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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The Mawaddah Association is pleased

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to present to you "Portraits from the Lives of the Companions"

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by 'Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha,

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may Allah have mercy on him.

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'Uthman Ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him.

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Truly, he is the Possessor of the Two Lights,

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the emigrant of the two migrations,

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and the husband of the two daughters:

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'Uthman Ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him and grant him contentment.

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'Uthman Ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him, stood at the very pinnacle

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of his people during the pre-Islamic era (Jahiliyyah).

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He possessed immense prestige,

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abundant wealth,

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longstanding fortune and favor,

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profound humility,

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and intense modesty.

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His people loved him with the deepest and most sincere affection,

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to the extent that a woman of Quraysh

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would playfully dance with her small child,

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singing:

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"I love you, by the Merciful Lord,

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as Quraysh loves 'Uthman!"

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And when the light of Islam shone upon Mecca,

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'Uthman was among the foremost

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to seek illumination from its lamp.

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The story of the conversion of 'Uthman

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Ibn 'Affan to Islam

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is one that narrators still recount to this day.

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For when news reached him,

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during the pre-Islamic era,

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that Muhammad Ibn 'Abdullah

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had married his daughter Ruqayyah

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to her cousin 'Utbah Ibn Abi Lahab,

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he was filled with the deepest regret

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that he had not been the first to seek

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her hand,

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and that he had missed out on her noble character.

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So he entered upon his family laden with sorrow,

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and found in their presence

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his maternal aunt, Sa'da bint Kurayz.

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She was

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a resolute,

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wise woman of advanced

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years.

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She cheered him up

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and gave him glad tidings of the emergence of a Prophet

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who would abolish the worship of idols

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and call to the worship of the One,

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the Supreme Judge.

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She inspired in him a longing for the religion of that Prophet,

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and gave him good news that

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with him he would find what he sought.

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'Uthman said:

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"So I set out, pondering

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what my aunt had said.

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Then I met Abu Bakr

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and told him what she had conveyed to me.

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He said:

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'By Allah, your aunt has spoken the truth

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in what she told you,

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and she has brought you glad tidings of good, O 'Uthman!

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Truly, you are a man

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of intellect and resolve;

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truth is never hidden from you,

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nor do you ever confuse it with falsehood.'

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Then he asked me:

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'What are these idols

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that our people worship?

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Are they not merely stones—

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deaf, unable to hear

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or to see?'

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I replied, 'Indeed they are.'

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He said, 'What your aunt told you,

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O 'Uthman, has indeed come to pass!

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For Allah has sent

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His awaited Messenger,

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dispatching him to all mankind

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with the religion of guidance

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and truth.'

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I asked, 'And who is he?'

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He replied, 'He is Muhammad

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Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib.'

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I said, 'The Truthful,

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the Trustworthy?'

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Abu Bakr replied, 'Yes,

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it is indeed he!'

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I asked, 'Would you accompany me

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to him?' He answered,

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'Yes.' So we proceeded

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to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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When he saw me,

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he said: 'Respond,

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O 'Uthman, to the caller of Allah!

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For I am the Messenger of Allah

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to you specifically,

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and to all of Allah's creation generally.'

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'Uthman said:

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'By Allah, no sooner had I looked upon him

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with my own eyes and heard

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his words than my heart found peace

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with him, and I believed in his message.

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Then I testified

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that there is no god but Allah,

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and that Muhammad is His servant

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and His Messenger.'"

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None of the Prophet's people, peace and blessings

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of Allah be upon him, had believed in him

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up to that day;

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nevertheless, none among them

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openly showed him

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outright enmity,

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except for his uncle Abu Lahab.

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For he and his wife,

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Umm Jamil, were among the harshest

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of Quraysh toward him,

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the most violent in causing him harm,

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and the most cruel in persecuting him.

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So Allah revealed concerning him and

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his wife:

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"May the hands of

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Abu Lahab perish,

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and may he perish!

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His wealth and what he has earned will not avail him.

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He will burn in a fire of blazing flame,

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and his wife, the carrier of firewood..."

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“Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.” (111:5)

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Thereupon, Abu Lahab grew even more bitter in his malice

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against the Messenger, peace and blessings

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of Allah be upon him,

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and his hatred—as well as the hatred

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of his wife Umm Jamil—intensified against him

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and against the Muslims with him.

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So they ordered their son 'Utbah

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to divorce his wife,

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Ruqayyah, the daughter of Muhammad,

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peace and blessings be upon him.

