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3699. Abū ‘Abdur-Rahmān As-Sulamī said: “When ‘Uthmān was besieged, he looked out over them from atop his house and said: ‘I remind you by Allāh. Do you know that when (mount) Hīrā’ shook, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Be firm O Hīrā’! For there is none upon you except a Prophet, a Siddiq, and a martyr?” They said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘I remind you by Allāh.! Do you know that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, about the army of distress (Al-‘Usrah).[1] “Who will spend something which shall be accepted (by Allāh)?” And the people were struggling during difficult times, so I prepared that army?’ They said: ‘Yes.’ Then he said: ‘I remind you by Allāh. Do you know that no one drank from the well of Rūmah but have to pay for it, then I bought it and made it for the rich, the poor, and the wayfarer?’ They said: ‘O Allāh! Yes!’” And he listed other things.
This Ḥadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb from this route; as a narration of Abū ‘Abdur-Rahmān As-Sulamī from ‘Uthmān. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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[1] Referring to the Battle of Tabūk. See Sūrat At-Tawbah 9:117.
Commentary
The owner of the well of Rūmah was a Jew and he sold the water of the well. 'Uthman ؓ bought this well from him for twenty thousand Dinār. He spent more money to renovate and widen it, and reserved it for public use. He also donated money for the expansion of Al-Masjid An-Nabawī.
