Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34210 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Abu Wa'il said that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was writing the will of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) when he fainted. So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) hastily wrote the name of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). When he recovered, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: Whose name did you write? He said: Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: You have written exactly what I wanted to order you to write. And had you written your own name, you too would have been worthy of this office.