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And he divorced her out of spite

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toward her father.

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Hardly had 'Uthman Ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him,

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heard the news of Ruqayyah's divorce,

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than he was overcome with immense joy.

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He hastened to seek her hand in marriage

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from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings

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of Allah be upon him.

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The noble Messenger,

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peace be upon him, married her to him,

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and the Mother of the Believers,

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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, prepared her for the wedding.

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'Uthman was

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among the most handsome of Quraysh in appearance,

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and she matched him

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in grace and radiant beauty.

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Thus it was said of them

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on their wedding day:

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"The finest pair ever seen

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by any human being: Ruqayyah

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and her husband 'Uthman."

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Yet 'Uthman Ibn 'Affan was not spared—

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despite

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his prior merit and longstanding

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benevolence—from the harm of

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his people when he embraced Islam.

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For it grieved his paternal uncle, al-Hakam,

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that the young nobleman

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of Banu 'Abd Shams should abandon the religion of Quraysh,

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and he took it as a grave affront.

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So he and his followers confronted him

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with the fiercest

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and harshest opposition;

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he seized him, bound him

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tightly in fetters, and said:

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"Do you turn away from the faith of your fathers

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and grandfathers to enter

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an invented religion?

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By Allah, I will not let you go until

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you renounce what you have embraced!"

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But 'Uthman replied:

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"By Allah, I will never abandon my religion,

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nor will I ever separate from

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my Prophet as long as

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life remains within me!"

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His uncle al-Hakam continued to torment him,

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while 'Uthman only grew firmer

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in his steadfastness in his faith

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and his adherence to his creed,

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until his uncle finally despaired of breaking him,

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released him,

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and ceased his persecution.

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Yet Quraysh continued

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to harbor animosity toward him

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and subject him to relentless harm,

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until they drove him to flee

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with his religion and part from

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his Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

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Thus, he was the very first

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of the Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia,

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accompanied by his wife, Ruqayyah,

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may Allah be pleased with them both.

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When the time came for their departure,

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the Messenger bid them farewell,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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saying:

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"May Allah accompany 'Uthman and his wife,

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Ruqayyah;

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may Allah accompany 'Uthman and his wife,

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Ruqayyah!

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Truly, 'Uthman is the first to emigrate

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with his family after the Prophet of Allah,

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Lot." However, 'Uthman and his wife

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did not prolong their stay in

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Abyssinia as did

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other emigrants,

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for both he and Ruqayyah were overcome

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with intense longing for the Messenger of Allah,

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peace and blessings of Allah

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be upon him, and a yearning

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for Mecca. So they returned

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to it and remained

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there until Allah granted permission

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to His Prophet, peace be upon him,

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and to the believers

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to emigrate to Medina.

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Thereupon, they set forth alongside the emigrants.

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'Uthman

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ibn 'Affan witnessed alongside the Messenger, peace

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and blessings be upon him, all of his major campaigns

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and attended

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every one of his battles,

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and he was not kept away from any campaign

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except the Battle of Badr.

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For he had been occupied

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with nursing his wife Ruqayyah,

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may Allah be pleased with her.

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When the noble Messenger,

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peace be upon him, returned from Badr,

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he found that Ruqayyah

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had already passed away into the presence of her Lord.

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He grieved over her

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most deeply,

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and consoled 'Uthman ibn 'Affan

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in his bereavement in the most generous manner:

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he counted him among the veterans of Badr,

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allotted him a share of its spoils,

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and wed him to his

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second daughter, Umm Kulthum.

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Because of this, people called him

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Dhu al-Nurayn (Possessor of the Two Lights).

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His second marriage to the daughter

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of the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah

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be upon him, was a distinction

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attained by no other husband besides him;

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indeed, the history

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of prophethood has never known

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anyone to become the son-in-law of a prophet

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twice over, except

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for 'Uthman ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him.

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The acceptance of Islam by 'Uthman,

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may Allah be pleased with him,

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was among the greatest blessings that

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Allah bestowed upon the Muslims,

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and one of the most abundant sources of good

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with which He reinforced Islam.

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No hardship ever befell the Muslims

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except that 'Uthman was the first

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to offer them solace and relief;

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and no crisis ever struck Islam

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except that Ibn 'Affan stood at the vanguard

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of dispelling it.

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When the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him,

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resolved upon the Expedition of

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Tabuk, his need

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for wealth was no less pressing

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than his need for men.

