Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34228 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Mis'ar (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Abu Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator said: He said: You should regard him as among the best of us, or he said: We regard him as among the best of us.