[Machine] "Ali said, 'Live with me or be silent, for by Allah, you will not ask me about anything except that I will inform you.' So Zaid said, 'I adjure you by Allah, did you kill Uthman?' So Ali remained silent for a while, then he said, 'By the One who split the seed and created the breeze, I did not kill him nor did I command his killing.' Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary."  

عَلِيٌّ «اسْكُنُوا أَوِ اسْكُتُوا فَوَاللَّهِ لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ» فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ أَنْتَ قَتَلْتَ عُثْمَانَ؟ فَأَطْرَقَ عَلِيٌّ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ مَا قَتَلْتُهُ وَلَا أَمَرْتُ بِقَتْلِهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص