When al-Miqdad was about to leave the world....
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 513
أَبَانٌ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لِلْمِقْدَادِ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَتَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَوْ لَأَرُدَّنَّكَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ الْمِقْدَادَ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ أَبْلِغْ عُثْمَانَ عَنِّي أَنِّي قَدْ رُدِدْتُ إِلَى رَبِّيَ الْأَوَّلِ.
513. Aban, from al-Fuhdayl Bin Yasaar, who has said: Abu Ja’far عليه السلام has said: ‘Uthman said to Al-Miqdad رضي الله عنه, ‘By Allah عز وجل, stop insulting me or I will return you to your First Lord عز وجل’. He said: ‘So when the death presented itself to Al-Miqdad رضي الله عنه, he said to Ammar, ‘Tell Uthman about me that I have returned to my First Lord عز وجل'".
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/483)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 3, p. 406