It has been narrated on the authority of Usaid bin Hudair that a man from the Ansar took the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) aside and said to him: Will you not appoint me governor as you have appointed so and so? He (the Messenger of Allah) ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: You will surely come across preferential treatment after me, so you should be patient until you meet me at the Cistern (Haud-i-Kauthar).

This tradition has been narrated on the same authority through a different chain of transmitters.

Another version of the tradition narrated on the authority of Shu'bah does not include the words:" He took the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) aside."