While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting in the courtyard of his house in Makkah, Uthman bin Mazun passed by and smiled at him.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Won't you sit down?"Uthman replied, "Of course."So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat facing him. While he was speaking with Uthman, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ suddenly fixed his gaze upon the sky and looked at it for a while. Then he began lowering his gaze until he was looking at the ground to his right. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from his companion Uthman toward where his gaze had settled and began nodding his head as though trying to grasp what was being said to him, while Ibn Mazun watched. When he had finished and understood what was being said to him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his gaze to the sky once more, just as he had the first time, and followed it with his eyes until it disappeared into the sky. Then he turned back to Uthman in his original sitting position.Uthman said, "Muhammad, in all the time I have sat with you and visited you, I have never seen you do anything like what you did this morning."The Prophet ﷺ asked, "And what did you see me do?"Uthman replied, "I saw you fix your gaze upon the sky, then lower it until you placed it to your right. You turned toward it, leaving me, and began nodding your head as if you were trying to grasp something being said to you."The Prophet ﷺ asked, "And you noticed that?"Uthman said, "Yes."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A messenger from Allah came to me just now while you were sitting here."Uthman asked, "A messenger from Allah?"He answered, "Yes."Uthman asked, "And what did he say to you?"He said, "Indeed, Allah commands justice, excellence, and giving to relatives, and He forbids immorality, wrongdoing, and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded." [Nahl 16:90]Uthman said, "That was the moment faith settled in my heart and I came to love Muhammad."
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بينما رسول الله ﷺ بفناء بيته بمكة جالس إذ مر به عثمان بن مظعون فكشر إلى رسول الله ﷺ فقال له رسول الله ﷺ ألا تجلس قال بلى قال فجلس رسول الله ﷺ مستقبله فبينما هو يحدثه إذ شخص رسول الله ﷺ ببصره إلى السماء فنظر ساعة إلى السماء فأخذ يضع بصره حتى وضعه على يمينه في الأرض فتحرف رسول الله ﷺ عن جليسه عثمان إلى حيث وضع بصره وأخذ ينغض رأسه كأنه يستفقه ما يقال له وابن مظعون ينظر فلما قضى حاجته واستفقه ما يقال له شخص بصر رسول الله ﷺ إلى السماء كما شخص أول مرة فأتبعه بصره حتى توارى في السماء فأقبل إلى عثمان بجلسته الأولى قال يا محمد فيم كنت أجالسك وآتيك ما رأيتك تفعل كفعلك الغداة قال وما رأيتني فعلت قال رأيتك تشخص ببصرك إلى السماء ثم وضعته حيث وضعته على يمينك فتحرفت إليه وتركتني فأخذت تنغض رأسك كأنك تستفقه شيئا يقال لك قال وفطنت لذاك قال عثمان نعم قال رسول الله ﷺ أتاني رسول الله آنفا وأنت جالس قال رسول الله قال نعم قال فما قال لك قال {إن الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيتاء ذي القربى وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي يعظكم لعلكم تذكرون} قال عثمان فذلك حين استقر الإيمان في قلبي وأحببت محمدا