Are you going to give up what I heard about you? He was apologetic, then ʿUthman ؓ said: Woe to you! I heard and remembered and it is not as you heard; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿA leader will be killed and a criminal will commit a crime.ʿ I am the one who will be killed, not ‘Umar ؓ ); rather ‘Umar ؓ was killed by one man, but a group of people will kill me
لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ هَلْ أَنْتَ مُنْتَهٍ عَمَّا بَلَغَنِيعَنْكَ؟ فَاعْتَذَرَ بَعْضَ الْعُذْرِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَيْحَكَ إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ وَحَفِظْتُ وَلَيْسَ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَيُقْتَلُ أَمِيرٌ وَيَنْتَزِي مُنْتَزٍ وَإِنِّي أَنَا الْمَقْتُولُ وَلَيْسَ عُمَرَ إِنَّمَا قَتَلَ عُمَرَ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّهُ يُجْتَمَعُ عَلَيَّ