785/1024- (Authentic chain of narration) from Ubayd Allah ibn Abdullah(2) who said: Muawiya came for Hajj, his first Hajj while he was Caliph, and Uthman ibn Hunaif al-Ansari entered upon him and said: Peace be upon you, O Amir, and the mercy of Allah. The people of Sham found this strange and said: Who is this hypocrite who shortens the greeting to the Commander of the Believers? Uthman then knelt on his knee and said: O Commander of the Believers! These people have found fault with me for something you know better than they do. By Allah, I greeted Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman with this greeting, and none of them found fault with it. Muawiya then said to those from the people of Sham who spoke: "Take it easy; indeed, some of what he says is true, but the people of Sham have been affected by these tribulations. They say: Do not shorten the greeting to our Caliph; and I think, O people of Madinah, that you say to the collector of charity: O Amir."