Riwayat dari [[Zaidiyah|Syiah Zaidiyah]] dan [[Sunni]] yang bersumber dari [[Abu Sa'id al-Khudri]] bahwa Ali menamai putranya Utsman bin Ali berdasarkan nama khalifah [[Utsman bin Affan]]. Sumber-sumber yang tidak dapat diandalkan menyebutkan bahwa Ali menamai putranya Utsman berdasarkan [[Utsman bin Mazh'un]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-12-17|title=Sunni Answers to Shiapen: The Names of Imam Ali (as)’s Sons|url=https://youpuncturedtheark.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/sunni-answers-to-shiapen-the-names-of-imam-ali-ass-sons/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=In Defense of the Aal & Ashaab|language=en|trans-title=Jawaban Sunni untuk Shiapen: Nama Putra Imam Ali (as)|archive-date=2021-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929201253/https://youpuncturedtheark.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/sunni-answers-to-shiapen-the-names-of-imam-ali-ass-sons/|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Utsman bersama saudara kandungnya Ja'far, Abdullah, dan Abbas dibunuh bersama [[Husain bin Ali]] padadi hari[[Pertempuran pembunuhannyaKarbala|Karbala]]<ref name="O">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=L2p7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT13&dq=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A&hl=id&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgiN3FwZL0AhVpzDgGHaXxBuY4ChDoAXoECAEQAw#v=onepage&q=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A&f=false|title=الطبقات الكبرى 1-9 مع الفهارس ج3|publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah|page=14|language=ar|date=2017|author=Ibnu Sa'ad|author-link=Ibnu Sa'ad|editor=Muhammad Abdul Qadir Atha|access-date=2021-11-14|archive-date=2021-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112094311/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=L2p7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT13&dq=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A&hl=id&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgiN3FwZL0AhVpzDgGHaXxBuY4ChDoAXoECAEQAw#v=onepage&q=%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A&f=false|dead-url=no}}</ref> dan Utsman dibunuh oleh Khauli bin Yazid.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=xyIvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT431&dq=%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84+%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88+%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A+%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8&hl=id&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFkOH_mY30AhWh73MBHcsmDs8Q6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84%20%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%20%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%20%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8&f=false|title=الكامل في التاريخ - ج 3 - 30 - 64|publisher=IslamKotob|page=443|language=ar|access-date=2021-11-14|archive-date=2021-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110083448/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=xyIvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT431&dq=%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84+%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88+%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A+%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8&hl=id&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFkOH_mY30AhWh73MBHcsmDs8Q6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84%20%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%20%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%20%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8&f=false|dead-url=no}}</ref>
