Then I sought permission from him and he got up and raid to A'isha: Wrap yourself well with your cloth, then I got my need fulfilled and came back. And A'isha said: Messenger of Allah, why is it that I did not see you feeling any anxiety in case of dressing properly in the presence of Abu Bakr and 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) as you showed in case of 'Uthman. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Verily Uthman is a person who is very modest and I was afraid that if I permitted him to enter in this very state he would not inform me of his need.

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لاَبِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ فَأَذِنَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لِي لَمْ أَرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لاَ يَبْلُغَ إِلَىَّ فِي حَاجَتِهِ

Then I asked permission to enter and he set up and said to ʿAʿishah: ʿCover yourself properly.ʿ I fulfilled my need then I went away, ʿAʿishah said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why did I not see you stirring for Abu Bakr and ‘Umar as you did for ʿUthman? The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said: ʿʿUthman is a shy man, and I was afraid that if I gave him permission to enter when I was in that state, he would not tell me of his need.ʿ Al-Laith said: Some people said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿAʿishah ؓ : ʿShould I not feel shy before a man before whom the angels feel shy?ʿ Saʿeed bin al-ʿAs narrated that ʿUthman and ʿAʿishah narrated that Abu Bakr asked for permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was lying down on his bed, wearing the cover of ʿAʿishah. And he narrated a hadeeth similar to that of ‘Uqail.

أَخْبَرَهُأَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ فَأَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا لِي لَمْ أَرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لَا يَبْلُغَ إِلَيَّ فِي حَاجَتِهِ وقَالَ اللَّيْثُ وَقَالَ جَمَاعَةُ النَّاسِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ أَلَا أَسْتَحِي مِمَّنْ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ

Then I asked permission to enter and he set up and said to ʿAʿishah: ʿCover yourself properly.ʿ I fulfilled my need then I went away, ʿAʿishah said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why did I not see you stirring for Abu Bakr and ‘Umar as you did for ʿUthman? The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said: ʿʿUthman is a shy man, and I was afraid that if I gave him permission to enter when I was in that state, he would not tell me of his need.ʿ Al-Laith said: Some people said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿAʿishah ؓ : ʿShould I not feel shy before a man before whom the angels feel shy?ʿ Saʿeed bin al-ʿAs narrated that ʿUthman and ʿAʿishah narrated that Abu Bakr asked for permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was lying down on his bed, wearing the cover of ʿAʿishah. And he narrated a hadeeth similar to that of ‘Uqail. (Using translation from Aḥmad 514)

أَخْبَرَهُأَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ فَأَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا لِي لَمْ أَرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لَا يَبْلُغَ إِلَيَّ فِي حَاجَتِهِ قَالَ لَيْثٌ وَقَالَ جَمَاعَةُ النَّاسِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ أَلَا أَسْتَحْيِي مِمَّنْ تَسْتَحْيِي مِنْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ؟

Then I asked permission to enter and he set up and said to ʿAʿishah: ʿCover yourself properly.ʿ I fulfilled my need then I went away, ʿAʿishah said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why did I not see you stirring for Abu Bakr and ‘Umar as you did for ʿUthman? The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said: ʿʿUthman is a shy man, and I was afraid that if I gave him permission to enter when I was in that state, he would not tell me of his need.ʿ Al-Laith said: Some people said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿAʿishah ؓ : ʿShould I not feel shy before a man before whom the angels feel shy?ʿ Saʿeed bin al-ʿAs narrated that ʿUthman and ʿAʿishah narrated that Abu Bakr asked for permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was lying down on his bed, wearing the cover of ʿAʿishah. And he narrated a hadeeth similar to that of ‘Uqail. (Using translation from Aḥmad 514)

اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسَ فَجَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا لَكَ لَمْ تَفْزَعْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عُثْمَانُ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ وَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ وَأَنَا عَلَى حَالَتِي تِلْكَ أَنْ لَا يَبْلُغَ فِي حَاجَتَهِ»

