Abdullah bin Shaddad bin al-Had said: I saw Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) on the pulpit on a Friday. He was wearing a coarse Adeni waist-wrap worth four or five dirhams, and a reddish Kufan sheet. He was of medium build, with a long beard and a handsome face.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / العشرة / 91
Musa bin Talhah said: On Fridays, Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) would lean on a staff. He was the most handsome of people, and he would be wearing two yellow garments, a waist-wrap and an upper sheet, until he came to the pulpit and sat on it.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / العشرة / 92
Abdullah bin Hazm al-Mazini said: I saw Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), and I never saw any man or woman with a more handsome face than his.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / العشرة / 93
Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) with a bowl of meat. I went in to him and Ruqayyah (may Allah be pleased with her) was sitting there. I have never seen two people more beautiful than them (may Allah be pleased with them both). I would look at Ruqayyah one moment and at Uthman the next. When I returned, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me: "Did you go in to them?" I said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you seen a couple more beautiful than them?" I said: "No, O Messenger of Allah. I kept looking at Ruqayyah one moment and at Uthman the next."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This incident was before the revelation of the verse of hijab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / العشرة / 96
Abd al-Rahman bin Uthman al-Qurashi narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came in to his daughter while she was washing the head of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O my daughter, treat Abu Abdullah well, for he is the most similar of my Companions to me in character."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / العشرة / 97
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went in to Sayyidah Ruqayyah (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the wife of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and she had a comb in her hand. She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has just left me; I combed his hair. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How do you find Abu Abdullah (Uthman)?" I said: "Good." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Honour him, for he is among those of my Companions most similar to me in character."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / العشرة / 98