Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ شَقِيقٍ، يَقُولُ كَانَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَنْهَى عَنْ الْمُتْعَةِ وَعَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُفْتِي بِهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَوْلًا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا خَائِفِينَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ مَا كَانَ خَوْفُهُمْ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي.
English Translation
It was narrated that Qatadah said: I heard `Abdullah bin Shaqeeq say: `Hadrat Uthman (may Allah be well pleased with him) forbade tamattu` and `Ali enjoined it. `Hadrat Uthman (may Allah be well pleased with him) said something and Hadrat 'Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) said to him, You know that the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did that. `Hadrat Uthman (may Allah be well pleased with him) said: Yes, but we were in a state of fear . Shu`bah said: I said to Qatadah: What were they afraid of? He said: I do not know,