It is narrated from Thumamah bin Hazn Qushayri that on the day when Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, I was present at his house. Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) looked towards the people and said: O people, call those two prominent men among you who have incited you against me. So when they were called, he said: I ask you by Allah, do you know that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah and the mosque became too small for the worshippers, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Is there anyone who will buy this piece of land with his pure wealth and add it to the mosque, and he will have no special right over it, but will have the same right as any other Muslim, and in exchange for it he will have a better place in Paradise? So I bought that piece of land with my pure personal wealth and dedicated it for the Muslims, but now the situation is such that you people do not even allow me to pray two rak‘ahs in this mosque. Then he 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 except the well of Rumah, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who is there who will buy this well with his personal wealth and dedicate it for the Muslims, and his share in it will be like that of any other Muslim, and in exchange for it he will have a better well in Paradise? So I bought this well with my personal wealth, but now the situation is such that you do not even allow me to drink water from it. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you know that I am the one who equipped the army of hardship, i.e., the army of Tabuk? The people said: Allah is witness that all these things are true.