Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood at the grave of his second daughter, who had been the wife of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Is there no father or brother of an unmarried woman who will marry her to Uthman? If they (that is, my daughters) were ten, I would have married them to Uthman (one after another). I married (my daughters) to him only because of revelation coming from heaven.
Al-Tabarani recorded it as part of a long hadith. Its chain contains Abd al-Rahman bin Abi al-Zinad, who is layyin (soft), and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 14509
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (436/22)»