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3700. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Khabbāb narrated: "I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ while he was exhorting support for the 'army of distress.' 'Uthmān bin 'Affān stood and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I will take the responsibility of one-hundred camels, including their saddles and water-skins, in the path of Allāh.' Then he (ﷺ) again urged support for the army. So 'Uthmān [bin 'Affān] stood and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I will take the responsibility of two-hundred camels, including their saddles and water-skins, in the path of Allāh.' Then he (ﷺ) again urged support for the army. So 'Uthmān bin 'Affān stood and said: '[O Messenger of Allāh] I will take the responsibility for three-hundred camels, including their saddles and water-skins, in the path of Allāh.' So I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ descend from the Minbar while he was saying: 'It does not matter what 'Uthmān does after this, it does not matter what 'Uthmān does after this.'" (Ḍa'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb from this route [we do not know of it except as a narration of As-Sakan bin Al-Mughīrah]. And there is something on this topic from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Samurah.
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This narration shows that on the occasion of preparing the "Army of Distress" the Prophet ﷺ encouraged people three times to give donation for raising an army, and every time 'Uthmān gave one-hundred camels including their saddles and water-skins. It has been explained in Musnad Ahmad that 'Uthmān gave three-hundred camels. In some other reports it is stated that 'Uthmān donated nine-hundred camels, one-hundred horses, and plenty of cash on this call. The Prophet ﷺ gave him the happy news of forgiveness from all previous and future sins.
