Abu Bakr sought permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was lying on his bed wrapped in Ayesha's cloak. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted Abu Bakr
permission while remaining in that state, attended to his need, and Abu Bakr left.Then Umar
sought permission, and he granted him permission while still in that same condition, attended to his need, and Umar left.Uthman
said, "Then I sought permission to enter, and he sat up and said to Ayesha
, 'Gather your garments around you.' He attended to my need, and then I left."Ayesha
asked, "Messenger of Allah, why did I not see you become concerned for Abu Bakr and Umar as you did for Uthman
?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Uthman is a modest man, and I feared that if I gave him permission to enter while I was in that state, he would not be able to convey his need to me."Layth said, and a group of people also reported, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ayesha
, "Should I not feel shy before a man whom even the angels feel shy before?"
حدثنا حجاج حدثنا ليث حدثني عقيل عن ابن شهاب عن يحيى بن سعيد بن العاص أن سعيد بن العاص أخبره أن
أن أبا بكر رضي الله عنه استأذن على رسول الله ﷺ وهو مضطجع على فراشه لابس مرط عائشة فأذن لأبي بكر رضي الله عنه وهو كذلك فقضى إليه حاجته ثم انصرف ثم استأذن عمر رضي الله عنه فأذن له وهو على تلك الحال فقضى إليه حاجته ثم انصرف قال عثمان رضي الله عنه ثم استأذنت عليه فجلس وقال لعائشة رضي الله عنها اجمعي عليك ثيابك فقضى إلي حاجتي ثم انصرفت قالت عائشة رضي الله عنها يا رسول الله ما لي لم أرك فزعت لأبي بكر وعمر كما فزعت لعثمان رضي الله عنه قال رسول الله ﷺ إن عثمان رجل حيي وإني خشيت إن أذنت له على تلك الحال أن لا يبلغ إلي في حاجته و قال الليث وقال جماعة الناس إن رسول الله ﷺ قال لعائشة رضي الله عنها ألا أستحيي ممن يستحيي منه الملائكة
Its isnad is sahih. Layth is Ibn Saad. Aqeel, with the diminutive form, is Ibn Khalid Ayli. Saeed bin Aas bin Saeed bin Aas Umawi was a senior tabii, born nine years before the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Ibn Abdul-Barr said, he was among the nobles of Quraysh, and he was one of those who wrote down the Mushaf for Uthman.Muslim related this hadith in his Sahih, 2:235, from Abdul-Malik bin Shuayb bin Layth bin Saad, from his father, from his grandfather, but he did not mention at the end of it Layth's statement, "The generality of people said..." and so on. So this part is disconnected, since Layth did not support it with a full chain, and therefore it is not part of the sahih isnad.