Thumamah bin Hazn Qushayri says: The day Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was put to trial, I was present that day. He looked out at those who were besieging him and said: Bring to me those two men who have incited you against me (by this he meant Muhammad bin Abi Bakr and Muhammad bin Abi Hudhayfah). So they were called. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them: I ask you by Allah, do you know that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, there was not enough space for the worshippers in the mosque? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who will buy this land from his pure wealth and then make it like the rest of the Muslims, so that in exchange for it he will have a house in Paradise better than it? So I bought that place from my pure wealth and dedicated it for the Muslims, but today you are preventing me from praying two rak‘ahs in it. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask you by Allah, do you know that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, there was no well with sweet water in it except the well of Rumah? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who will buy this well from his pure wealth and then draw water from it like the rest of the Muslims, so that he will have something better than it in Paradise? Then he said: Do you know that I was the one who equipped the army in hardship, meaning the Battle of Tabuk? They said: Yes.