Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34198 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man of Quraysh called Thumamah was the governor of Sana'a. When the news of the killing of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) reached him, he began to weep and wept for a long time. When he became calm he said: Today prophethood, or the caliphate of prophethood, has been snatched away, and there will be kingship and tyranny. Whoever gains the upper hand over a thing will devour it.