Hadith No: 1
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter 'Ayn
4619 - Uthman ibn Affan ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayyah ...
Volume: (39) - Page Number: (257/258)
[The text is lengthy, so only the relevant excerpt is provided here]
- Abu Sulaym narrated to us: Abu Salih Muhammad ibn Ibrahim told us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri narrated to us, from my father Ya'qub ibn Ya'la narrated to us, from Namir ibn Abi Ubaydah, who said: My father narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Shu'aib, who said: There was some exchange between Uthman and Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, and Abd al-Rahman sent to Uthman, "By Allah, I did not flee from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) on the Day of 'Aynayn," meaning Uhud, "nor did I stay behind from Badr, nor did I go against the Sunnah of Umar." So Uthman sent back to him, "As for your claim that I stayed behind from Badr, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) occupied me." Sulayman said: She was able to fulfill her obligations. "And as for your claim that I fled on the Day of 'Aynayn, you are right; Allah has forgiven me." Regarding the Sunnah of Umar, by Allah, neither I nor you could manage it."
- Abu Abdullah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abi 'Uthman narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn al-Fadl narrated to us, saying: Ubaydullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Yusuf ibn Musa, from Abdullah al-Juhani, meaning al-Razi, from Amr ibn Abi Qays, from Asim, from Abu Wa'il, who said: Al-Walid ibn Uqbah met me with a man whose name he mentioned, and Al-Walid said to him: "You have been rude to the Commander of the Faithful," meaning Uthman. The man replied, "Tell him that I did not flee on the Day of Hunayn," and that I did not stay behind from Badr, nor did I go against the Sunnah of Umar. Uthman said, "As for his statement that I fled on the Day of Hunayn, he does not blame me for a sin that Allah has forgiven," and he read: {“Indeed, those who turned back among you on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip by [some] of what they had earned, and indeed, Allah had forgiven them. Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing”} (Surah Al-Imran 3:155).
- And Abdullah narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Junayd and Muhammad ibn Ali and others said: They were all narrated to us by Ma'awiya ibn Amr, who said: Zaydah narrated to us from Asim, from Shu'aib, who said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf met Al-Walid ibn Uqbah, and Al-Walid said to him: "What is it that I see you have been rude to the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman?" Abd al-Rahman replied, "Tell him that I did not flee on the Day of 'Aynayn," and Asim added, "which was on the Day of Uhud," and that I did not stay behind on the Day of Badr, nor did I go against the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). So he went to inform Uthman. Uthman said, "As for his statement about the Day of 'Aynayn, how can he blame me for a sin that Allah has forgiven?" He said, Exalted is He: {“Indeed, those who turned back among you on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip by [some] of what they had earned, and indeed, Allah had forgiven them. Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing”} (Surah Al-Imran 3:155).

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 39

Hadith No: 2
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter 'Ayn
4619 - Uthman ibn Affan ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayyah ...
Volume: (39) - Page Number: (259/260)
- Abu Muhammad Abd al-Jabbar ibn Muhammad al-Bayhaqi narrated to us, saying: Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Wahidi narrated to me, saying: Sa'id ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hayyan narrated to me, saying: Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hayyan narrated to me, saying: Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Marwazi narrated to me, saying: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mahbub narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn al-Layth narrated to us, saying: Ali ibn al-Hakam narrated to us, from Salam al-Qari' regarding Ali ibn Zayd, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, that Uthman ibn Affan raised his voice over Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf while he was, at that time, the Caliph. Abd al-Rahman said to him: "Why do you raise your voice at me, when I witnessed Badr and you did not, and I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) while you did not?" meaning the pledge of Ridwan, "and you fled on the Day of Uhud while I did not flee." Uthman replied: "As for your statement that you witnessed Badr and I did not, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) left me in charge of his daughter. And regarding what you mentioned, that you pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and I did not, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent me to a people from the pagans, and when I delayed in returning to him, he struck his right hand on his left, saying, 'This is for Uthman.'"
- Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Samarqandi narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Abi Uthman and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, and Abu Abdullah ibn al-Qasari narrated to us, from his father, Abu Taher, who said: Isma'il ibn al-Hasan ibn Abdullah narrated to us, and Abu Abdullah al-Mahāmili narrated to us. Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Ali al-Misri and Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi Talib Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Awānah al-Qa'inī narrated to us, and Abu Salih Dhakwan ibn Siyār ibn Muhammad al-Dhahhan and Abu Rashid Ali ibn Uthman ibn Muhammad al-Wa'iz al-Haysami in Herat narrated, saying: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Farisi narrated to us, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Shuraih narrated to us, and Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari narrated to us. Ibn Sa'id added, "Abu Abdullah," that Ali ibn al-Hakam al-Ansari narrated to us, and Salam added, the Mahāmili, "Ibn Sulayman," and both said: Abu al-Mundhir al-Qari' narrated to us, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Ibn al-Musayyib, naming him Ibn Sa'id, that Uthman ibn Affan said to a man. Al-Mahāmili narrated to Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf: "As for your statement that you did not witness Badr, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) left me," Al-Mahāmili added, "on the Day of Badr," and both said: "in charge of his daughter, and he struck me with a share and gave me my due." "And regarding your statement on the Day of Uhud, Allah forgave me..."
- Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ghanim ibn Ahmad narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to me, from my father, and Abu Ishaq Isma'il ibn Amr al-Samarqandi narrated to me, saying: Muhammad ibn Hamed ibn Humaid narrated to me, and Ali ibn Ishaq al-Samarqandi narrated to me, and Muhammad ibn Marwan, from Muhammad ibn al-Sa'ib, from Abu Salih, from Ibn Abbas, who said: 'This was revealed concerning Uthman,' and with him were Hudhayfah ibn Utbah, Rafi' ibn al-Mu'alla al-Ansari, and Khawjah ibn Zayd: {Indeed, those who turned away from you on the day the two armies met were only caused to stumble by Satan because of some of what they had earned, and Allah had already forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing} (Surah Al-Imran 3:155).

