An aka yi masa mubaya'a a matsayin khalifa bayan kwana uku da binne Umar. An rawaito cewa a waɗancan kwanaki mutane sun taru tare da Abdur-Rahman ɗan Auf, suna ba shi shawara da yin magana da shi a asirce. Babu wani mutum mai hankali da ya zauna shi kaɗai da shi da bai ga cewa babu wanda ya kai Uthman ba. Sa'ad da Abdur-Rahman ya zauna don yi masa mubaya'a, ya yabi Allah sannan ya ce a cikin jawabinsa: "Na ga mutane ba sa son kowa face Uthman." Ibn Asakir ne ya rawaito shi daga al-Miswar ɗan Makhrama. A wata rawaya, "To! Ali, na bincika tsakanin mutane, kuma ban ga sun ɗauki kowa daidai da Uthman ba. Don haka, kada ka buɗe wa kanka hanya." Sai ya kama hannun Uthman ya ce: "Muna yi maka mubaya'a bisa Sunnar Allah, da Sunnar Manzonsa da Sunnar khalifofi biyu bayansa." Abdur-Rahman ya yi masa mubaya'a, kuma Muhajirai da Ansarawa suma suka yi masa mubaya'a.

He was pledged allegiance as khalifah three nights after the burial of cUmar. It is related that people got together, during those days, with cAbd ar-Rahman ibn cAwf, advising him and talking confidentially with him. Not one person of judgement who sat alone with him saw any to equal cUthman. When cAbd ar-Rahman sat to pledge allegiance, he praised Allah and said, during his speech, ‘I saw that people refuse anybody but cUthman.’ Ibn cAsakir narrated it from al-Miswar ibn Makhramah. In another narration, ‘Now! cAli, I have researched among people and I don’t see them regarding anyone equal to cUthman. Therefore, do not make a way against yourself.’ He took the hand of cUthman and said, ‘We pledge allegiance to you according to the Sunnah of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger and the Sunnah of the two khalifahs after him.’ cAbd ar-Rahman pledged allegiance to him and the Muhajirun and the Ansar pledged allegiance to him.

Ibn Sa'd ya ruwaito cewa Anas ya ce: Umar ya aika a kira Abu Talhah al-Ansari awa daya kafin ya rasu, ya ce: "Kai za ka kasance cikin mutum hamsin na Ansar tare da wannan jama'a, sahabban shawara, domin su, kamar yadda nake ganin, za su taru a wani gida. Ka tsaya a wannan kofa tare da abokanka, kada ka bar kowa ya shiga, kuma kada ka bar su su bari ranar uku ta wuce ba tare da sun zabi daya daga cikinsu ya jagorance su ba." A cikin Musnad na Ahmad akwai cewa Abu Wa'il ya ce: Na ce wa Abdur-Rahman ibn Auf, "Yaya ka yi ka yi wa Uthman mubaya'a ka yi watsi da Ali?" Ya ce: "Ina kuskurena? Na fara da Ali, na ce: 'Shin in yi maka mubaya'a bisa Littafin Allah, da Sunnar Manzonsa, da tafarkin Abu Bakr da Umar?' Ya ce: 'Ga abin da zan iya.' Daga baya na yi wa Uthman wannan tayin, sai ya ce: 'Eh.'" An rawaito cewa Abdur-Rahman ya ce wa Uthman a kebe: "In ban yi maka mubaya'a ba, wane ne za ka nuna mini?" Ya ce: "Ali." Ya ce wa Ali: "In ban yi maka mubaya'a ba, wane ne za ka nuna mini?" Ya ce: "Uthman." Sannan ya kira az-Zubair ya ce: "In ban yi maka mubaya'a ba, wane ne za ka nuna mini?" Ya ce: "Ali ko Uthman." Daga baya kuma ya kira Sa'd ya ce: "Wane ne za ka nuna mini?

Ibn Sacd narrated that Anas said: cUmar sent for Abu Talhah al- Ansari an hour before he died and said, ‘You be among fifty of the Ansar along with this group, the companions of the counsel, because they, as I believe, will gather in a house. Stand at that door with your companions, allow no-one to enter, and do not leave them to allow the third day to pass without their appointing one of themselves to the command.’ There is in the Musnad of Ahmad that Abu Wa’il said: I said to cAbd ar-Rahman ibn cAwf, ‘How could you have sworn allegiance to cUthman and neglected cAli?’ He said, ‘Where was my wrong action? I started with cAli and I said, “Shall I swear allegiance to you according to the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger and the conduct of Abu Bakr and cUmar?” He said, “In what I am able.” I hen later I offered the same to cUthman and he said, “Yes.”’ It has been related that cAbd ar-Rahman said to cUthman in private, ‘If I don’t pledge allegiance to you who would you point out to me?’ He said, ‘cAli.’ He said to cAli, ‘If I don’t pledge allegiance to you who would you point out to me?’ He said, ‘cUthman.’ Then he called for az-Zubayr and said, ‘If I don’t pledge allegiance to you who would you point out to me?’ He said, ‘cAli or cUthman.’ Then later he called for Sacd and said, ‘Whom would you indicate to me?

