Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8308 حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي نَوْفَلُ بْنُ مُسَاحِقٍ قَالَ بَيْنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ يُكَلِّمُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَكَانَ عَامِلًا لَهُ فَأَغْضَبَهُ فَأَخَذَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَبْضَةً مِنَ الْبَطْحَاءِ فَرَجَمَهُ بِهَا فَأَصَابَ حَجَرٌ مِنْهَا جَبِينَهُ فَشَجَّهُ فَسَالَ الدَّمُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَكَأَنَّهُ نَدِمَ فَقَالَ امْسَحِ الدَّمَ عَنْ لِحْيَتِكَ فَقَالَ «لَا يَهُولَنَّكَ هَذَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَوَاللهِ لَمَا انْتَهَكْتُ مِمَّنْ وَلَّيْتَنِي أَمْرَهُ أَشَدُّ مِمَّا انْتَهَكْتَ مِنِّي» قَالَ فَكَأَنَّهُ أَعْجَبَ عُمَرَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَزَادَهُ خَيْرًا
English Translation
While Uthman ibn Hunayf was speaking to Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) — he was a governor appointed by him — Umar became angry. Umar ibn al-Khattab grabbed a handful of gravel and threw it at him, and a stone struck his forehead and cut it, and blood flowed onto his beard. As if he regretted it, he said: 'Wipe the blood from your beard.' Uthman said: 'Do not let this trouble you, O Commander of the Faithful. By Allah, what I have done to those you appointed me over is worse than what you have done to me.' Umar was impressed by this and increased his favor toward him.