Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَعَفَّانُ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَامِرٍ اسْتَعْمَلَ كِلَابَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ عَلَى الَأَيْلَةِ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ فِي أَرْضِهِ فَأَتَاهُ عُثْمَانُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِي اللَّيْلِ سَاعَةً تُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ قَالَا جَمِيعًا وَإِنَّ دَاوُدَ خَرَجَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ لَا يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَدٌ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ سَاحِرًا أَوْ عَشَّارًا فَدَعَا كِلَابٌ بِقُرْقُورٍ فَرَكِبَ فِيهِ وَانْحَدَرَ إِلَى ابْنِ عَامِرٍ فَقَالَ دُونَكَ عَمَلَكَ قَالَ لِمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا.
English Translation
Abd al-Samad and Affan narrated to us — the meaning being the same — both saying: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us: Ali ibn Zayd narrated to us, from al-Hasan, that Ibn Amir appointed Kilab ibn Umayyah over Aylah, while Uthman ibn Abi al-'As was on his own land, so Uthman came to him and said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him' — Abd al-Samad said in his narration: 'say: "There is an hour in the night in which the gates of heaven are opened, and a caller calls out: Is there anyone who asks, that I may give him? Is there anyone who calls upon Me, that I may answer him? Is there anyone who seeks forgiveness, that I may forgive him?"' Both of them said together: 'And Dawud went out one night and said: "No one asks Allah, Mighty and Sublime, for anything but He gives it to him, unless he be a sorcerer or a tax-collector."' So Kilab called for a small boat, and boarded it, and sailed down to Ibn Amir, and said: 'Take back your position.' He said: 'Why?' He said: 'Uthman told us such-and-such.'