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336 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us, saying: Yahya al-Himmani narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, from Ibn Lahiʿah, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, who said: “News has reached me that most of the men who marched against ʿUthman (may Allah be pleased with him) went mad.” Ibn al-Mubarak commented, “Madness is too slight a retribution for them.”
٣٣٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، قَالَ: «بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَامَّةَ النَّفَرِ، الَّذِينَ سَارُوا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ ﵁ جُنُّوا» قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ: الْجُنُونُ لَهُمْ قَلِيلٌ