1416 — Ibrāhīm ibn al-Haytham al-Nāqid also informed us, saying: Dāwūd ibn Rushayd narrated to us, saying: Suwayd ibn Abd al-Azīz narrated to us, saying: Husayn narrated to us, from Amr ibn Jāwān, from al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, who said:

Uthmān ibn Affān adjured Alī, Talha, al-Zubayr, and Sa‘d—may Allah be pleased with them—saying: “Do you know that, on the day of the Army of Hardship, the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said, ‘Whoever equips it, Allah will forgive him,’ and that I equipped them so fully that they lacked neither a halter nor a ⦗1945⦘ hobble? Do you know that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said, ‘Whoever purchases the well of Rūma and makes it a source of drinking water for the Muslims, Allah will forgive him’? I purchased it and then mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—whereupon he said, ‘Make it a source of drinking water for the Muslims, and its reward shall be yours’?”

They replied, “By Allah, yes.”

He said: “I adjure you by Allah: do you know that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said, ‘Whoever purchases a house and adds it to the mosque, Allah will forgive him’? I purchased it and then mentioned that to him, whereupon he said, ‘Add it to the mosque, and its reward shall be yours’; and I did so?”

They replied, “By Allah, yes.”