Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرَّازِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِتْنَةً فَقَرَّبَهَا وَعَظَّمَهَا قَالَ ثُمَّ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ مُتَقَنِّعٌ فِي مِلْحَفَةٍ فَقَالَ هَذَا يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى الْحَقِّ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مُسْرِعًا أَوْ قَالَ مُحْضِرًا فَأَخَذْتُ بِضَبْعَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ هَذَا فَإِذَا هُوَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Ishaq ibn Sulayman al-Razi told us, Mughirah ibn Muslim informed me from Matar al-Warraq from Ibn Sirin from Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned a tribulation and brought it near and magnified it. Then a man passed by, his face covered in a wrap. He said, "This one, on that day, will be upon the truth." So I went quickly - or he said, hastening - and took hold of his upper arms and said, "Is this him, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "This is him," and behold, it was Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him.