Mother of the Believers, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: One day the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I wish that someone from among my companions were with me." So I said: Should we call Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to you? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "No." Then he (peace be upon him) said: "I wish that someone from among my companions were present with me." So I said: Should we call Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)? He (peace be upon him) said: "No." Then he (peace be upon him) said: "I wish that someone related to my companions were with me." So I said: Should we call your cousin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "No." Then he (peace be upon him) said: "I wish that someone related to my companions were with me." So I said: Should we call Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)? The Prophet (peace be upon him) remained silent. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I instructed for him to be called, and when he arrived, the Prophet (peace be upon him) sat in seclusion with him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) began to say something to him, and the color of Uthman's (may Allah be pleased with him) face began to change. The narrator named Sufyan says: In another chain of narration, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) also narrated these words: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to him: "If people demand from you to remove that shirt which Allah has clothed you with, then do not do so."
Hadith Referenceمسند الحميدي / 270
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده صحيح، وقد خرجناه فى «مسند الموصلي»، برقم 4805، وفي صحيح ابن حبان برقم 6915، 6986، وفي موارد الظمآن، برقم 2197، 2196،. ونضيف هنا: أخرجه أحمد 226/6-227، 254، 281 والحاكم 215/3، 218، وأبو نعيم فى حلية الأولياء 58/1»