Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 42 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُمْ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ،عَنِ الْأَقْرَعِ مُؤَذِّنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي عُمَرُ إِلَى الْأُسْقُفِّ فَدَعَوْتُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: وَهَلْ تَجِدُنِي فِي الْكِتَابِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: كَيْفَ تَجِدُنِي ؟ قَالَ: أَجِدُكَ قَرْنًا فَرَفَعَ عَلَيْهِ الدِّرَّةَ، فَقَالَ: قَرْنٌ مَهْ ؟ فَقَالَ: قَرْنٌ حَدِيدٌ أَمِينٌ شَدِيدٌ، قَالَ: كَيْفَ تَجِدُ الَّذِي يَجِيءُ مِنْ بَعْدِي ؟ فَقَالَ: أَجِدُهُ خَلِيفَةً صَالِحًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يُؤْثِرُ قَرَابَتَهُ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ عُثْمَانَ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ تَجِدُ الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ ؟ قَالَ: أَجِدُهُ صَدَأَ حَدِيدٍ، فَوَضَعَ عُمَرُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا دَفْرَاهُ يَا دَفْرَاهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّهُ خَلِيفَةٌ صَالِحٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يُسْتَخْلَفُ حِينَ يُسْتَخْلَفُ وَالسَّيْفُ مَسْلُولٌ وَالدَّمُ مُهْرَاقٌ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد: الدَّفْرُ النَّتْنُ.
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Umar sent me to a bishop and I called him. Umar said to him: Do you find me in the Book? He said: Yes. He asked: How do you find me? He said: I find you (like a) castle. Then he raised a whip to him, saying: What do you mean by castle? He replied: An iron castle and severely trustworthy. He asked: How do you find the one who will come after me? He said: I find him a pious caliph, except that he will prefer his relatives. Umar said: May Allah have mercy on Uthman: He said it three times. He then asked: How do you find the one who will come after him? He replied: I find him like rusty iron. Umar then put his hand on his head, and said: O filthy! O filthy! He said: Commander of the Faithful! He is a pious caliph, but when he is made caliph, the sword will be unsheathed and blood will be shed. Abu Dawud said: Al-dafr means filth or evil smell.