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[Machine] "Oh Abdullah, why have you distanced yourself from our beloved Uthman? Haven't you said that he was the most kind and righteous among us?"  

الزهد لأحمد:٦٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ لَقِيتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ

يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَا بَطَا بِكَ عَنَّا أَحُبُّ عُثْمَانَ؟ أَمَا الْآنَ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ لَقَدْ كَانَ أَوْصَلَنَا لِلرَّحِمِ وَأَتْقَانَا لِلَّهِ ﷻ