Miqdam bin Maadi Kareeb, Amr bin Aswad, and a man from Banu Asad who was from the people of Qinnasrin came as a delegation to Muawiya bin Abu Sufyan.Muawiya said to Miqdam, "Have you learned that Hasan bin Ali has died?"Miqdam responded by reciting, "Indeed, we belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return."A man said to him, "Do you consider this a calamity?"He replied, "Why should I not consider it a calamity, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place him in his lap and say, 'This one is from me, and Husayn is from Ali'?"The man from Banu Asad said, "He was a burning ember that Allah has extinguished."Miqdam then said, "As for me, I will not leave today until I have angered you and made you hear what you detest." Then he said, "Muawiya, if I speak the truth, confirm me, and if I lie, refute me."Muawiya said, "I will do so."Miqdam said, "I adjure you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the wearing of gold?"Muawiya answered, "Yes."Miqdam said, "I adjure you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the wearing of silk?"Muawiya answered, "Yes."Miqdam said, "I adjure you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the wearing of the skins of predatory animals and riding upon them?"Muawiya answered, "Yes."Miqdam said, "By Allah, I have seen all of this in your house, Muawiya."Muawiya said, "I knew I would not escape you, Miqdam."Khalid said, Muawiya then ordered for him a gift greater than what he ordered for his two companions, and he allotted his son a stipend of two hundred. Miqdam distributed it among his companions, while the man from Banu Asad gave none of what he received to anyone. When this reached Muawiya, he said, "As for Miqdam, he is a generous man with an open hand. As for the man from Banu Asad, he is a man skilled at holding on to what is his."
حدثنا عمرو بن عثمان بن سعيد الحمصي حدثنا بقية عن بحير
وفد المقدام بن معدي كرب وعمرو بن الأسود ورجل من بني أسد من أهل قنسرين إلى معاوية بن أبي سفيان فقال معاوية للمقدام أعلمت أن الحسن بن علي توفي فرجع المقدام فقال له رجل أتراها مصيبة قال له ولم لا أراها مصيبة وقد وضعه رسول الله ﷺ في حجره فقال هذا مني وحسين من علي فقال الأسدي جمرة أطفأها الله عز وجل قال فقال المقدام أما أنا فلا أبرح اليوم حتى أغيظك وأسمعك ما تكره ثم قال يا معاوية إن أنا صدقت فصدقني وإن أنا كذبت فكذبني قال أفعل قال فأنشدك بالله هل تعلم أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن لبس الذهب قال نعم قال فأنشدك بالله هل تعلم أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن لبس الحرير قال نعم قال فأنشدك بالله هل تعلم أن رسول الله ﷺ نهى عن لبس جلود السباع والركوب عليها قال نعم قال فوالله لقد رأيت هذا كله في بيتك يا معاوية فقال معاوية قد علمت أني لن أنجو منك يا مقدام قال خالد فأمر له معاوية بما لم يأمر لصاحبيه وفرض لابنه في المائتين ففرقها المقدام في أصحابه قال ولم يعط الأسدي أحدا شيئا مما أخذ فبلغ ذلك معاوية فقال أما المقدام فرجل كريم بسط يده وأما الأسدي فرجل حسن الإمساك لشيئه
[Hasan] Related by Nasai in "Fara and Atirah, chapter on the prohibition of using the hides of predatory animals," hadith no. 4260, from Amr bin Uthman with this chain. Baqiyyah's narration from Buhayr is sahih because it comes from his book.