Hadith 23

(The book) ‘Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Mufeed – Ali Bin Bilal, from Ali Bin Abdullah Al Asfahany, from Al Saqafy, from Yusuf bin Saeed Al Arhaby, from Ubeydullah Bin Mua Al Absy, from Kamil, from Habeeb Bin Abu Sabit who said, ‘When the group presented at the house for the consultation, Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswad Al-Kindy-ra came and said, ‘Enter me (into the house) to be with you, for there is advice with me-ra for the Sake of Allah-azwj and for me there is goodness with you’. They refused. He-ra said: ‘Let me enter my head and listen from me-ra. They refused that upon him. He-ra said, ‘But when you are refusing, then do not pledge allegiance to any man who had not attended (battle of) Badr, and did not pledge allegiance, the allegiance of the Pleasure (Bay’at Al-Rizwaan), and was defeated on the day of (battle of) Ohad, and the day the two parties met (in battle)’. Usman said, ‘Or by Allah-azwj! If I were to be in charge, I will return you to your Lord-azwj first’. When the death befell Al-Miqdad-ra, he-ra said, ‘Inform Usman that I-ra am returning to my-ra Lord-azwj first and last’. When (news of) his-ra death reached Usman, he came to his-ra grave and said, ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on you-ra! You were (such and such), and you were (such and such)’ – praising goodly upon him-ra’. Al-Zubeyr said (a couplet), ‘I made you recognise me after the death, you are mourning me, and during my lifetime you did not provide me any provisions’’. He (Usman) said, ‘O Zubeyr! You are saying this? Do you view that I love him-ra to die like this, being from the companions of Muhammad-saww and he is angry upon me? ! ’’[15]