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3703. Thumāmāh bin Ḥazn Al-Qushairī narrated: "I was present at the house when 'Uthmān appeared above them saying: 'Bring me your two companions who have gathered you against me.'" He said: "So they were brought as if they were two camels, or as if they were two donkeys." He said: "'Uthmān appeared above them and said: 'I ask you by Allāh and Islam! Do you know that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and there was no water in it that was sweet except the well of Rūmah, so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Who will purchase the well of Rūmah and place his bucket alongside the buckets of the Muslims, in exchange for better than that in Paradise?' So I bought it with the core of my wealth, and today you prevent me from drinking from it, so that I would
have to drink from the water of the sea? They said: 'O Allāh! Yes!' He said: 'I ask you by Allāh and Islām! Do you know that the Masjid, was insufficient for its people, so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Who will purchase the land of the family of so-and-so, and add it to the Masjid in exchange for better than that in Paradise?' So I bought it with the core of my wealth, and today you prevent me from praying two Rak'ah in it?' They said: 'O Allāh! Yes.' He said: 'I ask you by Allāh and Islam! Do you know that I prepared the 'army of distress' from my wealth?' They said: 'O Allāh! Yes!' Then he said: 'I ask you by Allāh and Islam! Do you know that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was on (mount) Thabīr of Makkah, and with him was Abū Bakr, and 'Umar, and myself. The mountain began shaking until its rocks fell to its bottom.' He said: 'So he (ﷺ) stomped it with his foot and said: "Be still O Thabīr! For there is none upon except a Prophet, a Ṣiddīq and two martyrs?"' They said: 'O Allāh! Yes!' He said: 'Allāh is Great! Bear witness by the Lord of the Ka'bah that I am a martyr!' – three times." (Ḥasan)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan, and it has been reported through other routes from 'Uthmān.
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Has the world ever seen a person who is a head of a great state, who is
member of great and powerful tribe, who has the status of "Dhun-Nūrāin", who is soft in nature and extremely tolerant, who accepted martyrdom and wished not to shed the blood of innocent people for his own safety? He never asked any one to guard him against the tyrants. O Allāh ﷻ have countless mercy and Your blessings on him.
