) Fire will gather around him and say: O so-and-so! What is wrong with you? Didn’t you use to order us for Al-Ma’ruf (i.e., Islāmic Monotheism and all that Islām has ordained) and forbid us from Al-Munkar (i.e., disbelief, polytheism of all kinds, and all that Islām forbids i.e., evil and bad)? He will reply: Yes, I used to order you for Al-Ma'rūf, but I did not do it myself, and I used to forbid you from Al-Munkar, while I used to do it myself.'" [See Vol. 9, Hadīth No.7098]
