89. ✧ al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad from the Prophet ﷺ

Musnad al-Tayalisi 1256No grade recorded
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ قَوْمٌ يُثْنُونَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَيَمْدَحُونَهُ، وَالْمِقْدَادُ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَهُمْ يَمْدَحُونَهُ قَامَ فَتَنَاوَلَ الْحَصَى فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ - أَوْ قَالَ: فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمُ - التُّرَابَ "، أَوْ قَالَ: " الْحَصَى
✧ We were sitting in the mosque of the Messenger of God ﷺ when some people came praising 'Uthman and extolling him, while al-Miqdad was in a corner of the mosque. When he heard them praising him, he stood up, took some pebbles, and began throwing them at their faces. 'Uthman said: What is this? He said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces—or he said: in their mouths—or he said: pebbles.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 1257No grade recorded
جَعَلَ رَجُلٌ يَمْدَحُ غُلَامًا لِعُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: فَعَمَدَ الْمِقْدَادُ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ
✧ A man began praising a servant of 'Uthman, so al-Miqdad went and began throwing dust in his face. 'Uthman said to him: What is this? He said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 1258No grade recorded
مَا كَانَتْ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنَ اللهِ، لَوْ كُنْتَ أَيْقَظْتَ صَاحِبَيْكَ فَأَصَابَا مِنْهَا !، فَقُلْتُ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أُبَالِي إِذَا أَصَبْتَهَا أَنْتَ وَأَصَبْتُ فَضْلَكَ مَنْ أَخْطَأَتْ مِنَ النَّاسِ.
✧ It was only a mercy from God. If you had awakened your two companions, they would have gotten some of it. I said: By Him who sent you with the truth, I do not care, when you get it and I get your leftover, who among the people misses it.