Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34226 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Yazid bin Amr al-Ma'afiri (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Abu Thawr al-Fahmi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abd al-Rahman bin Udays, who was one of those who gave the pledge under the tree, came and climbed the pulpit. After praising and glorifying Allah, he mentioned Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). Abu Thawr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: During the siege I went to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: So-and-so is saying such and such about you. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: How can that be, when I have stored up ten qualities with Allah? They are that I am the fourth person to accept Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married one of his daughters to me, and then another daughter. I gave the pledge to the Messenger of Allah with this right hand of mine, and I have never touched my private parts with it since. I have never sung, and I have never indulged in wishful desires. I have never drunk wine, neither in the time of ignorance nor in the time of Islam. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who will buy this part of the lane and enlarge the mosque with it, so that he will have a house in Paradise in exchange for it? So I bought that place and enlarged the mosque.