[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  

[Machine] He entered upon Uthman while he was confined and Ali was leading the people in prayer. He said, "I am reluctant to pray with these people while you are the leader." Uthman said to him, "Indeed, prayer is the best of people's actions. When you see them doing good, join them in doing good, and when you see them doing wrong, avoid their wrongdoing."  

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ وَعَلِيٌّ ؓ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحْرَجُ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَأَنْتَ الْإِمَامُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ أَحْسَنُ مَا عَمِلَ النَّاسُ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ فَأَحْسِنْ مَعَهُمْ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ يُسِيئُونَ فَاجْتَنِبْ مُسِيئَهُمْ