It is narrated from Ibn Sirin who says: I do not know that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was accused of the murder of Hazrat Uthman until after he was given the pledge of allegiance; then people accused him of the murder.

It is narrated from Umairah bin Sa’d that when Talha, Zubair, and their companions came, a man stood up from the middle of the gathering and said,“I am so-and-so, from the tribe of Banu Jusham.”Then he said,“These people (Talha, Zubair, and their companions) have come to you. If they have come out of fear, then they have come from a place where even a bird is safe (meaning Makkah). And if they have come because of the killing of Hazrat Uthman, then he was killed in their presence. My opinion about them is that their animals should be pricked so that they leave from here.”

It is narrated from Abu Uthman that Hazrat Uthman was martyred in the middle of the days of Tashreeq.

It is narrated from Ibn Sirin, he says: When Hazrat Uthman was called a martyr, Adi bin Hatim said that there was no difference of opinion in this matter. Then, on the day of the Battle of Siffin, when his eye was lost, it was said that there was no difference of opinion in the killing of Hazrat Uthman. Hazrat Adi bin Hatim said: Why not, in that too many eyes were lost.

It is narrated from Abu Zubyan Azdi who says that Hazrat Umar said: O Abu Zubyan, how much wealth do you have? I said, twenty-five hundred dirhams. Hazrat Umar said: Hold on to this abundance of wealth, for soon the youths of Quraysh will come and they will withhold these gifts.

Hazrat Abu Hurairah says: By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much, and if you knew all that I know, you would laugh less and weep more. By Allah, a murder will occur in this tribe of Quraysh, then a man will come to a heap of filth, he will find a shoe there, and people will say: This is the shoe of a Qurayshi.

It is narrated from ‘Amir bin Shahr who says: I heard one thing from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and also heard one thing from Najashi. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Look at the people of Quraysh, listen to their words, and leave their actions. He says: I was with Najashi when his son came carrying a book and he recited a verse from the Gospel and then explained it. I laughed. Najashi said: Do you laugh because of the Book of Allah? Listen! By Allah, indeed it is written in this Book which Allah revealed to ‘Isa that Allah’s curse will be upon this earth when its rulers are children (young boys).

It is narrated from Abu Mas'ud that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to the Quraysh: "This matter of caliphate is among you and you are its guardians as long as you do not do anything because of which Allah Almighty takes it away from you. When you do such a thing, Allah Almighty will set over you the most wicked people of creation, and they will strip you as a branch is stripped."

It is narrated from Abu Musa that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing at the door of a house in which there were some people from the Quraysh. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that this matter of caliphate will remain among the Quraysh as long as the Quraysh show mercy to those who seek mercy by virtue of kinship, do justice to those who come seeking justice, and act with fairness in distribution. Whoever among them does not do so, upon him will be the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. Neither his voluntary nor obligatory acts will be accepted from him.

Abu Barzah Aslami narrates that the companions of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were with him on a journey. Then they heard the sound of a cow and they turned their attention towards that sound. So a man got up and went in search of the sound. This was before the prohibition of alcohol. When he reached them and returned, he informed that it was so-and-so and so-and-so; both were singing and responding to each other, and saying that the bones of the Ansari will keep shining and a severe battle will prevent him from being buried so that his grave could be made. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and prayed, "O Allah! Put both of them in a trial, O Allah! Throw them into the Fire."