Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ يَحْثُو فِي وَجْهِهِ التُّرَابَ يَقُولُ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا لَقِينَا الْمَدَّاحِينَ أَنْ نَحْثُوَ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ التُّرَابَ.
English Translation
Waki' and Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, they said: Sufyan narrated to us from Mansur from Ibrahim from Hammam ibn al-Harith, he said: A man came to Uthman and praised him to his face. So al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad began throwing dust in his face, saying: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us that when we meet the flatterers, we throw dust in their faces."