Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْبَلَتْ إِحْدَانَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى فَكَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ كَلَامٍ كَلَّمَهُ أَنْ ضَرَبَ مَنْكِبَهُ وَقَالَ يَا عُثْمَانُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَسَى أَنْ يُلْبِسَكَ قَمِيصًا فَإِنْ أَرَادَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ عَلَى خَلْعِهِ فَلَا تَخْلَعْهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَانِي يَا عُثْمَانُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَسَى أَنْ يُلْبِسَكَ قَمِيصًا فَإِنْ أَرَادَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ عَلَى خَلْعِهِ فَلَا تَخْلَعْهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَانِي ثَلَاثًا فَقُلْتُ لَهَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَيْنَ كَانَ هَذَا عَنْكِ قَالَتْ نَسِيتُهُ وَاللَّهِ فَمَا ذَكَرْتُهُ قَالَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَلَمْ يَرْضَ بِالَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُهُ حَتَّى كَتَبَ إِلَى أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْ اكْتُبِي إِلَيَّ بِهِ فَكَتَبَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِهِ كِتَابًا.
English Translation
Abu al-Mughirah told us: al-Walid ibn Sulayman told us: Rabi'ah ibn Yazid told me, from Abdullah ibn Amir, from al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, from A'isha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent for Uthman ibn Affan, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, turned to him. When we saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, we turned to one another. Among the last words he spoke to him, he struck his shoulder and said: "O Uthman, Allah, Mighty and Sublime, may clothe you with a garment; if the hypocrites want you to remove it, do not remove it until you meet me" — O Uthman, Allah may clothe you with a garment; if the hypocrites want you to remove it, do not remove it until you meet me — three times. I said to her, "O Mother of the Believers, where was this from you?" She said: "I forgot it, by Allah, I had not remembered it." He said: So I informed Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan of it, but he was not satisfied with what I told him until he wrote to the Mother of the Believers: "Write it to me." So she wrote it to him in a letter.