29/4. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3610 — Uthman's Address During the Siege
An Endowment (Waqf) For Masjids
Uthman's Address to the Crowd During His Siege
Sunan an-Nasai : 3610
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3610
أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، قَالَ لَمَّا حُصِرَ عُثْمَانُ فِي دَارِهِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ حَوْلَ دَارِهِ - قَالَ - فَأَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ . وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ .
'Abdur-Rahman Al-Sulami Narrated from:
When 'Uthman was besieged in his house, the people gathered around his house and he looked out over them" and he quoted the same Hadith.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3610In-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 17English translation : Vol. 4, Book 29, Hadith 3640
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3610
This is a brief supporting narration about Uthman during the siege of his house. It states that people gathered around his home and that he looked out over them. The narrator then reports the same hadith, referring to the fuller account of Uthman's address and his call for witnesses. Because this version does not repeat the complete speech, its main value in the supplied text is that it preserves the same event through another line of narration. The clear details stated here are the siege, the gathering around Uthman's house, and his appearance before the people. Readers should therefore understand this report together with the fuller related narration rather than adding details not contained in its short wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration confirms that Uthman addressed people gathered during the siege.
- A brief report may refer to a fuller version of the same account.
- The report identifies Uthman's house as the place around which the people gathered.
- Its wording should be read without adding claims beyond the referenced narration.
