Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
عثمان بن عفان
عثمان بن عفان بن أبي العاص بن أمية بن عبد شمس بن عبد مناف
Appears in 157 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
عثمان بن عفان
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
29
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
33
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
24
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
19
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
30
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
22
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
أحد السابقين الأولين والخلفاء الأربعة ، والعشرة المبشرة
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو عمرو ، وأبو عبد الله ، ويقال: أبو ليلى ،قال ابن الحذاء يكنى ايضا : أبو محمد
- Laqab
- ذو النورين
- Known as
- ذو النورين
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي ، الأموي ، ذو النورين
- Generation
- أحد السابقين الأولين والخلفاء الأربعة ، والعشرة المبشرة
- Born
- بعد الفيل بست سنين
- Died
- 35 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة
- Died in
- المدينة
- Travelled to
- الحبشة ، المدينة
- Relatives
- ختن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على ابنتيه رقية وأم كلثوم ، يقال : أمه أروى بنت كريز بن ربيعة بن حبيب بن عبد شمس ، وخالته سعدى ، وأولاده : عمرو ، وأبان ، وسعيد ، وابن عمه مروان بن الحكم بن أبي العاص ، ابن عمه : كاتبه مروان بن الحكم ،ومولاه : حمران بن أبان ، ومولاه : زيد بن دارة ، ومولاه : أبو سهلة ، ومولاه : أبو صالح
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 159مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ نَحْوَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ فِيهِمَا نَفْسَهُ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِThis verse is "Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down...)" (2159). I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'If a man performs ablution perfectly and then offers the compulsory congrega6 narratorsBukhari · 160وَعَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : وَلَكِنْ عُرْوَةُ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ ، فَلَمَّا تَوَضَّأَ عُثْمَانُ ، قَالَ : أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا لَوْلَا آيThis verse is "Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down...)" (2159). I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'If a man performs ablution perfectly and then offers the compulsory congrega6 narratorsBukhari · 164مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ نَحْوَ وُضُوئِي هَذَا ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ فِيهِمَا نَفْسَهُ ، غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ(the freed slave of `Uthman bin `Affan) I saw `Uthman bin `Affan asking (for a tumbler of water) to perform ablution (and when it was brought) he poured water from it over his hands and washed them thrice and then put hi6 narratorsBukhari · 179يَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَيَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُI asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a person who engaged in intercourse but did no discharge. `Uthman replied, "He should perform ablution like the one for an ordinary prayer but he must wash his penis." `Uthman added, "I h7 narratorsBukhari · 292يَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَيَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُI asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a man who engaged in the sexual intercourse with his wife but did not discharge. `Uthman replied, "He should perform ablution like that for the prayer after washing his private parts." `U12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 450مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا ، قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ : حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِI heard `Uthman bin `Affan saying, when people argued too much about his intention to reconstruct the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "You have talked too much. I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'Whoever built a mosque, (7 narratorsBukhari · 475أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُسْتَلْقِيًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَاضِعًا إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَىthat his uncle said, "I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) lying flat (on his back) in the mosque with one leg on the other." Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab that `Umar and `Uthman used to do the same.9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 695الصَّلَاةُ أَحْسَنُ مَا يَعْمَلُ النَّاسُ ، فَإِذَا أَحْسَنَ النَّاسُ فَأَحْسِنْ مَعَهُمْ ، وَإِذَا أَسَاءُوا فَاجْتَنِبْ إِسَاءَتَهُمْI went to 'Uthman bin Affan while he was besieged, and said to him, "You are the chief of all Muslims in general and you see what has befallen you. We are led in the Salat (prayer) by a leader of Al-Fitan (trials and aff6 narratorsBukhari · 1563شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ ، وَعَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، وَعُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنْ الْمُتْعَةِ وَأَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَلِيٌّ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا لَبَّيْكَ بِعُمْرَةٍ وَحَجَّةٍ ، قَالَ : مَا كُنْتُI saw 'Uthman and 'Ali. 'Uthman used to forbid people to perform Hajj-at-Tamattu' and Hajj-al- Qiran (Hajj and 'Umra together), and when 'Ali saw (this act of 'Uthman), he assumed Ihram for Hajj and 'Umra together saying8 narratorsBukhari · 1569اخْتَلَفَ عَلِيٌّ وَعُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا وَهُمَا بِعُسْفَانَ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَنْهَى عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَعَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَم`Ali and `Uthman differed regarding Hajj-at-Tamattu` while they were at 'Usfan (a familiar place near Mecca). `Ali said, "I see you want to forbid people to do a thing that the Prophet (ﷺ) did?" When `Ali saw that, he as7 narratorsBukhari · 1655صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِنًى رَكْعَتَيْنِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered a two-rak`at prayer at Mina. Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman, (during the early years of his caliphate) followed the same practice.9 narratorsBukhari · 1934رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَى الْمَرْفِقِ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمّI saw `Uthman performing ablution; he washed his hands thrice, rinsed his mouth and then washed his nose, by putting water in it and then blowing it out, and washed his face thrice, and then washed his right forearm up t7 narrators