Sunan an-Nasa'i 3608

Ziyad ibn Ayyub informed me: Sa'id ibn 'Amir narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi al-Hajjaj, from Sa'id al-Jurayri, from Thumamah ibn Hazn al-Qushayri, who said: I was present at the residence when 'Uthman looked out over them. He said, ‘I adjure you by Allah and by Islam: Do you know that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, its only source of sweet drinking water was the well of Rumah, and he said, “Who will buy the well of Rumah and put his bucket into it alongside the Muslims' buckets, in return for something better for him in Paradise?” I bought it with my own money and put my bucket in it alongside the Muslims' buckets. Yet today you prevent me from drinking from it, so that I have to drink sea water.’ They said, ‘O Allah, yes.’ He said, ‘I adjure you by Allah and by Islam: Do you know that I equipped the army of hardship with my own wealth?’ They said, ‘O Allah, yes.’ He said, ‘I adjure you by Allah and by Islam: Do you know that the mosque had become too small for its people, and the Messenger of Allah said, “Who will buy the plot belonging to the family of so-and-so and add it to the mosque, in return for something better for him in Paradise?” I bought it with my own money and added it to the mosque. Yet you prevent me from praying two units there.’ They said, ‘O Allah, yes.’ He said, ‘I adjure you by Allah and by Islam: Do you know that the Messenger of Allah was on Thabir—the mountain of Makkah—with Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and me, and the mountain shook? The Messenger of Allah struck it with his foot and said, “Be still, Thabir! Upon you are a Prophet, a man of truth, and two martyrs.”’ They said, ‘O Allah, yes.’ He said, ‘Allah is greatest! They have borne witness for me, by the Lord of the Ka'bah’—meaning, that I am a martyr.