Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) once said to those present with him, "Shall I not show you how the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed ablution?" The people said, "Why not!" So he called for water, rinsed his mouth three times, put water into his nose three times, washed his face three times, washed both his arms three times each, wiped his head, and washed his feet. Then he said, "Know that the ears are part of the head." Then he said, "I have demonstrated ablution before you exactly as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed it, with great care."

Humran says that once we were with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), he called for water and performed ablution, and after finishing he began to smile and said: "Do you know why I am smiling?" Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also performed ablution in the same way as I did, and he also smiled and asked: "Do you know why I am smiling?" We said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "When a servant performs ablution and completes it well, and then starts the prayer and performs it perfectly, then after finishing the prayer, he becomes like the day his mother gave birth to him."

Abdullah bin Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) used to prevent people from performing Hajj Tamattu', and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give the fatwa of its permissibility. On one occasion, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) must have said something to him, so Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do you even know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it this way, yet you still prevent it?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What you say is correct, but we fear (that people will go to their wives at night and in the morning be wet from the water of janabah (major ritual impurity) and then enter into the state of ihram for Hajj)."

Abdullah bin Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) used to prevent people from performing Hajj Tamattu', and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give the fatwa for its permissibility. On one occasion, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) must have said something to him, so Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Do you even know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it this way, yet you still prevent it?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "What you say is correct, but we fear (that people will approach their wives at night and in the morning be wet from the water of major ritual impurity and then enter into the state of Ihram for Hajj)."

Once, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon from the pulpit and said: I am narrating to you a hadith which I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not out of miserliness that I would refrain from conveying it to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Standing guard for one night in the path of Allah is superior to a thousand nights of standing in prayer and fasting during the day.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever participates in the construction of a mosque for the pleasure of Allah, Allah builds for him a similar house in Paradise.

Abu Ubaid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that on both occasions of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, I had the opportunity to be with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Both of them would first lead the prayer, and after finishing the prayer, they would advise the people. I heard both of them say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on these two days. And I also heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating the meat of the sacrifice after three days.

Muhammad bin Abdullah says that I came to Ibn Darah, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He heard the sound of me rinsing my mouth and called me by name. I replied, "Labbaik." He said, "Shall I not show you the way of ablution (wudu) as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did?" I saw Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) performing ablution while sitting on a bench, in which he rinsed his mouth three times, put water into his nose three times, washed his face three times, washed both arms three times each, wiped his head three times (and according to most narrations, once), and washed his feet. Then he said, "Whoever wants to see the way of ablution of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), let him know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution in this manner."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah bin Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the days when Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged in his house, we were with him. For a short while, he entered a room, and those sitting on the bench could also hear what he was saying. In the same way, once he entered that room, and after a short while, he came out and said, "These people have just now threatened to kill me." We said, "O Leader of the Believers! May Allah suffice you and protect you from them." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "For what crime would these people kill me? When I have heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say that it is not lawful to shed the blood of a Muslim except in one of three cases: a man who becomes an apostate after accepting Islam, or a married person who commits adultery, or a murderer who is killed in retaliation for the one he killed. By Allah! Since Allah has guided me, I have never preferred any other religion over this religion. As for Islam, let alone that, even in the days of ignorance I never committed adultery, nor have I killed anyone. Then why do these people want to kill me?"

The previous hadith is also narrated through another chain of transmission.