The Holy Prophet’s (sa) Instruction for the Day of the Siege
Hazrat Aisha (ra) relates that the Holy Prophet (sa) stated during his illness that he wished some of his companions were in his company. Upon this, they asked, “O Messenger (sa) of Allah! Shall we bring Abu Bakr?” However, the Holy Prophet (sa) remained silent. They then asked, “O Messenger (sa) of Allah, shall we bring Umar?” Again, the Holy Prophet (sa) remained silent. They then asked, “O Messenger (sa) of Allah! Shall we bring Uthman?” Upon this, the Holy Prophet (sa) replied in the affirmative. Following this, Hazrat Uthman (ra) came and the Holy Prophet (sa) took him on his own to the side. As the Holy Prophet (sa) began talking to him, the expression of Hazrat Uthman’s (ra) face began to change.
Qais relates that Abu Sehla, the freed slave of Hazrat Uthman (ra), told him that on the day of Yaum al-Dar [Day of the Siege], Hazrat Uthman (ra) bin Affan stated that the Holy Prophet (sa) had given him a specific instruction which he was now going to fulfil. The narrator states that Hazrat Uthman (ra) stated:
اَنَا صَابِرٌ عَلَيْهِ
“I am firmly steadfast upon this.”
Yaum al-Dar is the day when the hypocrites besieged Hazrat Uthman (ra) in his house and then martyred him in a merciless manner.
(Sunan Ibn Majah, Iftitah al-Kitab, Fadl Uthman (ra), Hadith 113)