Sahih al-Bukhari 3696

It is related that 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Adi ibn al-Khiyar reported, "Al-Miswar ibn Makhrama and 'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn 'Abdu Yaghuth said, 'What prevents you from speaking to 'Uthman about his brother, al-Walid, when people have spoken a lot about him?' So I went to 'Uthman when he came out for the prayer and said, 'I have something I need to say to you. It is good advice for you.' He said, 'O man, from you!?' (Ma'mar said, "I think that he said, 'I seek refuge with Allah from you!'") So I left and returned to them when the messenger of 'Uthman came, so I went to him. He said, 'What is your advice?' I said, 'Allah - glory be to Him! - sent Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with the truth and sent down the Book on him, and you were one of those who responded to Allah and His Messenger. You made made two emigrations and you kept the company of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and you saw his guidance. The people are speaking a lot about the business of al-Walid.' He asked, 'Did you listen directly the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?' I said, 'No, but some of his knowledge reached me as it reached the virgin in her tent.' He said, 'Following on from that, Allah sent Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with the Truth and I was one of those who responded to Allah and His Messenger and I believed in what he was sent with. I made the two emigrations as you said. I kept the company of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I gave him allegiance. By Allah, I did not disobey him nor cheat him until Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, took him. Then it was the same with Abu Bakr and the same with 'Umar. Then I succeeded. Do I not have the right as they had it?' I said, 'Yes indeed.' He said, 'So what are these reports which you convey to me from you lot? As for what you mentioned about the business of al-Walid, we will punish for it by what is right, Allah willing.' Then he summoned 'Ali and commanded him to flog him and he gave him [al-Walid] eighty lashes."

Ahmad ibn Shabib ibn Sa‘id related to us, saying: My father related to me, on the authority of Yunus: Ibn Shihab said: ‘Urwah informed me that ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Adi ibn al-khiyar informed him that al-Miswar ibn Makhramah and ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn ‘Abd Yaghuth said [to him]: What preventeth thee from speaking unto ‘Uthman about his brother, Al-Walid, now that the people are bitterly against him?— So I proceeded to ‘Uthman [and found him] going out for prayer. I said: Behold, I have to speak to thee, and it concernth a counsel I have to give thee.—[‘Uthman] said: O man! … from thee! Ma‘mar said: I understand that he meant: “I take my refuge with Allah from thee!” Then I left [him] and returned to those two; but lo, there came ‘Uthman’s messenger [to call me back]; so I went to him. He asked: What is thy councel?— I asked: Behold, Allah, glory be unto Him, hath sent Muhammad with the Truth, and hath revealed the Book unto him; and thou wert of those who responded to the call of Allah and His Messenger. And thou hast taken part in both migrations, and wert a companion of the Messenger of Allah, and hast seen his mode of life. Now, the people are bitterly against Al-Walid.— He said: Didst thou ever meet the Messenger of Allah?—I answered: Nay, but knowledge of him hath reached me as it even reacheth the bashful virgin.—[‘Uthman] said: Now, to come to the point: Behold, Allah hath sent Muhammad with the truth, and I was of those who responded to the call of Allah and His Messenger, and had faith in the object of his mission; I took part in the two migrations, as thou saidst, and was a companion of the Messenger of Allah and had sworn allegiance to him: and , by Allah, never was I disobedient to him and never did I deceive him until Allah caused him to die. And [I did] the same [with] Abu Bakr and ‘Umar; then I became Caliph. Have I, then, not the same right as they had.—I answered: yea.—He continued: What, then, doth this your talking mean? As to what thou hast said about Al-Walid, we shall apply to him the law, if Allah, exalted be He, so willeth.—Then he called ‘Ali and bade him flog [al-Walid]; and [‘Ali] dealt him eighty stripes.