Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Muhammad bin Sirin that Hazrat Uthman looked out from the palace towards the people and said, "Bring me such a man with whom I may recite the Book of Allah in comparison." They brought Sa'sa'ah bin Sawhan, who was a young man. Hazrat Uthman said, "Did you not find anyone else besides this young man to bring to me?" The narrator said that Sa'sa'ah bin Sawhan said something, and Hazrat Uthman said to him, "Recite." Sa'sa'ah bin Sawhan recited the verse { أُذِنَ لِلَّذِینَ یُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّہُمْ ظُلِمُوا وَإِنَّ اللَّہَ عَلَی نَصْرِہِمْ لَقَدِیرٌ} (translation: Permission [to fight] is given to those against whom war is being waged, because they have been wronged, and indeed, Allah is fully capable of granting them victory). Hazrat Uthman said, "This is neither for you nor for your companions, but it is for me and my companions." Then Hazrat Uthman recited this verse { أُذِنَ لِلَّذِینَ یُقَاتَلُونَ بِأَنَّہُمْ ظُلِمُوا وَإِنَّ اللَّہَ عَلَی نَصْرِہِمْ لَقَدِیرٌ} up to { وَلِلَّہِ عَاقِبَۃُ الأُمُورِ }.