Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 40492 — Reports on Uthman (may Allah be)

It is narrated from Amr bin Dinar that he said: When there was talk about Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), of the kind that people talk, Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) came with some of his companions and went to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). They said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, do you not see how many things this man (Sayyiduna Uthman) has introduced? Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar said: Well, well! What are you ordering me to do? Do you want to be like the people of Rome and Persia, who, when they were angry with their king, would kill him? Allah Almighty has entrusted this rule to him, and He knows best. I cannot say anything about his position.