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113. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "When he was ill, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'I would like to have some of my Companions with me.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allâh! Shall we call Abu Bakr for you?' But he remained silent. We said: 'Shall we call 'Umar for you?' But he remained silent. We said: 'Shall we call 'Uthmân for you?' He said: 'Yes.' So 'Uthmân came and he spoke to him in private. The Prophet ﷺ started to speak to him and 'Uthmân's expression changed." Qais said: "Abu Sahlah, the freed slave of 'Uthmân, narrated to me that on the Day of the House,[1] 'Uthmân bin 'Affân said: 'The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ told me what would come to pass and now I am coming to that day.'"
In his narration of the Hadith, 'Ali (one of the narrators) said (that he said): "And I am going to bear it with patience."
Qais said: "They used to think
that that was the Day of the House.” (Sahih)
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[1] The Day of the House: This refers to the day when the rebels besieged 'Uthmân in his house and murdered him.
Commentary
This shows that ‘Uthmân ﷺ was a close confidant of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ.
The promise here refers to the instruction of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ to ‘Uthmân ﷺ, not to give in to the unjust demands of the miscreants, but remain patient and resolute.
So absolute was ‘Uthmân’s devotedness and obedience to the Prophet ﷺ that he preferred to lay down his life over bowing down before falsehood. At the same time, he revered the Prophet ﷺ so much that he abstained from taking military action against the rebels in order to avoid bloodshed in the city of the Prophet ﷺ.
Foretelling the future events so exactly, is a proof of the prophethood of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ.
His full name is ‘Ali bin Abu Tâlib bin ‘Abd Al-Muttalib bin Hâshim bin ‘Abd Manâf bin Qusai bin Kilâb bin Murrah bin Ka’b bin Lur’ai Qurashi Hâshimi. Mother’s name was Fâtimah bint Asad bin Hâshim. He is nicknamed Abdul-Hasan and Abu Sibtain. He was born ten years before the Prophet’s Call, and received his breeding under the careful patronage of the Prophet ﷺ and his venerable wife Khadijah ﷺ. He was the first among children to accept Islam. The Companions pledged their allegiance to him after the martyrdom of ‘Uthmân ﷺ. He was martyred in 40 AH at the age of 60.