Then I asked permission to enter and he set up and said to ʿAʿishah: ʿCover yourself properly.ʿ I fulfilled my need then I went away, ʿAʿishah said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why did I not see you stirring for Abu Bakr and ‘Umar as you did for ʿUthman? The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said: ʿʿUthman is a shy man, and I was afraid that if I gave him permission to enter when I was in that state, he would not tell me of his need.ʿ Al-Laith said: Some people said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿAʿishah ؓ : ʿShould I not feel shy before a man before whom the angels feel shy?ʿ Saʿeed bin al-ʿAs narrated that ʿUthman and ʿAʿishah narrated that Abu Bakr asked for permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was lying down on his bed, wearing the cover of ʿAʿishah. And he narrated a hadeeth similar to that of ‘Uqail. (Using translation from Aḥmad 514)

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ فَأَذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ قَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا لَكَ لَمْ تَفْزَعْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ لَوْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لَا يُلْقِيَ إِلَيَّ حَاجَتَهُ»

Then I asked permission to enter and he set up and said to ʿAʿishah: ʿCover yourself properly.ʿ I fulfilled my need then I went away, ʿAʿishah said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why did I not see you stirring for Abu Bakr and ‘Umar as you did for ʿUthman? The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said: ʿʿUthman is a shy man, and I was afraid that if I gave him permission to enter when I was in that state, he would not tell me of his need.ʿ Al-Laith said: Some people said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿAʿishah ؓ : ʿShould I not feel shy before a man before whom the angels feel shy?ʿ Saʿeed bin al-ʿAs narrated that ʿUthman and ʿAʿishah narrated that Abu Bakr asked for permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was lying down on his bed, wearing the cover of ʿAʿishah. And he narrated a hadeeth similar to that of ‘Uqail. (Using translation from Aḥmad 514)

بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ فَأُذِنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْحَالِ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ اجْمَعِي عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ قَالَ فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ أَرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ وَأَنَى خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ وَأَنَا عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لَا يَبْلُغَ إِلَيَّ حَاجَتَهُ

Sa'id ibn al-'As reported that 'Uthman and 'A'isha told him that Abu Bakr asked for permission to come in to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was lying of 'A'isha's bed, wearing 'A'isha's woollen shirt. He gave Abu Bakr permission to enter while he was like that. he gave him what he needed and then Abu Bakr left. Then 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, asked for permission to come in and he gave him permission to come in while he was like that. He gave him what he needed and then 'Umar left. 'Uthman said, "Then I asked for permission to come in and he sat up and told 'A'isha, 'Take your garment.' I told him what I needed and then I left.' 'A'isha asked, 'Messenger of Allah, why did I see that you did not do for Abu Bakr and 'Umar what you did for 'Uthman?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ''Uthman is a modest man and I feared that if I gave him permission to come in while I was in that state he would not tell me what he needed.'"

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِ عَائِشَةَ لاَبِسًا مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ فَأَذِنَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ اجْمَعِي إِلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ قَالَ فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِي ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ أَرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا كَمَا فَزِعْتَ لِعُثْمَانَ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِيٌّ وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ وَأَنَا عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لاَ يَبْلُغَ إِلَيَّ فِي حَاجَتِهِ

"عَنْ سَعِيد بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبىِّ ﷺ وَعُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَاهُ أَنَّ أبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَأذَنَ عَلَى رسُولِ الله ﷺ وَهُوَ مَضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فرَاشِه، لَابِسٌ مِرْطَ عَائِشَةَ، فَأَذِن لأَبِى بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَضَى إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأَذَنَ عُمَرُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى تِلكَ الْحَالِ، فَقَضَى إِلَيْه حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: ثُمَّ اسْتَأذَنْتُ عَلَيْه فَجَلَسَ وَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ: اجْمَعِى عَلَيْكِ ثِيَابَكِ، فَقَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَتِى، ثُم انْصَرَفْتُ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ الله: مَا لِى لَمْ أرَكَ فَزِعْتَ لأَبِى بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَمَا فَزعْتَ لعُثْمَانَ؟ فَقَالَ رسُولُ الله ﷺ : إِن عُثْمَانَ رَجُلٌ حَيِىٌ وإنى خشيت إِنْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ أَنْ لَا يَبْلُغَ إِلىَّ فِى حَاجَتِهِ".