Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah bin Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) with a letter, so he presented that letter before Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Shall I not narrate to you the hadith which I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself? I replied: Yes. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: One day, Hafsah and I were present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I wish there was someone with whom we could converse. I said: O Messenger of Allah! I will send a message to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him); he will come and converse with us. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah! I will send a message to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him); he will come and converse with us. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called a man and spoke to him in a whisper, the content of which did not reach us, then the man left. Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) came, then that man left, then Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) came, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards him. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:“O Uthman! Indeed, Allah will clothe you with a shirt, and people will wish that you take it off, but do not take it off.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times.

Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I said: O Mother of the Believers, why did you not narrate this hadith earlier? So Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O my son, I had forgotten it as if I had never heard it.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The narrator named Abdullah bin Qais Lakhmi passed away in 124 Hijri. He is not the same Abdullah bin Abu Qais who was a student of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).