Uthman bin Affan reported,

Some men from among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when the Prophet ﷺ passed away, grieved over him so deeply that some of them nearly lost their senses.Uthman said, "I was one of them. While I was sitting in the shade of one of the fortresses, Umar passed by me and greeted me, but I did not notice that he had passed or that he had given the greeting. So Umar went on until he came in to Abu Bakr and said to him, 'What do you make of this? I passed by Uthman and greeted him, and he did not return my greeting.'Then he and Abu Bakr came together, during the caliphate of Abu Bakr , until they both greeted me.Abu Bakr said, "Your brother Umar came to me and mentioned that he passed by you and greeted you but you did not return his greeting. What made you do that?"I said, "I did not do so."Umar said, "Yes, by Allah, you did. But this is your arrogance, you Banu Umayya."I said, "By Allah, I was not aware that you had passed or given the greeting."Abu Bakr said, "Uthman has spoken the truth. Something must have distracted you from it."I said, "Indeed."He asked, "What was it?"Uthman said, "Allah took His Prophet ﷺ before we could ask him about what brings deliverance in this matter."Abu Bakr said, "I did ask him about that."I rose to him and said, "May my father and mother be ransomed for you, you are the most deserving of it."Abu Bakr said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, what is the deliverance in this matter?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever accepts from me the word that I presented to my uncle, but he refused it, that word is deliverance for him.'"

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عثمان بن عفان رضي الله عنه يحدث

أن رجالا من أصحاب النبي ﷺ حين توفي النبي ﷺ حزنوا عليه حتى كاد بعضهم يوسوس قال عثمان وكنت منهم فبينا أنا جالس في ظل أطم من الآطام مر علي عمر رضي الله عنه فسلم علي فلم أشعر أنه مر ولا سلم فانطلق عمر حتى دخل على أبي بكر رضي الله عنه فقال له ما يعجبك أني مررت على عثمان فسلمت عليه فلم يرد علي السلام وأقبل هو وأبو بكر في ولاية أبي بكر رضي الله عنه حتى سلما علي جميعا ثم قال أبو بكر جاءني أخوك عمر فذكر أنه مر عليك فسلم فلم ترد عليه السلام فما الذي حملك على ذلك قال قلت ما فعلت فقال عمر بلى والله لقد فعلت ولكنها عبيتكم يا بني أمية قال قلت والله ما شعرت أنك مررت ولا سلمت قال أبو بكر صدق عثمان وقد شغلك عن ذلك أمر فقلت أجل قال ما هو فقال عثمان رضي الله عنه توفى الله عز وجل نبيه ﷺ قبل أن نسأله عن نجاة هذا الأمر قال أبو بكر قد سألته عن ذلك قال فقمت إليه فقلت له بأبي أنت وأمي أنت أحق بها قال أبو بكر قلت يا رسول الله ما نجاة هذا الأمر فقال رسول الله ﷺ من قبل مني الكلمة التي عرضت على عمي فردها علي فهي له نجاة