Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me as governor over Ta'if, the last advice he gave me was: "Measure (the prayer of) the people by the weakest of them, for among them are the sick, the elderly, the young and those with needs."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8325
Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Lead your people in prayer, and measure them by the weakest of them, for among them are the elderly, the weak and those with needs."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8326
A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8327
Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) called for milk to give him to drink, and Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "I am fasting." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Fasting is a shield against the Fire, like the shield one of you has in battle."
And I also heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Fasting three days of each month is a good fast."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8328
A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8329
Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Fasting is a shield like the shield one of you has in battle."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8330
A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8331
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fasting three days of every month is a good fast."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8332
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "O Messenger of Allah, make me the imam of my people." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are their imam; follow (the pace of) the weakest of them (in prayer), and appoint a mu'adhdhin who does not take a wage for his call to prayer (adhan)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8333