Hadith 829:1
Abu Usamah Hammad ibn Usamah narrated to us, Kahmas informed us, from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, Harmi ibn al-Harith and Usamah ibn Khuraym narrated to me—and they were both engaged in military expeditions—and they narrated a hadith to me, and neither of them was aware that his companion had narrated it to me, from Murrah al-Bahzi, who said: While we were with the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on one of the paths of Medina, he said: "What will you do during a tribulation that rises in the regions of the earth as if it were the horns of cattle?" They said: "What shall we do, O Prophet of Allah?" He said: "Stick to this and his companions," or "Follow this and his companions." He said: So I hurried until I became exhausted, then I caught up with the man and said: "This one, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "This one." And behold, it was Uthman ibn Affan. He said: "This and his companions." And he mentioned it.
حدثنا أبو أسامة حماد بن أسامة، أخبرنا كهمس، عن عبد الله بن شقيق، حدثني هرمي بن الحارث، وأسامة بن خريم، وكانا يغازيان، فحدثاني حديثا ولم يشعر كل واحد منهما أن صاحبه حدثنيه، عن مرة البهزي، قال: بينما نحن مع نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في طريق من طرق المدينة، فقال: " كيف تصنعون في فتنة تثور في أقطار الأرض كأنها صياصي بقر؟ " قالوا: نصنع ماذا يا نبي الله؟ قال: " عليكم هذا وأصحابه "، أو " اتبعوا هذا وأصحابه "، قال: فأسرعت حتى عييت، فلحقت الرجل، فقلت: هذا يا رسول الله؟ قال: " هذا "، فإذا هو عثمان بن عفان، فقال: " هذا وأصحابه " وذكره