Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that someone said to Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him): "Will you not go and speak to this man, meaning Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He replied: "Do you think that whenever I speak to him, I will make you hear it? By Allah! Without announcing anything, I have spoken to him, and in that gathering, only he and I were present. I do not like to be the first to announce such matters." After hearing this hadith, I will not say about any person that he is the best among the people, even if he is my leader. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and he will be thrown into the Fire. His intestines will come out and he will begin to circle around them in Hell as a donkey circles around a millstone. Seeing his condition, the people of Hell will gather around him and say: 'Did you not used to command us to do good and forbid us from evil?' He will say: 'Yes, I used to command you to do good but I did not do it myself, and I used to forbid you from evil but I used to commit it myself.'"