أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ : إِنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ لِي : إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ فِي الْجَدِّ رَأْيًا، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَنْ تَتَّبِعُوهُ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ :" إِنْ نَتَّبِعْ رَأْيَكَ، فَإِنَّهُ رَشَدٌ، وَإِنْ نَتَّبِعْ رَأْيَ الشَّيْخِ قَبْلَكَ فَنِعْمَ ذُو الرَّأْيِ كَانَ "، قَالَ : وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَجْعَلُهُ أَبًا
Al-Hajjaj bin Al-Minhal told us, Hammad bin Salama told us, Hisham bin Urwa told us, on the authority of Urwa, on the authority of Marwan bin Al-Hakam, he said: Othman bin Affan said to me: Omar, may God be pleased with him, said to me: I have seen an opinion about seriousness, so if you see it, you should follow it. So they followed him. Uthman said: “If we follow your opinion, then it is guidance, and if we follow the opinion of the Sheikh before you, then what a good opinion he was.” He said: Abu Bakr used to make him a father.