Hadith 24:28
Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us, he said: Abu Muhkam al-Hamdani narrated to us, from Amir, who said: A man came to Mu'awiyah and said: "O Commander of the Faithful, the promise you made to me." He said: "And what did I promise you?" He said: "That you would increase my stipend by one hundred." He said: "I did not do that." He said: "Yes, you did." He said: "Who knows that?" He said: "Al-Aswad or Ibn al-Aswad." He said: "What does this one say, O Ibn al-Aswad?" He said: "Yes, you did increase it for him." So he ordered it for him. Then Mu'awiyah struck one of his hands against the other and said: "It is not the one hundred that I increased for a man that concerns me, but it is my negligence that I would increase a man from the Emigrants (Muhajirun) by one hundred and then forget it." Ibn al-Aswad said to him: "O Commander of the Faithful, so it is a matter settled for him?" He said: "Yes." He said: "By Allah, you did not increase him anything, but there is no man who calls me to a good that he may attain from a person of authority except that I bear witness for him regarding it, and there is no evil that I may turn away from him from a person of authority except that I bear witness for him regarding it."
حدثنا عبد الله بن نمير قال حدثنا أبو محكم الهمداني عن عامر قال أتى رجل معاوية فقال يا أمير المؤمنين عدتك التي وعدتني قال وما وعدتك قال أن تزيدني مائة في عطائي قال ما فعلت قال بلى قال من يعلم ذلك قال الأسود أو بن الأسود قال ما يقول هذا يا بن الأسود قال نعم قد زدته فأمر له بها ثم إن معاوية ضرب بيديه إحداهما على الأخرى فقال ما بي مائة زدتها رجلا ولكن بي غفلتي أن أزيد رجلا من المهاجرين مائة ثم أنساها فقال له بن الأسود يا أمير المؤمنين فهو أمر عليها قال نعم قال فوالله ما زدته شيئا ولكنه لا يدعوني رجل إلى خير يصيبه من ذي سلطان إلا شهدت له به ولا شر أصرفه عنه من ذي سلطان إلا شهدت له به