Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said one day: "Suddenly you will rush upon a man (to pledge allegiance to him) who will be wrapped in a striped cloak, and he will be engaged in buying and selling with the people, and in that state, he will be of the people of Paradise." (One day it happened that) we crowded around Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) to pledge allegiance to him, and he was wrapped in a striped cloak and was engaged in buying and selling with the people. In this hadith, «يبايع» refers to buying and selling.

Jubair bin Nufair says that after the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), we were encamped with Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ka’b bin Murrah Bahzi (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: If I had not heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I would not have stood at this place. When Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) heard the name of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he made the people sit down. He said: “We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by there, he had arranged his hair and had wrapped a cloth over his face. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘From beneath the feet of this (Uthman) a tribulation will emerge. At that time, he (Uthman) and his followers will be upon guidance.’” Near the pulpit, Ibn Hawalah Azdi stood up and said to me: (Ka’b!) Are you also his companion? I said: Yes. By Allah! I was present in that gathering. If I were certain that there are people in this army who would confirm my statement, I would be the first to speak about it.