فَأَتَى الْبَيْتَ فَجَالَ فِيهِ فَلَمْ يَظْفَرْ بِهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمْ أَرَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْوَحْيَ قَدْ أَتَانِي فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ فِي الْمِشْجَبِ وَ دَخَلَ عُثْمَانُ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَمِّهِ فَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَلَمَّا رَآهُ أَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) حَيِيّاً كَرِيماً فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا عَمِّي هَذَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَفَدَ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ آمَنْتَهُ So he -asws went to the house and looked around in it but did not come across him.
So he -asws returned to Rasool-Allah -saww and informed him -saww , and he -asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , I -asws did not see him’. So he -saww said: ‘The Revelation had come to me -saww and informed me -saww that he is in the cupboard. And Usman came over after the exit of Ali -asws , so he grabbed the hand of his uncle and came over with him to the Prophet -saww . So when he -saww saw him, he -saww stumbled upon him and did not turn towards him.
And the Prophet -saww was bashful, benevolent. So he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! This is my uncle. This is Al-Mugheira Bin Abu Al-A’as who has come. By the One -azwj Who Sent you -saww ! You -saww have granted him safety’.
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ كَذَبَ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُ بِالْحَقِّ مَا آمَنَهُ فَأَعَادَهَا ثَلَاثاً وَ أَعَادَهَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) ثَلَاثاً أَنَّى آمَنَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ يَأْتِيهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْتِيهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَكَ ثَلَاثاً فَإِنْ قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ ثَالِثَةٍ قَتَلْتُهُ Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘And he (Usman) lied, by the One -azwj Who Sent him -saww with the Truth, he -saww did not grant him safety.
So he repeated it three times, and Abu Abdullah -asws repeated it three times: ‘I -asws believe him except that he came to him -saww from his -saww right, then came to him -saww from his saww left. So when it was during the fourth time, he -saww raised his -saww head and said to him: ‘I -saww give you three days, so if I -saww were to find him after three days, he would be killed’.