[Machine] O Commander of the Faithful, I feel uncomfortable praying with these people while you are restricted and you are the Imam. How do you see praying with them? Uthman replied: Prayer is the best of what people do. So, if they do good, do good with them, and if they do evil, avoid their evil. And the other narrations regarding this meaning have already passed in the matter of leadership.
يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي أَتَحَرَّجُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَأَنْتَ مَحْصُورٌ وَأَنْتَ الْإِمَامُ فَكَيْفَ تَرَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ مَعَهُمْ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ ؓ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ أَحْسَنُ مَا يَعْمَلُ النَّاسُ فَإِذَا أَحْسَنُوا فَأَحْسِنْ مَعَهُمْ وَإِذَا أَسَاؤُوا فَاجْتَنِبْ إِسَاءَتَهُمْ وَسَائِرُ الْآثَارِ فِي هَذَا الْمَعْنَى قَدْ مَضَتْ فِي بَابِ الْإِمَامَةِ