On the authority of ʿĀʾishah: The Prophet ﷺ sent for ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn, and he came to him. He said: "O ʿUthmān, have you turned away from my Sunnah?" He said: "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, rather I seek your Sunnah." He said: "For I sleep and pray, and I fast and break my fast, and I marry women. So fear Allah, O ʿUthmān, for your family has a right upon you, your guest has a right upon you, and your own self has a right upon you. So fast and break your fast, and pray and sleep."(1)

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(1) A sound ḥadīth, and this chain is good on account of Ibn Isḥāq — namely Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār — and he explicitly stated that he heard it, as reported by Aḥmad, thus removing any suspicion of tadlīs. And he has been corroborated. The uncle of ʿUbayd Allāh is Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm.

It was also recorded by Aḥmad in his Musnad (26308), and al-Bazzār (1457 — Kashf al-Astār) via the route of Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm, with this chain.

It was also recorded with a similar wording, abbreviated, by Aḥmad (24754), and Abū Nuʿaym in al-Ḥilyah 6/257 via the route of Abū Fākhitah Saʿīd ibn ʿAlāqah; and by ʿAbd al-Razzāq (10375), Aḥmad (25893), al-Bazzār (1458 — Kashf al-Astār), Ibn Ḥibbān (9), and al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr (8319) via the route of ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr; and by ʿAbd al-Razzāq (10375) and al-Ṭabarānī (8319) via the route of ʿAmrah bint ʿAbd al-Raḥmān — all three of them from ʿĀʾishah. Except that he did not say to him: "For I sleep and pray..." Rather, he said to him: "Monasticism was not prescribed upon us. Do you not have in me a good example? For by Allah, I am the most fearful of Allah among you and the most mindful of His limits." And the chains of the two reports of ʿUrwah and ʿAmrah are sound.

It is also corroborated by the ḥadīth of Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī recorded by Abū Yaʿlā (7242), and from him Ibn Ḥibbān (316), and it is reported as mursal by Ibn Saʿd 3/394–395, and the narrators of the mursal report are trustworthy.

And the ḥadīth of Abū Umāmah recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr (7715) and (7883) with two chains from him, both of which are weak, but they are suitable for consideration.

It is also corroborated — though without the mention of ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn — by the ḥadīth of Anas ibn Mālik concerning the group who asked about the worship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, recorded by al-Bukhārī (5063), Muslim (1401), and others.

And the ḥadīth of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr recorded by al-Bukhārī (1153) and Muslim (1159).

And the ḥadīth of Abū Juḥayfah recorded by al-Bukhārī (1968).