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[Machine] Umar had chosen a pearl, and when Uthman came, he chose a pearl even harder than it.  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُدْعَانَ قَالَ

«كَانَ عُمَرُ قَدْ اتَّخَذَ دِرَّةً فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ اتَّخَذَ دِرَّةً أَشَدَّ مِنْهَا»