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 39

Hadith No: 3
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter 'Ayn
4619 - Uthman ibn Affan ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayyah ...
Volume: (39) - Page Number: (261/262)
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- Abu Ali al-Haddad narrated to us, then Abu al-Qasim Isma'il ibn Ahmad narrated to us, saying: Yusuf ibn Muhammad narrated to us, both saying: Abu Na'im narrated to us, and H and Abu Abdullah al-Farawi narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Furk narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Yunus ibn Habib narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Awaniyah and Shayban narrated to us from Uthman ibn Abdullah ibn Muhwib, from Ibn Umar, that he said to a man: "As for your statement that you asked me about, testify that Uthman witnessed Badr, for he was preoccupied with the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) struck for him a share." And as for the Pledge of Ridwan, it was that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent him to the people of Mecca, and if anyone could have been more trustworthy in himself than Uthman, he would have been sent. And the pledge took place while Uthman was absent." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "My hand is this for Uthman," and he struck one hand with the other. "And as for his commanding on the day when the two groups met, testify that Allah has forgiven him. Take this with you."
- Abu al-Qasim al-Katib narrated to us, saying: Abu Ali al-Wa'ith narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr ibn Malik narrated to us, saying: Abu Abd al-Rahman narrated to me from my father Ahmad, saying: Ithfan narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Awaniyah narrated to us, saying: Uthman ibn Abdullah ibn Muhwib narrated, saying: A man came from Egypt to perform Hajj to the House. He saw some people sitting and asked, "Who are these people?" They said, "Quraysh." He asked, "Who is the elder among them?" They replied, "Abdullah ibn Umar." He said, "O Ibn Umar, I will ask you about something or remind you, or I remind you by the sanctity of this house. Do you know that Uthman fled on the day of Uhud?" Ibn Umar replied, "Yes." He continued, "Do you know that he was absent from Badr and did not witness it?" Ibn Umar said, "Yes." He asked, "And do you know that he was absent from the Pledge of Ridwan?" Ibn Umar said, "Yes." The man exclaimed, "Allahu Akbar!" Ibn Umar said, "Come, I will explain to you what I told you." As for his fleeing on the day of Uhud, testify that Allah has forgiven him and overlooked him."
- Abu Abdullah al-Farawi and Abu al-Muthaffar al-Qushayri narrated to us, both saying: Abu Sa'd al-Adib narrated to us, saying: Abu Amr ibn Hamdan narrated to us, and Abu Abdullah al-Khallal narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Mansur narrated to us, and Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri said: My father Ibn Ya'la narrated to us, saying: Wahb ibn Baqiyah narrated to us, saying: Khalid narrated to us from Kulaib ibn Wa'il, from Habib ibn Abi Maliakah, who said: "I was sitting with Ibn Umar when a man came to him and said, 'Testify that Uthman witnessed Badr.' Ibn Umar replied, 'No.' The man then asked, 'Did he witness the Pledge of Ridwan?' Ibn Umar said, 'No.' He was among those who commanded on the day when the two groups met.' Ibn Umar said, 'Yes.'" So the man went, and it was said to him, "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, this one will tell that you spoke ill of Uthman." Ibn Umar replied, "Bring him back to me." Ibn Umar said to him, "As for the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) left him for his need, and he was allotted a share, although he would not allot shares for the absent. As for the Pledge of Ridwan, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent him to the people of Mecca, and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) took his hand out and wiped it on his palm, saying, 'This is for Uthman.' The hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) is better than the hand of Uthman. And as for the day when the two groups met, Allah has forgiven him.'"

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 39

Hadith No: 4
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq (History of Damascus) - Letter 'Ayn
4934 - Ali ibn Abi Talib, whose name was Abdul Manaf ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Volume: (42) - Page Number: (139)
- Abu Muhammad ibn Tawus narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Qasim ibn Abi al-Alag narrated to us, both said: Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Hasan Khaythama ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Hilal ibn al-Alak narrated to us, from my father and Abdullah ibn Ja'far, who said: Ubaydullah ibn Amr narrated to us, from Zayd, from Abu Ishaq, from al-'Ala ibn 'Urar, who said: My father said, "I asked Abdullah ibn Amr while he was sitting in the mosque: What do you say about these two men, Ali and Uthman, who were both speaking?" Abdullah replied: 'As for Ali, do not ask anyone about him, but look at his standing with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny).' My father said: 'He brought us out of the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) except Ali.' And Ibn Ja'far said, 'Indeed, he has closed off our doors in the mosque and upheld his door.' As for Uthman, my father said, he was killed on the day the two groups met and犯t a grave sin, but Allah forgave him. They were both speaking, and he sinned a lesser sin among you, and you killed him."

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 42