It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair. He says: On the day of the siege, I said to Hazrat Uthman, "Come out and fight these people, because with you today are so many people that Allah the Exalted has granted victory with even fewer than them. And by God! It is lawful to fight these people." The narrator says: Hazrat Uthman refused and ordered, "Whoever considers my obedience obligatory upon himself should obey Abdullah bin Zubair." On that (day of the siege), Hazrat Uthman appointed him as the leader in the house, and Hazrat Uthman was fasting on that (day of the siege).