It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Hazrat Uthman addressed the people one morning. He said: Last night I saw the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Uthman! Break your fast with us. Hazrat Uthman began the morning in a state of fasting and was martyred on that very day.

Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid says that I strengthened Hazrat Umar and his sister in Islam. Whatever you did with Hazrat Usman, after that, whatever treatment is done to you will be justified.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Salam that when the house of Uthman was besieged, Ibn Salam said: Do not kill him, for he has only a little life left anyway. By God! If you kill him, then you will never pray together in congregation again.

It is narrated from Abu Saeed, the freed slave of Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him), that Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! If you kill Uthman, after him you will not find any rightful successor.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qalabah that there was a man from the Quraysh who was called Thumamah, and he was in the region of Sana'a. When the news of the martyrdom of Hazrat Uthman reached him, he began to weep and continued weeping for a long time. Then, when he regained composure, he said: "Today, prophethood has been taken back from the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The caliphate has been taken back. And (now) there will be kingship and harshness. So, whoever prevails over something will consume it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qalabah that when Hazrat Uthman was killed, the preachers of the place of Ilya stood up. Then the last preacher among the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood up, who was called Marrah bin Ka’b. He said: If it were not for such a hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, I would not have stood up. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned a tribulation... According to my understanding, the narrator says... he described its near occurrence... that during that time, a man passed by, wrapped in his cloak. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: On the day of this (tribulation), he and his companions will be upon the truth. (The narrator says) So I went and turned that person’s face towards the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and asked: This man? The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:“Yes.”That man was Hazrat Uthman.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that he said: If all the people had gathered together for the killing of Hazrat Uthman, then all the people would have been stoned to death, just as the people of Lot were stoned.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Sirin that Hazrat Uthman looked at the rebels from his house and said, "Bring me a man to whom I may recite the Book of Allah." So the rebels brought Sa'sa'ah bin Sawhan. He was a young man. Hazrat Uthman said, "Did you not find anyone other than this young man to bring to me?" The narrator says, then Sa'sa'ah spoke something. Hazrat Uthman said to him, "Recite the Qur'an." He recited: { أُذِنَ لِلَّذِینَ یُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّہُمْ ظُلِمُوا، وَإِنَّ اللَّہَ عَلَی نَصْرِہِمْ لَقَدِیرٌ} Hazrat Uthman said, "You are lying. This verse is not about you and your companions, rather this verse is for me and my companions." Then Hazrat Uthman recited: { أُذِنَ لِلَّذِینَ یُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّہُمْ ظُلِمُوا، وَإِنَّ اللَّہَ عَلَی نَصْرِہِمْ لَقَدِیرٌ} Hazrat Uthman recited up to: { وَإِلَی اللہِ عَاقِبَۃُ الأُمُورِ }.