English translation
3637. It was narrated that Al-Ahnaaf bin Qais said: "We set out for Hajj, and came to Al-Madînah intending to perform Hajj. While we were in our camping place unloading our mounts, someone came to us and said: 'The people have gathered in the Masjid and there is panic.' So we set out and found the people gathered around a group in the middle of the Masjid, among whom were 'Alî, Az-Zubair, Talhah and Sa'd bin Abî Waqqâs. While we were like that, 'Uthmân came, wearing a yellowish cloak with which he had covered his head. He said: Is 'Alî here? Is Talhah here? Is
Az-Zubair here? Is Sa'd here? They said: Yes. He said: I adjure you by Allāh, beside Whom there is none worthy of worship, are you aware that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: Whoever buys the Mirbad of Banu so and so, Allāh will forgive him, and I bought it for twenty or twenty-five thousand, then I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and told him, and he said: Add it to our Masjid and the reward for it will be yours? They said: By Allāh, yes. He said: 'I adjure you by Allāh, beside Whom there is none worthy of worship, are you aware that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: Whoever buys the well of Rāmah, Allāh will forgive him, so I bought it for such and such an amount, then I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and told him, and he said: Give it to provide water for the Muslims, and the reward for it will be yours? They said: By Allāh, yes. He said: 'I adjure you by Allāh, beside Whom there is none worthy of worship are you aware that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: Whoever equips these (men), Allāh will forgive him, – meaning the army of Al-'Usrah (i.e., Tabūk) – so I equipped them until they were not lacking even a rope or a bridle? They said: 'By Allāh, yes. He said: O Allāh, bear witness, O Allāh, bear witness.'" (Hasan)
Arabic text
3607 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ جَاوَانَ، عَنْ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي مَنَازِلِنَا نَضَعُ رِحَالَنَا إِذْ أَتَانَا آتٍ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَفَزِعُوا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَإِذَا النَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى نَفَرٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَسْجِدِ، وَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، فَإِنَّا لَكَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ، عَلَيْهِ مُلَاءَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ قَدْ قَنَّعَ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَهَاهُنَا عَلِيٌّ؟ أَهَاهُنَا طَلْحَةُ؟ أَهَاهُنَا الزُّبَيْرُ؟ أَهَاهُنَا سَعْدٌ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: «مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ مِرْبَدَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ» فَابْتَعْتُهُ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا أَوْ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ: «اجْعَلْهَا فِي مَسْجِدِنَا وَأَجْرُهُ لَكَ»، قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ؟» فَابْتَعْتُهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ ابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: «اجْعَلْهَا سِقَايَةً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَجْرُهَا لَكَ»، قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ جَهَّزَ هَؤُلَاءِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ؟» - يَعْنِي جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ - فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ حَتَّى مَا يَفْقِدُونَ عِقَالًا وَلَا خِطَامًا، قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ
