We set out as pilgrims and arrived in Medina intending to perform the Hajj. While we were at our lodgings unloading our mounts, a man came to us and said that the people had gathered in the mosque in alarm. So we went out, and there we found the people assembled around a small group in the middle of the mosque, among whom were Ali, Zubayr, Talha, and Saad bin Abu Waqqas.While we were standing there, Uthman arrived, wearing a yellow cloak with which he had covered his head.He asked, "Is Talha here? Is Zubayr here? Is Saad here?"They answered, "Yes."He said, "I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever buys the enclosure of the tribe of so-and-so, Allah will forgive him,' and I bought it for twenty thousand, or twenty-five thousand, and then went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him, and he said, 'Add it to our mosque, and its reward shall be yours'?"They replied, "By Allah, yes."He said, "I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever buys the well of Ruma, Allah will forgive him,' and I bought it for such and such an amount, then went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'I have bought it for such and such,' and he said, 'Make it a source of drinking water for the Muslims, and its reward shall be yours'?"They replied, "By Allah, yes."He said, "I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at the faces of the people and said, 'Who will equip these men? Allah will forgive him,' meaning the army of hardship, and I equipped them so completely that they did not lack even a rope or a halter?"They replied, "By Allah, yes."He said, "O Allah, bear witness. O Allah, bear witness. O Allah, bear witness."
أخبرنا إسحق بن إبراهيم قال حدثنا عبد الله بن إدريس قال سمعت حصين بن عبد الرحمن يحدث عن عمرو بن جاوان
خرجنا حجاجا فقدمنا المدينة ونحن نريد الحج فبينا نحن في منازلنا نضع رحالنا إذ أتانا آت فقال إن الناس قد اجتمعوا في المسجد وفزعوا فانطلقنا فإذا الناس مجتمعون على نفر في وسط المسجد وفيهم علي والزبير وطلحة وسعد بن أبي وقاص فإنا لكذلك إذ جاء عثمان رضي الله عنه عليه ملاءة صفراء قد قنع بها رأسه فقال أهاهنا طلحة أهاهنا الزبير أهاهنا سعد قالوا نعم قال فإني أنشدكم بالله الذي لا إله إلا هو أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ قال من يبتاع مربد بني فلان غفر الله له فابتعته بعشرين ألفا أو بخمسة وعشرين ألفا فأتيت رسول الله ﷺ فأخبرته فقال اجعله في مسجدنا وأجره لك قالوا اللهم نعم قال أنشدكم بالله الذي لا إله إلا هو أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ قال من ابتاع بئر رومة غفر الله له فابتعتها بكذا وكذا فأتيت رسول الله ﷺ فقلت قد ابتعتها بكذا وكذا قال اجعلها سقاية للمسلمين وأجرها لك قالوا اللهم نعم قال أنشدكم بالله الذي لا إله إلا هو أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ نظر في وجوه القوم فقال من يجهز هؤلاء غفر الله له يعني جيش العسرة فجهزتهم حتى لم يفقدوا عقالا ولا خطاما فقالوا اللهم نعم قال اللهم اشهد اللهم اشهد اللهم اشهد
[Its chain is hasan]. Ibn Abu Shayba narrated it, 12/39, 40, from Ibn Idris through the same route, and it is also found in Kubra, hadith no. 4391. Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih, 4/119, 120, hadith no. 2487, and so did Ibn Hibban, hadith no. 2200.Hadith no. 4391, 4/ has many corroborating narrations. Amr bin Jawan was deemed reliable by Ibn Khuzayma and Ibn Hibban, so his hadith does not fall below the level of hasan.