Shaqiq reported,

Abdul-Rahman bin Awf met Walid bin Uqba, and Walid said to him, "Why do I see that you have become distant from the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman ?"Abdul-Rahman replied, "Tell him that I did not flee on the day of Aynayn." Asim said he meant the day of Uhud. "And I was not absent on the day of Badr, nor did I abandon the practice of Umar ."So Walid went and informed Uthman of this.Uthman said, "As for his saying that he did not flee on the day of Aynayn, how can he reproach me with a sin that Allah has already pardoned? For Allah said, 'Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some of what they had earned. But Allah has already pardoned them' [Aal Imran 3:155]. As for his saying that I was absent on the day of Badr, I was tending to Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, during her illness when she died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had assigned me my share of the spoils, and whoever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ assigned a share to was counted as having been present. As for his saying that I abandoned the practice of Umar , I cannot bear it, nor can he. Go to him and tell him this."

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عن شقيق قال

لقي عبد الرحمن بن عوف الوليد بن عقبة فقال له الوليد ما لي أراك قد جفوت أمير المؤمنين عثمان رضي الله عنه فقال له عبد الرحمن أبلغه أني لم أفر يوم عينين قال عاصم يقول يوم أحد ولم أتخلف يوم بدر ولم أترك سنة عمر رضي الله عنه قال فانطلق فخبر ذلك عثمان رضي الله عنه قال فقال أما قوله إني لم أفر يوم عينين فكيف يعيرني بذنب وقد عفا الله عنه فقال {إن الذين تولوا منكم يوم التقى الجمعان إنما استزلهم الشيطان ببعض ما كسبوا ولقد عفا الله عنهم} وأما قوله إني تخلفت يوم بدر فإني كنت أمرض رقية بنت رسول الله ﷺ حين ماتت وقد ضرب لي رسول الله ﷺ بسهمي ومن ضرب له رسول الله ﷺ بسهمه فقد شهد وأما قوله إني لم أترك سنة عمر رضي الله عنه فإني لا أطيقها ولا هو فأته فحدثه بذلك