HAMMAM SAID : A MAN CAME AND PRAISED ‘UTHMAN IN HIS FACE,AL-MIQDAD B. AL-ASWAD TOOK DUST AND THREW IT ON HIS FACE, SAYING : THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) SAID : WHEN YOU SEE THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN TO PRAISING PEOPLE, THROW DUST IN THEIR FACES.