Uthman ibn Abdullah ibn Mawhab reported that a man from Egypt performed Hajj. He saw some men sitting and asked, “Who are they?” The people said, “They are the Quraysh.” He asked, “Who is this shaykh?” They said, “He is Ibn Umar (RA) .” So, he came to him and said, “I am going to ask you about something, so tell me, I adjure by Allah and by the sanctity of this House. Do you know that Uthman fled from the Battle of Uhud?” He said, “Yes.” The man asked, “Do you know that he absented himself from the Bay’ah Ridwan and did not witness it?” He said, “Yes.” The man asked, “Do you know that he kept away from the Battle of Badr and did not participate?” He said, “Yes.” The man exclaimed, “Allah Akbar (Allah is the Greatest).” Ibn Umar (RA) said to him. “Stay till I explain to you what you have asked about. As for fleeing from the Battle of Uhud, I bear witness that. Allah surely overlooked and forgave him. As for absenting himself from the Battle of Badr, he had the Prophet’s ﷺ daughter as his wife and he had said to him, ‘You will get a reward of one who participated in Badr and the booty too.’ He commanded him to give her company, she being sick. As for keeping away from Bay’ah Ridwan, if there was anyone more honourable in the Makkah valley than Uthman then Allah’s Messenger ﷺ would have sent him in place of Uthman. Allah’s Messenger L sent him to Makkah and the Bay’ah Ridwan was taken after Uthman had gone to Makkah. Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said about his right hand, ‘This is Uthman’s hand,’ and struck with it his left hand, saying, This is for Uthman.’ So, go now, this being with you.” [Bukhari 3698, Abu Dawud 2726, Ahmed 5776