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Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin `Adi bin Al-Khiyar:That Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abd Yaghuth had said to him, "What prevents you from speaking to your uncle `Uthman regarding his brother Al-Walid bin `Uqba?" The people were speaking against the latter for what he had done. 'Ubaidullah said, "So I kept waiting for `Uthman, and when he went out for the prayer, I said to him, 'I have got something to say to you as a piece of advice.' `Uthman said, 'O man! I seek Refuge with Allah from you. So I went away. When I finished my prayer, I sat with Al-Miswar and Ibn 'Abd Yaghuth and talked to both of them of what I had said to `Uthman and what he had said to me. They said, 'You have done your duty.' So while I was sitting with them. `Uthman's Messenger came to me. They said, 'Allah has put you to trial." I set out and when I reached `Uthman, he said, 'What is your advice which you mentioned a while ago?' I recited Tashahhud and added, 'Allah has sent Muhammad and has revealed the Holy Book (i.e. Qur'an) to him. You (O `Uthman!) were amongst those who responded to the call of Allah and His Apostle and had faith in him. And you took part in the first two migrations (to Ethiopia and to Medina), and you enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and learned his traditions and advice. Now the people are talking much about Al-Walid bin `Uqba and so it is your duty to impose on him the legal punishment.' `Uthman then said to me, 'O my nephew! Did you ever meet Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?' I said, 'No, but his knowledge has reached me as it has reached the virgin in her seclusion.' `Uthman then recited Tashahhud and said, 'No doubt, Allah has sent Muhammad with the Truth and has revealed to him His Holy Book (i.e. Qur'an) and I was amongst those who responded to the call of Allah and His Apostle and I had faith in Muhammad's Mission, and I had performed the first two migrations as you have said, and I enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and gave the pledge of allegiance to him. By Allah, I never disobeyed him and never cheated him till Allah caused him to die. Then Allah made Abu Bakr Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then `Umar became Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then I became Caliph. Have I not then the same rights over you as they had over me?' I replied in the affirmative. `Uthman further said, 'Then what are these talks which are reaching me from you? As for what you have mentioned about Al-Walid bin 'Uqba, Allah willing, I shall give him the legal punishment justly.' Then `Uthman ordered that Al-Walid be flogged forty lashes. He ordered `Ali to flog him and he himself flogged him as well

حدثنا عبد الله بن محمد الجعفي، حدثنا هشام، اخبرنا معمر، عن الزهري، حدثنا عروة بن الزبير، ان عبيد الله بن عدي بن الخيار، اخبره ان المسور بن مخرمة وعبد الرحمن بن الاسود بن عبد يغوث قالا له ما يمنعك ان تكلم خالك عثمان في اخيه الوليد بن عقبة وكان اكثر الناس فيما فعل به. قال عبيد الله فانتصبت لعثمان حين خرج الى الصلاة فقلت له ان لي اليك حاجة وهى نصيحة. فقال ايها المرء، اعوذ بالله منك، فانصرفت، فلما قضيت الصلاة جلست الى المسور والى ابن عبد يغوث، فحدثتهما بالذي قلت لعثمان وقال لي. فقالا قد قضيت الذي كان عليك. فبينما انا جالس معهما، اذ جاءني رسول عثمان، فقالا لي قد ابتلاك الله. فانطلقت حتى دخلت عليه، فقال ما نصيحتك التي ذكرت انفا قال فتشهدت ثم قلت ان الله بعث محمدا صلى الله عليه وسلم وانزل عليه الكتاب، وكنت ممن استجاب لله ورسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم وامنت به، وهاجرت الهجرتين الاوليين، وصحبت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ورايت هديه، وقد اكثر الناس في شان الوليد بن عقبة، فحق عليك ان تقيم عليه الحد. فقال لي يا ابن اخي ادركت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال قلت لا، ولكن قد خلص الى من علمه ما خلص الى العذراء في سترها. قال فتشهد عثمان فقال ان الله قد بعث محمدا صلى الله عليه وسلم بالحق وانزل عليه الكتاب، وكنت ممن استجاب لله ورسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم وامنت بما بعث به محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. وهاجرت الهجرتين الاوليين كما قلت، وصحبت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وبايعته، والله ما عصيته ولا غششته حتى توفاه الله، ثم استخلف الله ابا بكر فوالله ما عصيته ولا غششته، ثم استخلف عمر، فوالله ما عصيته ولا غششته، ثم استخلفت، افليس لي عليكم مثل الذي كان لهم على قال بلى. قال فما هذه الاحاديث التي تبلغني عنكم فاما ما ذكرت من شان الوليد بن عقبة، فسناخذ فيه ان شاء الله بالحق قال فجلد الوليد اربعين جلدة، وامر عليا ان يجلده، وكان هو يجلده. وقال يونس وابن اخي الزهري عن الزهري افليس لي عليكم من الحق مثل الذي كان لهم. قال ابو عبد الله بلاء من ربكم ما ابتليتم به من شدة وفي موضع البلاء الابتلاء والتمحيص من بلوته ومحصته اي استخرجت ما عنده يبلو يختبر مبتليكم مختبركم واما قوله بلاء عظيم النعم وهي من ابليته وتلك من ابتليته