Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said one day: "I wish that I had one of my companions with me, so I could complain to him and talk with him." She said: I thought that you would want to meet Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), so I said: Shall I call Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) for you? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "No." I said: Shall I call Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) for you? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "No." I said: Shall I call Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) for you? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "No." I said: Shall I call Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) for you? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Yes." She said: I called Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he came. When he was in the house, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me: "Withdraw." So I withdrew, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) brought Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) close to him, until his knee touched his knee. She narrated: Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) began to talk with Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and the color of Uthman's face began to turn red. She said: The Prophet (peace be upon him) kept speaking to him, and his face kept turning red, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to him: "Go." So he left. When the day of the siege of his house came, they said to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him): Why do you not fight? He replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took a covenant from me, and I will remain firm upon it. She (Lady Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her) said: We understood that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had taken a covenant from him regarding this incident.