It is narrated from Ubaidullah bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) that when Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) came for his first Hajj after becoming the Caliph, Sayyiduna Uthman bin Hunaif Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to meet him, and he said: «السلام عليك أيها الأمير ورحمة الله» . The people of Syria disliked this manner and said: Who is this hypocrite who is diminishing the greeting to the Commander of the Faithful? Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) sat down on his knees and then said: O Commander of the Faithful! These people are angry with me over something which you know better than they do. By Allah, I greeted Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them) in the same way, and none of them disliked it. Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the one among the people of Syria who had said this: Wait. He has said exactly what they used to say. But when this trial befell the people of Syria, they began to say that there should be no deficiency in the greeting to our Caliph. O people of Madinah! I think that you call the collector of charity "O Amir" (and that is why they felt bad).