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Mu’jam al-Kabir by al-Tabarani, Vol. 14, pg. 4761, Hadith # 636:
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِرْقٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصَفَّى، ثنا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، قَالَ: وَفْدَ الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ - رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَسَدِ مِنْ أَهْلِ قِنَّسْرِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ رحمه الله، فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لِلْمِقْدَامِ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ تُوُفِّيَ؟ قَالَ: فَاسْتَرْجَعَ الْمِقْدَامُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ: أَتَرَاهَا مُصِيبَةً؟ قَالَ: وَلِمَ لَا أَرَاهَا مُصِيبَةً؟ وَقَدْ وَضَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي حِجْرِهِ فَقَالَ: «هَذَا مِنِّي، وَحُسَيْنٌ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ» ، فَقَالَ لِلْأَسَدِيِّ: مَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ؟ فَقَالَ: جَمْرَةٌ أَطْفَأَهَا اللهُ، فَقَالَ الْمِقْدَامُ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا أَبْرَحُ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى أَغَيِظَكَ الْيَوْمَ وَأُسْمِعَكَ مَا تَكْرَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنْ أَنَا صَدَقْتَ فَصَدِّقْنِي، وَإِنْ أَنَا كَذَبْتُ فَكَذِّبْنِي، فَقَالَ: أَفْعَلُ، فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ، هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم «يَنْهَى عَنْ لُبْسِ الذَّهَبِ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: وَأَنْشُدُكَ بِاللهِ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ بِاللهِ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ جُلُودِ السِّبَاعِ وَالرُّكُوبِ عَلَيْهَا؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: «فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ هَذَا كُلَّهُ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ» ، فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ: «قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنِّي لَنْ أَنْجُوَ مِنْهَا الْيَوْمَ يَا مِقْدَامُ» ، قَالَ خَالِدٌ: وَأَمَرَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِمَالٍ وَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ لِصَاحِبِهِ، وَفَرَضَ لِابْنِهِ، قَالَ: فَفَرَّقَهَا الْمِقْدَامُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَلَمْ يُعْطِ الْأَسَدِيَّ شَيْئًا مِمَّا أَخَذَ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ: «أَمَّا الْمِقْدَامُ فَرَجُلٌ كَرِيمٌ بَسِيطٌ يَدَيْهِ، وَأَمَّا الْأَسَدِيُّ فَرَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الْإِمْسَاكِ لِنَفْسِهِ»
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Irq al Himsi narrated to us, Muhammad b. Musaffa narrated to us, Baqiyya narrated, from Buhair b. Saad, from Khalid b. Maadan, who said:
The delegation of al Miqdam b. Maadi Karib and Amr b. al Aswad — a man from al Asad from the people of Qinnasrin, from the companions of the Prophet — came to Muawiya.
Muawiya said to al Miqdam: “Do you not know that al Hasan b. Ali has passed away?”
Al Miqdam said inna lillah… (he expressed sorrow).
Muawiya then said to him: “Do you consider it a calamity?”
He replied: “Why should I not consider it a calamity? The Messenger of Allah placed him in his lap and said: ‘This one is from me, and Husayn is from Ali.’”
Then Muawiya said to the Asadi man: “What do you say?”
He replied: “A burning coal that Allah has extinguished.”
Al Miqdam said: “As for me, I will not leave today until I anger you and make you hear what you dislike.
If I speak truth, then confirm it; and if I lie, then deny it.”
Muawiya said: “I will.”
Al Miqdam said: “I ask you by Allah — did you hear the Messenger of Allah forbid wearing gold?”
Muawiya said: “Yes.”
He said: “I ask you by Allah — do you know that the Messenger of Allah forbade wearing silk?”
He said: “Yes.”
He said: “I ask you by Allah — do you know that the Messenger of Allah forbade the skins of predatory animals and riding upon them?”
He said: “Yes.”
Al Miqdam then said: “By Allah, I have seen all of this in your house, O Muawiya.”
Muawiya said: “I knew I would not escape today, O Miqdam.”
Khalid said: Muawiya ordered money to be given to al Miqdam, but he did not order anything for his companion. He also assigned a stipend for Miqdam’s son. Al Miqdam distributed all of it among his companions and did not give the Asadi man anything of what he received.
This reached Muawiya, and he said: “As for al Miqdam, he is a generous man with open hands. As for the Asadi, he is a man who holds tightly to what he has.”