Musnad Aḥmad Ḥadīth [543] – The shyness of ‘Uthmān bin ‘Affān

14 February 2024 · 4 Shaʿbān 1445 AH

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ أَبُو جُمَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ، وَذَكَرَ عُثْمَانَ، وَشِدَّةَ حَيَائِهِ فَقَالَ: >إِنْ كَانَ لَيَكُونُ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَالْبَابُ عَلَيْهِ مُغْلَقٌ، فَمَا يَضَعُ عَنْهُ الثَّوْبَ لِيُفِيضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ، يَمْنَعُهُ الْحَيَاءُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ صُلْبَهُ<

Reference

• Reference: Musnad Aḥmad (543 (1/554)) [Shu’ayb al-Arna'ūṭ] and Musnad Aḥmad (543 (1/397)) [Aḥmad Shākir]

Translation

Ḥadīth [543]: It is narrated on the authority of al-Ḥasan [al-Baṣrī] ^{[d. 110H]} that he mentioned ‘Uthmān’s ^{[d. 35H]} extreme shyness and said: ‘If he was in a room with the door closed, and he took off his garment to pour water on himself, shyness prevented him from standing up straight.’

Takhrīj

• Ḥilyatul Awliyā' (1/56)

• Tārīkh ad-Dimashq (39/237)

• Imām Aḥmad’s az-Zuhd (668 (1/166))

→ Non-primary books:

• Majma’ al-Zawā'id (14513 (18/145))

• Ṣifatuṣ Ṣafwah(1/114)

Grading

• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir (Musnad Aḥmad)

• The narrators are thiqāt, the narrators are of shaykhayn except Sālim bin Abī Jamī’ … by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna'ūṭ (Musnad Aḥmad)

• The narrators are thiqāt by Imām al-Haythamī (Majma’ al-Zawā'id)

• The narrators are thiqāt by Shaykh Ḥusayn Asad (Majma’ al-Zawā'id)