In this same year a dispute arose in Syria between Muʿāwiyah and Abū Dharr, for Abū Dharr took exception to certain things Muʿāwiyah was doing. Indeed, he objected to anyone among the wealthy who amassed property, forbade keeping anything beyond one’s basic needs, and held that any surplus had to be given away in charity. In this connection he interpreted Allah’s words—Exalted is He:

“And those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah—give them tidings of a painful punishment.” (al-Tawbah 9:34)

Muʿāwiyah tried to stop him from publicizing these views, but Abū Dharr refused to desist. Muʿāwiyah therefore sent a complaint (1) to ʿUthmān, who wrote to Abū Dharr ordering him to come to Medina. When he arrived, ʿUthmān reproached him for some of what he had said and asked him to retract, but he would not do so. ʿUthmān then instructed him to reside in al-Rabadhah—situated to the east of Medina. It is also said that Abū Dharr himself requested permission to stay (there), saying, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: ‘When construction reaches Salʿa, leave the city’ (2)(3); and construction has now reached Salʿa.” ʿUthmān therefore allowed him to remain in al-Rabadhah, but ordered him to visit Medina from time to time so that he would not revert to Bedouin life after his hijrah. Abū Dharr complied and stayed there until he died, as we shall relate—may Allah be pleased with him.

During this same year ʿUthmān instituted a third call to prayer on Friday, delivered at al-Zawraʾ (4).

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Among those whom our teacher Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Dhahabī (5) records as having died in this year—meaning the year 30 AH—are: Ubayy ibn Kaʿb (6), as authenticated by al-Wāqidī (7); and Jabbār ibn Ṣakhr (8) ibn Umayyah ibn Khansāʾ, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Anṣārī, a Companion who was present at the pledge of ʿAqaba and at the Battle of Badr. He was dispatched