It is narrated from al-Hasan al-Basri that Talhah and al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to Basrah, and the people asked them: "For what purpose have you come here?" They said: "We have come to seek retribution for the blood of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)." Al-Hasan al-Basri said (commenting): "Subhan Allah! Did those people not have even enough sense to say to them: By Allah! No one killed Uthman but you (that is, you were the ones gathered around him)?" He further said: When Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Kufah, did the people not have enough sense to say: "O man! By Allah, we did not make you the guarantor (of such matters)?"