Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Juzi bin Bukair Absi that Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Hazrat Uthman to bid him farewell or to greet him. When he turned his back and left from there, Hazrat Uthman said, "Bring him back." When Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) returned, Hazrat Uthman said, "What is the matter that has reached me from your side?" Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "By Allah, since I pledged allegiance, I have never held any grudge against you, and since I wished you well, I have never harbored any malice in my heart." Hazrat Uthman said, "You are more truthful and virtuous than them. You may go." So when he turned his face to leave again, Hazrat Uthman said, "What is the matter that has reached me from your side?" Then he said, "Yes, by Allah, you will surely be driven out like a bull and slaughtered like a camel." The narrator says that Hazrat Uthman began to tremble, then he called for Muawiyah. So Hazrat Muawiyah was brought so that something could be done about it. Hazrat Uthman said, "Do you know what Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said?" He said, "You will be driven out like a bull and slaughtered like a camel." Hazrat Muawiyah said, "You should bury this matter."