Hadith No: 1
Ibn al-Athir - Asad al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah - Letter S
Chapter on the letters S and 'Ayn - 2089: Sa'id ibn Uthman al-Ansari
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (487)
- Sa'id ibn Uthman al-Ansari al-Zurqi, brother of 'Uqbah, narrated that Muhammad ibn Ishaq reported from Yahya ibn Ubad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Zubair, from his father, from Abdullah ibn al-Zubair, from al-Zubair, who said: "By Allah, I swear I could hear the words of Mu'tab ibn Qusheir, my brother from the Banu Amr ibn Awf, while drowsiness was overcoming me. I could hear him only as if in a dream when he said: 'If we had any say in the matter, we would not be killed here.'" Then he recited: {Indeed, those who turned away from you on the day the two armies met were caused to stumble by Satan because of some of what they had earned, and Allah had surely forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing} (Surah Al-Imran 3:155). So, those whom Satan caused to stumble and then Allah forgave are: Uthman ibn Affan, Sa'id ibn Uthman, and Alqamah ibn Uthman.

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Reference: Osad al-Ghabah fi Ma'refah al-Shahabah Book 2

Hadith No: 2
Ibn al-Athir - Asad al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah - Letter Raa
Chapter on Ra with Alif - 1602: Rafi' ibn al-Mu'alla Abu Sa'id
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (246)
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- .... Ibn Mandah said: He was mentioned in the context of himself and his companions: {Indeed, those who turned back among you on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [misdeeds] they had earned, and Allah has certainly forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing} (Surah Al-Imran 3:155). It was narrated with his chain from Abu Salih from Ibn Abbas, who said: This was revealed about Uthman, and Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah, and Rafi' ibn al-Mu'alla al-Ansari, and Khawradjah ibn Zayd, who turned back on the day the two armies met.

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Reference: Osad al-Ghabah fi Ma'refah al-Shahabah Book 2

Hadith No: 3
Ibn al-Athir - al-Nihayah fi Gharib al-Hadith wa'l-Athar - Letter 'Ayn - Chapter 'Ayn with Ya' - 'Ayn
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (334)
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- .... And in the hadith of Uthman, Abdul Rahman ibn Awf said to him, implying: "I did not flee on the day of Ainayn," to which he replied, "Why do you reproach me with a sin that Allah has forgiven?" Ainayn: the name of a mountain in Uhud, and it is also said that the day of Uhud is the Day of Ainayn, and it is the mountain that the archers stood on that day.

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Reference: Al Nihaayaa fi gareeb al hadis wal asar Book 3