Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34231 — Reports on the virtue of Uthman bin

Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was mentioned, and Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This Commander of the Believers will come to you shortly, and he himself will tell you about him. The narrator said: Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was one of those people. Then he recited this verse in full: They remained firm in faith and did good deeds, then they avoided what is forbidden and accepted the commands of Allah, then they adopted piety and did good deeds. And Allah loves those who do good [Al-Ma'idah: 93].