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left and dangled his feet in the well.

I returned to the door, sat down and said to myself, 'If Allah wants
good for my brother, He will bring him here.' Then someone knocked
at the door and I asked: „Who is it?‟ The voice replied, „Osman, the
son of Affan.‟ I asked him to wait a moment, and went to tell the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him. The Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, said, „Give him permission to enter and greet
him with the promise of Paradise together with a misfortune which
shall afflict him.‟ I returned to him and said, „You may enter, and the
Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, greets you with
the promise of Paradise, together with a misfortune which shall
afflict you.‟ He entered and finding no place on the ledge sat down
on the other side opposite to them.

Sa'id, the son of Musayyab said that the order in which they sat
down indicated that the three who sat close to each other would
have their graves close to one another and that the grave of Osman
would be distanced from theirs. The Prophet, praise and peace be