Hazrat Umar bin Jawan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ahnaf bin Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We were in Madinah when Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived. It was said: This is Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He (may Allah be pleased with him) entered in such a state that he was wearing a yellow sheet with which he had covered his head. He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Is Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) here? The people replied: Yes! He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Is Hazrat Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) here? The people replied: Yes! He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Is Hazrat Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) here? The people replied: Yes! He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Is Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) here? The people replied: Yes! He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask you by oath, by Him besides whom there is no deity worthy of worship, do you know the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever buys the enclosure of camels of such-and-such tribe, Allah will forgive him. So I bought that enclosure for twenty thousand or twenty-five thousand. Then I presented myself before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Indeed, I have bought that enclosure. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Dedicate that place as a waqf for our mosque and you will receive its reward? The narrator says: All of them unanimously said: By Allah! It is exactly as you said. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask you by Allah, besides whom there is no deity worthy of worship: Do you know regarding the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever buys the well of Roomah with sweet water, Allah will forgive him. So I bought that well for such-and-such amount, then I presented myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Indeed, I have bought it. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Dedicate it for the Muslims to drink from and you will receive its reward? The narrator says: All of them unanimously said: By Allah! It is exactly as you said. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask you by Allah, besides whom there is no deity, do you know the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said while looking at the faces of the people: Who is the person who will provide the equipment for these people’s journey? Allah will forgive that person. That is, in the expedition of Tabuk. So I provided equipment for all of them until they did not lack even a camel’s bridle or a rope for the camel’s foot? All of them unanimously said: By Allah! It is exactly as you said. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said three times: O Allah! Bear witness.

Hazrat Mirrah al-Bahzi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that while we were one day with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in one of the streets of Madinah, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "What will be your condition during that tribulation which will break out in the corners of the earth, as if it were like the two horns of a cow?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)! What should we do in that situation?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "It is obligatory upon you to follow that person and his group." The narrator says: So I hurried until I reached that man, then I asked: "O Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him)! This man?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "This very man." And that was Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that indeed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the coming of a tribulation, and he described it as being very near. Then a man passed by whose head was covered with a cloth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On that day, this man and his group will be upon guidance. So a person went after him, caught him by the shoulder, turned his face towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and asked: This man? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Yes! And that was Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Abu Qalabah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that when Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, many speakers addressed the people at the place of Ilya. Then, at the end, a companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), whose name was Ka'b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him), stood up and said: If I had not heard this hadith myself from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I would never have stood up. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the trial (fitnah). I think he described it as being very near, when a man whose head was covered with a cloth passed by. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On that day, this man and his group will be upon the truth. So I followed that man, then I caught him by the shoulders and turned his face towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: This man? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes. So that was Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Uthman is in Paradise."

Hazrat Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The most modest person in my Ummah is Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Abu Qalabah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man from the Quraysh, who was called Thumamah, was in Sana'a when the news of the martyrdom of Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) reached him. Upon hearing this, he began to weep and continued weeping for a long time. When he became silent, he said: "Today, prophethood or the caliphate of prophethood has been taken away. Now there will be kingship and oppression. Whoever prevails over something will consume it."

Hazrat Musa bin Talha (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was the most protective of his private parts and the most observant of maintaining family ties.

Hazrat Saeed (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Indeed, Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) provided mounts for the Mujahideen in the Battle of Tabuk on nine hundred and thirty (930) camels. And he completed the number one thousand (1000) with seventy (70) horses.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Sinan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that when Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was made the Caliph, Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We have left no stone unturned in selecting the most distinguished among us.