"Saboda, dangane da mu da ku, ba mu so ba." Ya ce, "'Uthman." Sai cAbdur-Rahman ya nemi shawarar dukkan manyan mutane, ya ga yawancinsu suna karkata ga cUthman.

because, as for me and you, we don’t want it.’ He said, ‘'Uthman.’ Then cAbd ar-Rahman sought the counsel of all the notables and saw that most of them were inclined to cUthman.

Ibn Sa'd da al-Hakim sun ruwaito daga Ibn Mas'ud, Allah ya yarda da shi, cewa ya ce, a lokacin da aka yi wa Uthman mubaya'a: "Mun dora wa mafi kyawun waɗanda suka rage nauyin umarni, kuma ba mu yi sakaci ba." A cikin shekarar khalifancinsa, aka buɗe Rayy (ga Musulunci), kuma an taɓa buɗe ta a baya, sannan aka rasa ta. A cikin wannan shekara mutane da yawa sun yi zubar jini daga hanci, har aka san ta da suna "Shekarar zubar jini daga hanci." Uthman ya kamu da zubar jini daga hanci har ya kai ga ya ƙauracewa aikin Hajji, ya kuma aika wani ya wakilce shi. A cikin wannan shekara an ƙwace sansanonin Byzantine da yawa. A cikinta ne Uthman ya naɗa Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas a matsayin gwamnan Kufa, ya kuma cire al-Mughirah.

Ibn Sacd and al-Hakim narrated that Ibn Mascud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, when cUthman was pledged allegiance, ‘We have charged with command the best of those remaining and we have not been negligent.’ In this year of his khilafah, Rayy was opened [to Islam], and it had been opened previously and subsequently lost. In that year many nosebleeds occurred among people, so that it was known as, ‘The year of the nosebleeds.’ cUthman was afflicted by nosebleeds to such an extent that he stayed away from the Hajj and deputed someone in his place. In that year many Byzantine fortresses were taken. In it cUthman appointed Sacd ibn Abi Waqqas as governor of Kufa and removed al-Mughirah.

في سنة خمس وعشرين للهجرة عزل عثمان سعدًا عن الكوفة وولّى الوليد بن عقبة بن أبي معيط، وكان صحابيًا وأخًا لعثمان لأمه، وكان ذلك أول ما عيب به، لأنه ولّى أقاربه المناصب. وقد روي كحكاية أن الوليد صلّى بهم صلاة الفجر أربع ركعات وهو سكران، ثم التفت إليهم وقال: «أأزيدكم؟». وفي سنة ست وعشرين للهجرة وسّع عثمان المسجد الحرام ومدّه، واشترى دورًا مجاورة له لتوسعته. وفي السنة نفسها فُتحت سابور (ولعلها شاهفور).

In the year 25 AH, cUthman removed Sacd from Kufa and appointed al-Walid ibn cUqbah ibn Abi Mucayt — and he was a Companion, and a brother of cUthman on his mother’s side - and that was the first thing for which he was disliked; because he appointed his relatives to posts of authority. It has been told as a tale that al-Walid led them in prayer for the dawn prayer with four rakcfat when he was drunk, and that then he turned to them and said, ‘Shall I do more (raka?at) for you?’ In the year 26 AH, cUthman enlarged and extended al-Masjid al-Haram, and bought sites (adjoining it) for the enlargement. In the same year Sabur (possibly Shahpur) was opened.

A shekarar 27 bayan hijira, Mu'awiyah ya jagoranci wani balaguron yaki zuwa Cyprus, inda ya kai sojoji ta teku. cUbadah ibn as-Samit yana cikin su, tare da matarsa Umm Haram bint Milhan al-Ansariyah (daga Ansarawa). Ta fadi daga bayan dabbar hawanta, ta mutu a can a matsayin shahida. Annabi ﷺ ya riga ya yi hasashen wannan balaguro a kanta, kuma ya yi mata addu'a cewa ta kasance daga cikinsu. An binne ta a Cyprus. A cikin wannan shekarar ne aka bude Arrajan da Darabjird. cUthman ya cire cAmr ibn al-cAs daga Masar, ya nada cAbdullah ibn Sacd ibn Abi Sarh a kansa, wanda ya jagoranci balaguro zuwa arewacin Afirka, ya bude ta [ga Musulunci], duka a filayen da kuma a tsaunuka. Kowane mutum a cikin sojojin ya samu dinari dubu daya, kuma an kuma ce dinari dubu uku. Sannan aka bude Andalus a cikin wannan shekarar.

In the year 27 AH, Mucawiyah went on a military expedition to Cyprus, taking the armies by sea. cUbadah ibn as-Samit was with them and his wife, Umm Haram bint Milhan al-Ansariyah (of the Ansar). She fell from her riding beast, and died there as a martyr, and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had foretold this army for her. He had supplicated for her that she should be of them. She was buried in Cyprus. In that same year Arrajan and Darabjird were opened. cUthman removed cAmr ibn al-cAs from Egypt and appointed cAbdullah ibn Sacd ibn Abi Sarh over it, who led an expedition against northern Africa and opened it [to Islam], both on the plains and in the mountains, and every man in the army received one thousand dinars, and it has also been said, three thousand dinars. Then Andalusia was opened in this same year.