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1667. Abū Ṣāliḥ, the freed slave of 'Uthmān said: "I heard 'Uthmān while on the Minbar saying: 'I did not inform you about a Hadīth I had heard from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, out of dismay that you
might part from me. Then it occurred to me that I should narrate it to you so that one may himself choose from these matters accordingly. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: (Ribāt) Guarding the frontier for a day in Allāh's cause is better in status than a thousand days doing other than that.” (Sahīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan [Sahīh] Gharīb.
Muḥammad [bin Ismā'īl] said: “Abū Sāliḥ, the freed slave of 'Uthmān's name is Burkān.”
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Since those were the days when people's eagerness for the doing of virtuous deeds was at its peak, it happened sometimes that the tidings of acts attracting abundant rewards from Allāh were kept from them, lest they should leave the capital city of Al-Madinah en masse in pursuit of those acts, thus creating problems for the administration of the city or state. But once the conditions changed, they were told of those matters in order to be clear of the blame of hiding a piece of information about their own religion.
