al-Zubayr, and I declare that both of them are free and clear of any responsibility for whatever decisions they make concerning my estate, and that none of my wives may be given in marriage except with their permission. (1)(2)

I said: He had gone to ʿUthmān, and on his way at al-Rabadha (3) he came upon Abū Dharr and performed the funeral prayer over him.

Al-Sari ibn Yaḥyā—reporting through Abū Shujāʿ, from Abū Ẓabya—narrated:

ʿAbd Allah fell ill, so ʿUthmān visited him and asked, “What is troubling you?”

He replied, “My sins.”

He asked, “What do you long for?”

He said, “The mercy of my Lord.”

He said, “Shall I summon a physician for you?”

He answered, “The Physician is the One who made me ill.”

He said, “Shall I order a stipend for you?”

He replied, “I have no need of it.”

This was likewise transmitted by Saʿīd ibn Maryam and ʿAmr ibn al-Rabiʿ. It was also related by Ibn Wahb, who reported it from Shujāʿ; and by ʿUthmān ibn Yamān and Ḥajjāj ibn Nuṣayr, from al-Sari, from Shujāʿ, from Abū Fāṭimah.

Al-Fasawī said: Ibn Numayr related to us—Yazīd related to us—from Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid, from Qays, who said:

After the death of ʿAbd Allah, al-Zubayr entered upon ʿUthmān, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, “Give me ʿAbd Allah’s stipend, for the dependants of ʿAbd Allah have a greater right to it than the public treasury.”

So he gave him fifteen thousand. (4)