I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and a man among the people sneezed, so I said, "May Allah have mercy on you." The people shot me looks with their eyes, so I said, "May my mother lose me, what is the matter with you that you stare at me?" They began striking their hands on their thighs, and I realized they were trying to silence me.Uthman said, "When I saw them silencing me, I held my tongue."He continued, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished praying, by my father and my mother, he did not strike me, scold me, or rebuke me. He simply said, 'This prayer is not a place for any of human speech. It is only glorification, magnification of Allah, and recitation of the Quran,'" or as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said.I said, "Messenger of Allah, we are a people who have only recently emerged from the days of ignorance. Allah has now brought us Islam, but among us there are some men who go to soothsayers."He said, "Do not go to them."I said, "And among us there are some men who take omens from things."He said, "That is something they find in their hearts. Let it not turn them back."I said, "And among us there are some men who draw lines on the ground for divination."He said, "There was a prophet among the prophets who used to draw lines. So whoever's line matches his, that is correct."I said, "I had a slave girl who used to tend a few sheep for me near Uhud and Jawwaniya. One day I came to check on her and found that a wolf had taken one of the sheep. I am a son of Adam, I get upset as they get upset, but I gave her a hard slap. This weighed heavily upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I said, 'Shall I not free her?'"He said, "Bring her to me."So I brought her to him, and he asked her, "Where is Allah?"She said, "In the heavens."He asked, "Who am I?"She said, "You are the Messenger of Allah."He said, "Free her, for she is a believer."
حدثنا مسدد حدثنا يحيى ح و حدثنا عثمان بن أبي شيبة حدثنا إسمعيل بن إبراهيم المعنى عن حجاج الصواف حدثني يحيى بن أبي كثير عن هلال بن أبي ميمونة عن عطاء بن يسار
صليت مع رسول الله ﷺ فعطس رجل من القوم فقلت يرحمك الله فرماني القوم بأبصارهم فقلت واثكل أمياه ما شأنكم تنظرون إلي فجعلوا يضربون بأيديهم على أفخاذهم فعرفت أنهم يصمتوني فقال عثمان فلما رأيتهم يسكتوني لكني سكت قال فلما صلى رسول الله ﷺ بأبي وأمي ما ضربني ولا كهرني ولا سبني ثم قال إن هذه الصلاة لا يحل فيها شيء من كلام الناس هذا إنما هو التسبيح والتكبير وقراءة القرآن أو كما قال رسول الله ﷺ قلت يا رسول الله إنا قوم حديث عهد بجاهلية وقد جاءنا الله بالإسلام ومنا رجال يأتون الكهان قال فلا تأتهم قال قلت ومنا رجال يتطيرون قال ذاك شيء يجدونه في صدورهم فلا يصدهم قلت ومنا رجال يخطون قال كان نبي من الأنبياء يخط فمن وافق خطه فذاك قال قلت جارية لي كانت ترعى غنيمات قبل أحد والجوانية إذ اطلعت عليها اطلاعة فإذا الذئب قد ذهب بشاة منها وأنا من بني آدم آسف كما يأسفون لكني صككتها صكة فعظم ذاك على رسول الله ﷺ فقلت أفلا أعتقها قال ائتني بها قال فجئته بها فقال أين الله قالت في السماء قال من أنا قالت أنت رسول الله قال أعتقها فإنها مؤمنة