The Biography of Uthman Ibn Affan R Dhun Noorayn

His staying close to the Prophet in Madinah
claimed by those followers of whims and desires who attack him
because of his absence from Badr. He did not intend to go against
the Messenger gY because the virtue attained by those who were
present at Badr was due to their obeying the Messenger @ and
following him. 'Uthmh went out with the others who went out
with the Messenger of Allsh g, but he @ sent him back to take
care of his daughter. Thus he was doing the most important duty
of obeying the Messenger of AUSh g who asked him to stay
behind. The Prophet @ gave him a share of the booty and reward,
so he had a share in the booty and attained the virtue and reward
of obeying and submitting to AUih and His ~essen~er.["
It was narrated that 'Uthmiin ibn 'Abd-AllSh ibn Mawhab
said: A man came from Egypt to perfom pilgrimage to the
Ka'bah, and he said: 0 Ibn 'Umar, I am going to ask you about
something, so tell me, for I adjure you by All& and the sanctity of
this House: do you know that 'Uthmh was absent from Badr and
did not witness it? He said: Yes, but his absence from Badr was
because he was married to the daughter of the Messenger of All&
it&$ and she fell sick, and the Messenger of All& it&$ said to him:
"You will have the reward and the share of booty of a man who
was present at ~adr. "['
It was narrated from Abu Wgil that 'Uthmh ibn 'Affh &
said: "On the day of Badr, I stayed behind to look after the
daughter of the Messenger of All& B, and the Messenger of Allsh
gave me a share (of the booty)." ZVidah said in his hadeeth:
Whoever was given a share of the booty by the Messenger of AllSh
was regarded as having been there.[31 So 'Uthmgn was
regarded as one of the people of Badr, by consensus.[41
[I1 Kittb a1-Imtmah wa'l-Radd bla al-Rtjdah by al-hbahsni, p. 302
['I al-BuhWu?ri, no. 3698 at-Tirmidhi 3706
[31 al-Imhah wa'l-Radd hla al-Efidah by al-Asbahcki, p. 304
'UthmAn ibn 'Afin, by Stidiq 'Aqoon, p. 47