It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) raised his voice before Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him), so Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "On what grounds have you raised your voice at me? I took part in the Battle of Badr and you were not present; I gave the pledge at the blessed hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and you did not give the pledge; and you turned back from the battlefield on the day of Uhud while I stood firm?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "As for your saying, 'You were present at Badr and I was absent,' (the truth is that) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left me behind for his daughter (to nurse her in her illness), then he (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned me my share of the spoils and also granted me its reward. And as for your saying, 'You gave the pledge to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and I did not,' (you should remember that) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me (as an envoy) to a group of the polytheists, and you know this well; then when I was detained there (and the occasion of the pledge of Ridwan came), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) struck his right hand upon his left hand and said: 'This is (the pledge) on behalf of Uthman,' and the left hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is far superior and more blessed than my right hand. As for your objection, 'I turned back on the day of Uhud and you did not,' concerning it Allah Almighty revealed this verse: 'Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two groups met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some of what they had earned; and Allah has certainly forgiven them.' [Surah Al Imran: 155] So why do you taunt me with a fault which Allah Almighty has (Himself, in the Qur'an) forgiven?"
Imam al-Bazzar (may Allah have mercy on him) says: We do not know anyone other than Sallam (Abu al-Mundhir) who narrated this hadith from Ali bin Zayd.
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب المناقب / 3914
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف، موقوف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :إسناده ضعيف موقوف » «أخرجه الأحاديث المختارة للضياء برقم: 341، وأخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 497، وأخرجه مسند البزار برقم: 380، وأخرجه المطالب العالية لابن حجر برقم: 3913، وأخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 135»