Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34200 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Indeed, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) mounted the fighters in the Expedition of Tabuk on a thousand camels less seventy, and he completed the number of one thousand with seventy horses.