Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdullah bin Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Hazrat Mu’awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him with a letter to Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), so he gave her the letter. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Shall I not narrate to you a hadith which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? I said: Why not! Please do. She (may Allah be pleased with her) said: One day, Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) and I were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: I wish there was a man with us who would talk to us. I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Should I not send for Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) so that he may come and talk with us? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. Then Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Should I not send for Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) so that he may come and talk with us? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. She (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called a man and, moving away from us, whispered to him, and then he left. Then Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his face towards him. Then I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: O Uthman, perhaps Allah will clothe you with a shirt, so if some people want you to take it off, do not ever take it off. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. The narrator says: I asked, O Mother of the Believers! Why did you not narrate this hadith before? She (may Allah be pleased with her) said: It was made to be forgotten by me, as if I had never heard it.