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The Roman army was vast

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in numbers and abundantly equipped,

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fighting upon

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its own home soil, whereas the Muslims

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faced a journey that was

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exceedingly long, with provisions that were

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meager and mounts that were

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fewer still.

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Moreover, they were enduring a severe drought,

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the likes of which the Arabian Peninsula

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had rarely witnessed.

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The Messenger, peace and blessings

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of Allah be upon him, was thus compelled to turn back

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a large number of them from joining the jihad,

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denying them the opportunity

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for martyrdom, simply because

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they possessed no mounts

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to carry them; so they turned away

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with their eyes overflowing

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with tears.

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Thereupon, the Messenger,

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peace and blessings be upon him, ascended

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the pulpit, praised Allah,

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and extolled Him as He deserved

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to be praised. Then he began

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urging the Muslims to give generously,

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heartening them with the promise of a magnificent reward.

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At that, 'Uthman

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ibn 'Affan stood up and said:

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"Mine are one hundred camels,

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fully equipped with their saddles and packframes,

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O Messenger of Allah!"

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The Messenger, peace and blessings

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of Allah be upon him, descended from the pulpit

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by one step, but then

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paused and began exhorting the people to give

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once again. 'Uthman

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ibn 'Affan rose a second time

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and said:

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"Mine are another one hundred camels,

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fully equipped with their saddles and packframes,

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O Messenger of Allah!"

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The face of the noble Messenger,

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peace be upon him, beamed

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with joy,

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and he stepped down another stair from the pulpit.

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Yet soon he paused once more

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and began urging the people to donate

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a third time.

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'Uthman ibn 'Affan stood up yet again

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and said: "[Mine are another hundred,]

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fully equipped with their saddles and packframes,

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O Messenger of Allah!"

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At that moment,

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the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him,

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began gesturing with his noble hand

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in sheer satisfaction with what

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'Uthman ibn 'Affan had done,

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saying: "Nothing can harm 'Uthman,

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whatever he does after this day!

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Nothing can harm 'Uthman,

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whatever he does after this day!"

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Furthermore, no sooner had the Messenger, peace

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and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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stepped down from his pulpit,

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than 'Uthman ibn 'Affan hurried off

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to his home

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and dispatched to him, alongside the camels,

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a thousand gold dinars.

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When the dinars were poured

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into the lap of the noble Messenger,

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upon whom be the highest blessings

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and purest peace,

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he began turning them over with his pure hands,

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top over bottom

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and bottom over top,

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while saying:

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"May Allah forgive you, O 'Uthman,

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for whatever you have kept secret and whatever you have made public,

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for whatever has come from you and whatever shall come to pass,

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until the Hour is established!"

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During the caliphate of al-Faruq,

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may Allah be pleased with him,

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the people were struck by

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a year of devastating drought that ruined

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crops and livestock alike,

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such that, owing to its severe famine,

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it came to be known as the Year of the Ashes.

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The distress

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continued to intensify for the people,

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until their souls

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reached their throats.

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One morning, they came before 'Umar

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and said: "O Successor of

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the Messenger of Allah!

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The sky has withheld its rain,

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the earth has yielded no vegetation,

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and the people are on the very brink of ruin.

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What, then, shall we do?"

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'Umar looked at them

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with a face deeply wrung

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by grief and sorrow, and said:

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"Be patient and seek Allah's reward,

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for I truly hope that you will not see evening

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before Allah grants you relief."

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Towards the end

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of the day, news arrived

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that a caravan belonging to 'Uthman

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ibn 'Affan had come from the Levant,

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and that it would reach

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Medina by morning.

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No sooner was the Fajr prayer concluded

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than the people rushed out

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to meet the caravan, gathering group

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after group,

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and the merchants set out to receive it.

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It was a train of one thousand camels,

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laden with wheat,

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along with olive oil and raisins.

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The caravan knelt at the door

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of 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, may Allah be pleased with him,

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and the servants began

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unloading its cargo.

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The merchants then came in

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to 'Uthman and said,

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"Sell us what has arrived to you, O

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Abu 'Amr."

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He replied, "With great pleasure,

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but how much profit will you give me

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over my purchase price?"

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They said, "We will give you two dirhams

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for every dirham."

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He said, "I have been offered more than this."

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So they increased their offer,

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but he said, "I have been offered

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more than what you have added."

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They raised it further,

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00:14:48,659 --> 00:14:50,659
yet he said, "I have been offered more

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than this."

