The reciter: Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, saying: Jarir narrated to us from al-A'mash from Ibrahim from Alqamah, who said:
I was walking with Abdullah ibn Mas'ud in Mina when he met Uthman ibn Affan, and he said, "Come, O Abu Abd al-Rahman." He said: So they withdrew to a private place. When Abdullah saw that he had no need of him, he said: He said to me, "Come, O Alqamah." He said: So I came, and Uthman said to him, "Shall we not marry you, O Abu Abd al-Rahman, a virgin girl? Perhaps what you used to know of your desire will return to you."
إني لأمشي مع عبد الله بن مسعود بمنى إذ لقيه عثمان بن عفان فقال هلم يا أبا عبد الرحمن قال: فاستخلاه فلما رأى عبد الله أن ليست له حاجة قال: قال لي: تعال يا علقمة قال: فجئت فقال له عثمان: ألا نزوجك يا أبا عبد الرحمن جارية بكرا لعله يرجع إليك من نفسك ما كنت تعهد
Then Abdullah said:
"If you say that, then he mentioned it like the hadith of Abu Mu'awiyah".
