Then he recited these lines...

Then he recited these lines: “My heart became attached to Rabab when both of us reached the age of adolescence.” The people of Kufa came to Uthman with complaints and asked him to take legal action. Uthman appointed a person to punish Walid. When that person came to Walid with a whip, Walid told Uthman: “I beg forgiveness from you for the sake of Allah and our relation.” Uthman forgave him. Then he thought that the people would say that he has shunned a religious commandment.

So he got up and whipped him three or four times. When the people of Kufa came to Uthman again with their complaints, he got really angry with them and…