I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ urging people to support the army of hardship.Uthman bin Affan stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, I will provide a hundred camels with their saddle-blankets and saddles in the cause of Allah."Then he urged the people again to support the army.Uthman bin Affan stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, I will provide two hundred camels with their saddle-blankets and saddles in the cause of Allah."Then he urged the people again to support the army.Uthman bin Affan stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, I will provide three hundred camels with their saddle-blankets and saddles in the cause of Allah."I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descending from the pulpit, saying, "Nothing Uthman does after this will harm him. Nothing Uthman does after this will harm him."
حدثنا محمد بن بشار حدثنا أبو داود حدثنا السكن بن المغيرة ويكنى أبا محمد مولى لآل عثمان حدثنا الوليد بن أبي هشام عن فرقد أبي طلحة
شهدت النبي ﷺ وهو يحث على جيش العسرة فقام عثمان بن عفان فقال يا رسول الله علي مائة بعير بأحلاسها وأقتابها في سبيل الله ثم حض على الجيش فقام عثمان بن عفان فقال يا رسول الله علي مائتا بعير بأحلاسها وأقتابها في سبيل الله ثم حض على الجيش فقام عثمان بن عفان فقال يا رسول الله علي ثلاث مائة بعير بأحلاسها وأقتابها في سبيل الله فأنا رأيت رسول الله ﷺ ينزل عن المنبر وهو يقول ما على عثمان ما عمل بعد هذه ما على عثمان ما عمل بعد هذه
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[Its chain is daif]. Abd bin Humayd narrated it, no. 311, from Abu Dawud Tayalisi with the same wording, and it is also in his Musnad, no. 1189. Farqad is majhul, and the following hadith serves in its place.