Humran reports that once I came to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), he was sitting on a bench, he performed ablution excellently and said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performing ablution in this very place in the best manner, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever performs ablution like this of mine and comes to the mosque and offers two units of prayer, Allah Almighty will forgive all his previous sins. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: Do not be deceived.

Ubaidullah bin Umair says that I was sitting with Sulaiman bin Ali, when an elder from the Quraysh arrived. Sulaiman said: Look! Seat the Sheikh in a good place because it is the right of the Quraysh. I said: Governor! Shall I narrate to you a hadith that whoever insults the Quraysh, it is as if he insults Allah? He said: Subhan Allah! How excellent, who narrated this to you? I said: Rabee’ah bin Abi Abdur Rahman narrated it to me from Sa’eed bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him), who narrated from Amr bin Uthman, that my father said to me: Son! If you are ever given leadership over any place, honor the Quraysh, because I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever insults the Quraysh, it is as if he insults Allah.

Ibn Abzi says that when the siege of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) began, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "I have the best kind of camels which I have prepared for you. You can ride them and go to Makkah Mukarramah. Whoever wants to come to you, will come there." But he refused, saying, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say that in Makkah Mukarramah, a ram from the Quraysh will spread heresy, whose name will be Abdullah. Upon him will be half the burden of the people's sins. (I do not want to become that ram)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A person in the state of ihram should neither perform nikah himself nor arrange the nikah for someone else, nor even send a marriage proposal.

On one occasion, 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: Guarding for one night in the path of Allah is superior to standing in prayer and fasting during the day for a thousand nights.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever dies in such a state that he is certain that there is no deity except Allah, he will enter Paradise."

Umar bin Ubaidullah developed an eye ailment while in the state of Ihram. He wanted to apply kohl to his eyes, but Sayyiduna Aban bin Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade him and said that he could apply patience as kohl (i.e., he should be patient and not apply kohl until he comes out of Ihram), because I heard Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate such a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Nabiyah bin Wahb says that Umar bin Ubaidullah wanted to marry off his son while in the state of Ihram, so Sayyiduna Aban, may Allah have mercy on him, stopped him and informed him that Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, used to narrate this hadith from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that a person in Ihram should neither marry himself nor arrange the marriage of anyone else.

Rabah says that my master married me to his Roman slave girl. I went to her, and a dark-skinned boy like me was born to her. I named him Abdullah. When the opportunity arose again, another dark-skinned boy was born, and I named him Ubaidullah. Coincidentally, my wife became the object of affection for my master's Roman slave, whose name was Yohannes. He won her over in his own language. So this time, the child that was born resembled the complexion of the Romans. I asked my wife, "What is this?" She said, "This is Yohannes' child." We presented this matter before Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He said, "Are you content that I judge between you as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) judged?" The decision of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is that the child belongs to the owner of the bed, and for the adulterer there are stones (i.e., punishment). Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) established the lineage of the child with me and flogged both of them, and after that, another son was born to me from her who was dark-skinned.

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, I was with him. For a short while, when we would enter a room, we could also hear the conversation of those sitting on the watch-post. In this way, once he entered that room, and after a short while, he came out, his color had changed, and he 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 heard the Prophet (peace and blessings 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 religion over this religion. As for Islam, that is a distant matter; even in the days of ignorance, I never committed adultery, nor did I kill anyone. Then why do these people want to kill me?"