Sahih al-Bukhari 3267
Book 59: Beginning of Creation · Hadith 77
Hadith text
Narrated Abu Wail:Somebody said to Usama, "Will you go to so-and-so (i.e. `Uthman) and talk to him (i.e. advise him regarding ruling the country)?" He said, "You see that I don't talk to him. Really I talk to (advise) him secretly without opening a gate (of affliction), for neither do I want to be the first to open it (i.e. rebellion), nor will I say to a man who is my ruler that he is the best of all the people after I have heard something from Allah's Apostle ." They said, What have you heard him saying? He said, "I have heard him saying, "A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in the (Hell) Fire, so that his intestines will come out, and he will go around like a donkey goes around a millstone. The people of (Hell) Fire will gather around him and say: O so-and-so! What is wrong with you? Didn't you use to order us to do good deeds and forbid us to do bad deeds? He will reply: Yes, I used to order you to do good deeds, but I did not do them myself, and I used to forbid you to do bad deeds, yet I used to do them myself
Abu Wail bataate hain: Kisi ne Usama se kaha, "Kya aap falaan-falaan (yaani Uthman) ke paas jaakar unse baat karenge (yaani unhe desh chalane ke baare mein mashwara denge)?" Unhone kaha, "Tum sochte ho main unse baat nahi karta. Asal mein main unse chupke se baat karta hoon bina koi darwaza (fitne ka) khole, kyunke na main aisa pahla shaks banna chahta hoon jo ise khole (yaani baghavat), na hi main us shaks ko, jo mera hukmaran hai, yeh kahunga ke woh sab logon mein sabse behtar hai jab maine Allah ke Rasool se kuch suna hai." Unhone pucha, "Aapne unhe kya kehte suna hai?" Unhone kaha, "Maine unhe kehte suna, 'Qiyamat ke din ek shaks laaya jaayega aur Dozakh mein daalkar phenka jaayega, taake uski aanten bahar aa jaengi, aur woh chakki ke gird ghumne wale gadhe ki tarah ghumega. Dozakh wale uske aas-paas jama honge aur puchenge: Aye falaan! Tumhe kya hua? Kya tum humein neik amal karne ka hukum aur bure amal se rokne ka hukum nahi dete the? Woh jawab dega: Haan, main tumhe neik amal karne ka hukum deta tha, magar khud woh nahi karta tha, aur main tumhe bure amal se rokta tha, phir bhi khud woh karta tha.'"
Sahih al-Bukhari 3267 · Book 59, Hadith 77