Sa’id ibn Zayd reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There are ten in Paradise. Abu Bakr is in Paradise and Umar is in Paradise. Uthman, Ali, Al-Zubayr, Talhah, Abdur Rahman ibn Awf, Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas, and Abu al-A’war Sa’id ibn Zayd are in Paradise.” …
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Abu al-Malih reported: Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, entered his house to find his servant boy playing in the trough of a camel. Uthman took him by the ear and twisted it, but he later regretted what he did. He said to him, “Take my ear and twist it.” Uthman made …
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Abu Wa’il reported: It was said to Usamah ibn Yazid, may Allah be pleased with him, “Have you not spoken to Uthman?” Usamah said, “You think I have not spoken to him unless you heard it? I have certainly spoken to him in the matter between us without bringing it up. I do not like …
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Sufyan reported: Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “If our hearts were pure, we would never be tired of the speech of Allah.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 7/272 عن سُفْيَان قَالَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ لَوْ أَنَّ قُلُوبَنَا طَهُرَتْ مَا شَبِعَتْ مِنْ كَلَامِ اللهِ 7/272 حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم
Nafi’ reported: Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, saw the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in his dream on the night he was killed the following morning. The Prophet said, “O Uthman, break your fast with us tonight.” Then, he was killed while he was fasting. Source: Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah lil-Bayhaqī 7/48 Grade: …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was climbing mount Uhud with Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, and it began to quake from them. The Prophet said, “Be still, Uhud! It is only a Prophet, a truthful man, and two martyrs upon you.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3472 Grade: Sahih (authentic) …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, cursed the one who marries a woman to overturn an irrevocable divorce and the man for whom it is done. Al-Tirmidhi said, “This tradition was acted upon by the people of knowledge among the companions of the Prophet (ṣ), among them …
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Abdur Rahman ibn Yazid reported: Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, prayed four cycles at Mina. Abdullah ibn Mas’ud said, “I prayed it as two cycles with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as well as Abu Bakr and Umar.” Mu’awiyah ibn Qurrah added: Abdullah then prayed four cycles in Mina. It …
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Al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid reported: The announcement of Friday prayer was first made when the Imam would sit upon the pulpit in the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as well as Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them. In the time of Uthman, the number of people increased, …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Modesty is part of faith and the most modest of my nation is Uthman.” Source: Tārīkh Dimashq 39916 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ وَأَحْيَا أُمَّتِي عُثْمَانُ …
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Ibn Umar reported: I accompanied the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and during travel he would not add more to his prayer than two cycles. Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman did likewise, may Allah be pleased with them. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1051, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 689 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) …
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Al-Harith reported: Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Stay away from wine, for it is the mother of wickedness. By Allah, faith and addiction to wine cannot be combined but that one of them will eventually expel the other.” Source: Sunan al-Nasā’ī 5666 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عن الحارث قال عثمان …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The most merciful of my nation is Abu Bakr. The strictest of them in the religion of Allah is Umar. The most sincerely conscientious of them is Uthman. The wisest of them in judgment is Ali ibn Abi Talib. The …
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Ibn Abbas reported: I witnessed the prayer on the day of Eid al-Fitr with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them. They performed the prayer before the sermon, then would deliver the sermon. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 979, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 884 …
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Hudhayfah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The slanderer will not enter Paradise.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5709, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 105 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim عَنْ حُذَيْفَة عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ قَتَّاتٌ 5709 صحيح البخاري كتاب الأدب باب ما …
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Ibn Umar reported: I have performed the Hajj pilgrimage with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he did not fast during Arafat. I performed it with Abu Bakr and he did not fast, with Umar and he did not fast, and with Uthman and he did not fast. I do not fast …
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Uthman reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No Muslim attends a prescribed prayer and performs its ablution, reverence, and bowing in the best manner, but that it will be an expiation for his previous sins as long as he did not commit a major sin, and this applies at all …
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Uthman ibn Affan reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever prays the evening prayer in congregation is as if he has stood for prayer half of the night. Whoever prays the dawn prayer in congregation is as if he has stood for prayer the entire night.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 656 …
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Abdur Rahman ibn ‘Awf reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Abu Bakr is in Paradise. Umar is in Paradise. Uthman is in Paradise. Ali is in Paradise. Talhah is in Paradise. Al-Zubayr is in Paradise. Abdur Rahman ibn ‘Awf is in Paradise. Sa’d is in Paradise. Sa’id is in …
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Ibn Abbas reported: Abdullah ibn Sa’d ibn Abi Sarh would write for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, but the devil deceived him and he joined the unbelievers. The Prophet ordered that he should be killed on the day of liberation, but Uthman ibn Affan sought protection for him. Thus, the …
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