Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I was besieged in the house with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). One of our companions was killed. I said: 'O Commander of the Believers! Now is the time for fighting.' He said: 'O Abu Hurairah! I adjure you to throw down your sword. My blood must be preserved.' So I threw down my sword, and to this day I do not know where it went."