Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34221 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said at that time: You people left him like a garment clean of filth. Then you brought him near and slaughtered him as a ram is slaughtered. Why did this not happen before this? Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) said to her: This happened because of your own action, for it was you who wrote to people and ordered them to rise up! The narrator said: At this Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: No! By the One in whom all the believers have believed and whom the disbelievers have rejected, I did not write black upon white, up until I sat in this place of mine.