Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Antarah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I was present with Hazrat Uthman. He (may Allah be pleased with him) used to delay in giving people's grants. If it was said to him: "Such-and-such woman gave birth to a child at night," he (may Allah be pleased with him) would say: "Wait a little, whether she has given birth to a boy or a girl, this will soon become known and the news will become well-known."