Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 37:594

Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, from al-Awwam, who said: A man from the companions of al-Akhras narrated to me—two elders from Banu Tha'labah, a man and his wife, who said: We arrived at al-Rabadhah and passed by a man with a white head and beard, disheveled. It was said to him: "This is one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and this man has done to you what he has done. So, will you set up a banner for us, and we will bring you as many men as you wish?" He said: "O people of Islam, do not expose me to your harm. Do not humiliate the authority, for whoever humiliates the authority, Allah will humiliate him. By Allah, if Uthman were to crucify me on the longest rope or the longest piece of wood, I would listen, obey, be patient, and seek the reward from Allah, and I would see that as better for me. And if he were to exile me from the horizon to the horizon, or between the East and the West, I would listen, obey, be patient, and seek the reward from Allah, and I would see that as better for me."