Arabic (Original)
أنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا يُونُسُ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْقَائِلَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَلِيفَةٌ يَقِيلُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَيَقُومُ وَأَثَرُ الْحَصَى بِجَنْبِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ يُونُسُ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَحَرَّكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أُصْبُعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ وَنَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ غِلْمَانٌ قُلْتُ لِيُونُسَ ابْنُ كَمْ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ لِسَنَتَيْنِ بَقِيَتَا مِنْ خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ثُمَّ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى كَرَاهِيَتِهِمُ النَّوْمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا لِمَنْ وَجَدَ مَسْكَنًا أَنْ لَا يَقْصِدَ الْمَسْجِدَ لِلنَّوْمِ فِيهِ أَنْ لَا يَقْصِدَ الْمَسْجِدَ لِلنَّوْمِ فِيهِ
English Translation
Al-Hasan was asked about taking a midday nap in the mosque. He said: "I saw Uthman ibn Affan, who was the caliph at that time, taking his midday nap in the mosque. He would get up with the marks of pebbles on his side, and people would say: 'This is the Commander of the Faithful! This is the Commander of the Faithful!' — pointing with their fingers." He added: "We were young boys at that time." It was reported from Ibn Mas'ud, Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, and Sa'id ibn Jubayr that they disliked sleeping in the mosque. They preferred that whoever had a dwelling should not come to the mosque specifically to sleep in it.