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They said, "O Abu 'Amr,

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there are no merchants in Medina

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besides us, and no one

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00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,720
has preceded us to you!

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Who, then, has offered you more

424
00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,720
than what we offered?"

425
00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,720
He said, "Allah

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has granted me ten for every dirham!

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Can you offer more than that?"

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They said, "No,

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O Abu 'Amr."

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He said, "Then I call Allah,

431
00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,720
the Exalted, to witness that I have dedicated

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whatever this caravan carried

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00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,720
as charity for the poor of the Muslims.

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I desire

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neither a dirham nor a dinar from anyone;

436
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I seek only

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Allah's reward and His pleasure."

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When the caliphate passed

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to 'Uthman ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him, Allah opened

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through his hands Armenia,

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00:15:38,879 --> 00:15:40,879
the Caucasus, and granted victory

443
00:15:40,879 --> 00:15:42,879
to the Muslims, giving them mastery over

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Khorasan, Kirman,

445
00:15:44,879 --> 00:15:46,879
Sijistan, Cyprus,

446
00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:48,879
and a considerable portion

447
00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:51,039
of North Africa.

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During his reign, the people enjoyed such prosperity

449
00:15:53,039 --> 00:15:55,039
as had never been attained

450
00:15:55,039 --> 00:15:57,100
by any nation on the face of the earth.

451
00:15:57,100 --> 00:15:59,100
Al-Hasan al-Basri,

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may Allah be pleased with him, recounted the blessings

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00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:03,100
the people enjoyed under the reign of Dhu al-Nurayn—

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00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:05,100
of abundant prosperity, luxurious

455
00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:07,100
living, and the overwhelming bliss

456
00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,100
and tranquility they experienced.

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He said,

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"I saw the crier of 'Uthman ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him, calling out,

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saying,

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'O people, come forth early to receive

462
00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:21,100
your stipends!'

463
00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,100
And the people would go early

464
00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:25,100
and take them in full.

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Then he would call out and say,

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'O people,

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come and collect your food provisions!'

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And they would come and collect them,

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being given them in bountiful

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and complete measure.

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By Allah, my own two ears

472
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heard him say,

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'Come forth early to receive your garments!'

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And they would receive ample,

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00:16:45,139 --> 00:16:47,139
flowing robes.

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And he used to say,

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'Come partake of clarified butter and honey as well!' Nor is this surprising,

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for provisions during

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'Uthman's reign flowed continuously,

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goodness was abundant,

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mutual relations were harmonious,

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and there was not a single believer

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on the face of the earth

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who was fearful.

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00:17:05,140 --> 00:17:07,140
Rather, a Muslim

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was friendly toward his fellow Muslim,

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loving him and supporting him.

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Yet some people,

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00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:15,140
when they are sated, become insolent,

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and when Allah blesses them,

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they are ungrateful.

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Thus, these people found fault with 'Uthman

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over matters for which, had anyone else done them,

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they would never have blamed him.

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Nor were they content merely with finding fault—

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for had they

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stopped at that, the matter would have been trivial.

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But Satan continued

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breathing his malice into their souls

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and spreading his evil

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00:17:37,140 --> 00:17:39,140
within their hearts,

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00:17:39,140 --> 00:17:41,140
until a large mob

503
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of the rabble of the garrison towns

504
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rallied against him.

505
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They besieged him in his home for about

506
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forty nights,

507
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depriving him of fresh water.

508
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These tyrannical

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oppressors had forgotten

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that he was the one who bought the well of Rumah

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from his own wealth

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so that the inhabitants of Medina,

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its residents, and its visitors could drink from it,

514
00:18:03,140 --> 00:18:05,140
when prior to that they had no

515
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fresh water to quench

516
00:18:07,140 --> 00:18:09,140
their thirst. Moreover,

517
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they barred him

518
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from praying in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah,

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peace and blessings of Allah

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00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:17,140
be upon him. These people turned a blind eye

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to the fact

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that Dhu al-Nurayn was the one who expanded

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the second of the Two Holy Sanctuaries solely

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from his own wealth, to accommodate

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the Muslims after it had become

526
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too constrained for them.

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The distress intensified for 'Uthman,

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and the evil grew grave against him.

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About seven hundred of

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the Companions and their sons

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rushed to his defense,

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among them 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar

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ibn al-Khattab,

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'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam,

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al-Hasan and al-Husayn,

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the sons of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib,

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Abu Hurayrah,

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and many, many others.

