Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34193 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Sayyiduna Murrah al-Bahzi (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: One day, while we were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in one of the streets of Madinah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What will become of you in a tribulation that will break out across the regions of the earth, as though it were like the two horns of a cow?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What shall we do in that situation?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is binding on you to follow this man and his group." The narrator says: So I hurried until I reached that man, and I said: "O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This man?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This very man." And he was Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).