Closest in Morals to the Holy Prophet (sa)
It is narrated by Abdur Rahman bin Uthman Quraishi that the Holy Prophet (sa) visited his daughter’s house when she was washing the head of Hazrat Uthman (ra). The Holy Prophet (sa) said to her, “My dear daughter, take good care of Abu Abdillah [i.e. Hazrat Uthman (ra)] from among my companions; he indeed has the closest resemblance to me in morals.”
(Al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir li al-Tabarani, Vol. 1, p. 76, Hadith 98, Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi, Beirut, 2002)