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But 'Uthman, the possessor of the two lights,

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the veteran of the two migrations,

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and the bestower of charity,

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preferred that his own blood be shed

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00:19:01,259 --> 00:19:03,259
rather than the blood of Muslims

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00:19:03,259 --> 00:19:05,259
being spilt in his defense.

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00:19:05,259 --> 00:19:07,259
He preferred to lose

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00:19:07,259 --> 00:19:09,259
his own life rather than having

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the Muslims fight one another over him.

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00:19:11,299 --> 00:19:13,299
So he adjured those who had rushed

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00:19:13,299 --> 00:19:15,299
to protect him to leave him

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to the decree of Allah.

551
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He said to them, "I adjure

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everyone over whom I have a right

553
00:19:21,299 --> 00:19:23,299
to stay his hand."

554
00:19:23,299 --> 00:19:25,299
And he said to his slaves, "Whoever

555
00:19:25,299 --> 00:19:27,299
sheathes his sword is a free man."

556
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Then the eyes of the successor

557
00:19:29,579 --> 00:19:31,579
of the Messenger of Allah,

558
00:19:31,579 --> 00:19:33,579
peace be upon him,

559
00:19:33,579 --> 00:19:35,579
slumbered for a few moments shortly before his assassination,

560
00:19:35,579 --> 00:19:37,579
and he saw the noble Prophet,

561
00:19:37,579 --> 00:19:39,579
upon him be the best of prayers

562
00:19:39,579 --> 00:19:41,579
and the purest blessings,

563
00:19:41,579 --> 00:19:43,579
accompanied by his two companions, Abu Bakr

564
00:19:43,579 --> 00:19:45,579
al-Siddiq and 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.

565
00:19:45,579 --> 00:19:47,579
And he heard the Messenger,

566
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peace be upon him,

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00:19:49,579 --> 00:19:51,579
saying to him,

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00:19:51,579 --> 00:19:53,619
"Break your fast with us tonight, O 'Uthman."

569
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Thereupon, 'Uthman knew with certainty that

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he was about to join his Lord

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00:19:57,619 --> 00:19:59,619
and meet his Prophet.

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00:19:59,619 --> 00:20:01,779
In the morning, 'Uthman,

573
00:20:01,779 --> 00:20:03,779
may Allah be pleased with him, was fasting,

574
00:20:03,779 --> 00:20:05,779
and he asked for a pair of long trousers

575
00:20:05,779 --> 00:20:07,779
and put them on,

576
00:20:07,779 --> 00:20:09,779
lest his nakedness be exposed

577
00:20:09,779 --> 00:20:11,779
when the murderous sinners

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00:20:11,779 --> 00:20:14,000
killed him.

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And on Friday,

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when eighteen nights

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00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000
had passed of Dhu al-Hijjah,

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00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000
the devout worshipper and ascetic,

583
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000
who spent his nights in prayer and days in fasting,

584
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000
the compiler of the Noble Qur'an,

585
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000
the son-in-law of the Messenger of Allah,

586
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000
peace be upon him, was slain.

587
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,059
Thus he returned to the proximity

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00:20:32,059 --> 00:20:34,059
of his Lord while thirsty and fasting,

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00:20:34,059 --> 00:20:36,059
with the Book of Allah

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00:20:36,059 --> 00:20:38,059
spread open before him.

591
00:20:38,059 --> 00:20:40,059
It is sufficient solace for the Muslims

592
00:20:40,059 --> 00:20:42,059
that there was not

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00:20:42,059 --> 00:20:44,059
among the killers of 'Uthman, may Allah's good pleasure

594
00:20:44,059 --> 00:20:46,059
and mercies be upon him, a single Companion

595
00:20:46,059 --> 00:20:48,059
nor the son of a Companion,

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00:20:48,059 --> 00:20:50,059
except for a single man

597
00:20:50,059 --> 00:20:52,059
who had initially joined the tyrannical rebels

598
00:20:52,059 --> 00:20:54,059
at the very beginning,

599
00:20:54,059 --> 00:20:56,059
but then felt ashamed and drew back.

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00:20:56,059 --> 00:21:00,589
Indeed, the history of prophethood

601
00:21:00,589 --> 00:21:02,589
has never known anyone

602
00:21:02,589 --> 00:21:04,589
to marry two daughters of a prophet

603
00:21:04,589 --> 00:21:06,589
other than 'Uthman

604
00:21:06,589 --> 00:21:08,589
Ibn 'Affan,

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may Allah be pleased with him.