Jardani has written in Misbahuz Zulam that:1
Conclusion: One, who writes these names and washes them with water and
with that water washes his face will not become blind. And one, who writes and
washes them, and with that water, washes his face, he never becomes forgetful.
One, who washes them and drinks the water will never become impotent. Those
names are as follows: Uthman bin Affan, Maaz bin Jabal, Abdur Rahman bin
Auf, Zaid bin Thabit, Ubayy bin Kaab, Talha bin Abdur Rahman, Tamim Dari
(r.a.).
Allamah Amini says: Thus, one, who does not fear blindness, forgetfulness
and impotency may test this!
Add to this the merits especially fabricated for Uthman and mentioned
before.2
Final word
Merits of Uthman, whose belly was swollen due to heaviness of greed and
lusts, were excessively fabricated during the Umayyad period, from which we
mentioned only a small quantity. Most of these fabricators were people of Shaam
or Basra, whose nature was loyalty to Abshami and who were inimical to the
holy progeny (s.a.).
وَإِذْ زَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَنُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ
“And when the Shaitan made their works fair seeming to them.”3
فَقَدْ جَاءُ وَ ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا
“So indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) a falsehood.”4
وَجَدَلُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقِّ
“And they disputed by means of the falsehood that they might thereby render null the truth.”5
وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَذِبُونَ
“And they think that they have something; now surely they are the liars.”6
أَنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الْأَيْتِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَنَّى يُؤْفَكُونَ
“See how We make the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are turned away.”7