‏الإمارة : Hadeeth No:4554 It his been narrated through a different chain of transmitters, on the authority of Hudhaifa b. al-Yaman who said: Messenger of Allaah, no doubt, we had an evil time (i. e. the days of Jahiliyya or ignorance) and God brought us a good time (i. e. Islamic period) through which we are now living Will ...

‏الزهد والرقائق‏ : Hadeeth No:7122 Shaqiq reported that it was said to Usama b. Zaid: Why don't you visit 'Uthman and talk to him? Thereupon he said: Do you think that I have not talked to him but that I have made you hear? By Allaah. I have talked to him (about things) concerning me and him and I did not like to divulge those things...