Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 551
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ، قَالَ كُنَّا بِبَابِ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي عَشْرِ الْأَضْحَى.
Translation
It was narrated that Abul `Aliyah said
We were guarding the door of `Uthman (رضي الله عنه) for the first ten days of [Dhul-Hijjah].