Nadim Bashir – Uthman Ibn Affan 40 Ahadith Of The Sahaba
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The segment discusses various hadiths related to the time during the Prophet's expedition of Tabuk, including the importance of hesitation in protecting against evil behavior and the history of Uthman clueless and hesitation in protecting against evil behavior. The segment also highlights the importance of generosity in the Prophet's teachings and the impact of the Prophet's visit on their behavior. The segment also discusses the impact of the Prophet's visit on their behavior and the importance of clarifying information and understanding the situation to avoid future damaging.
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So continuing with our series, the 40 hadith
related to the Sahaba radiallahu ta'ala anhum.
And once again, when you say the lives
of the Sahaba radiallahu ta'ala anhum, and
their taqwa, and their connection with Allah, their
akhlaaq, wallahi, it makes us beg Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala that Ya Allah, grant us
the companionship of Rasulallah ﷺ and his Sahaba
in Jadal for Daws al-A'la along
with our families Amir Rabbal Alameen.
Because wallahi, the more you study about their
lives, the more you fall in love with
these great men who were surrounded or who
surrounded Rasulallah ﷺ.
So the third hadith is related to an
incident that happened at the time of Ghazwa
Tabuk.
Abdur Rahman Ibn Samra radiallahu ta'ala anhum,
this is a very short hadith compared to
last week.
The hadith was long, the narration was long,
this is a much shorter one.
But it is mentioned that Uthman Ibn Affan
radiallahu ta'ala anhum came to the Prophet
ﷺ carrying a thousand dinars in his garment
while Rasulallah ﷺ was equipping the Jaysh al
-Usra.
So Jaysh al-Usra is in reference to
Tabuk.
And he placed it in the lap of
Rasulallah ﷺ.
Thereupon the Prophet ﷺ, he said not once
but numerous times while he was counting the
coins that Uthman Ibn Affan put in his
hand, he said that after today, no act
of Ibn Affan can harm him.
No act of Ibn Affan can harm him.
So this is, first of all, is that
this incident, as I said earlier, that has
happened at the expedition of Tabuk.
In order to understand what happened in Tabuk,
it was a call by Allah ﷻ that
no matter what the situation is, this happened
perhaps, this was the last expedition of Rasulallah
ﷺ.
The Prophet ﷺ has been informed by Allah
that no matter what the circumstances are, you
drop everything and you have to go out
in the cause of Allah.
The reason why this was difficult is because
there were many Sahaba, it was that same
time or right at that peak time where
they used to harvest their dates.
There used to be only one time of
the year where they used to harvest dates
and then they would sell them.
And they would look forward to this time
throughout the duration of the year.
Now that that time has come, on one
end they have dunya, but on the other
end Allah ﷻ has ordered everyone to go
in the battle or the expedition of Tabuk.
So this was nonetheless a very difficult time
for the Muslims.
Also it is mentioned in this expedition of
Tabuk that while they were on the way,
they were experiencing extreme heat, intense heat.
And Allah ﷻ, He says in the Qur
'an, that to remind them, to provide them
some perspective, that if you think the heat
of the sun is intense, قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ
أَشَدُ حَرَّ.
The heat of the fire of Jahannam is
far extreme than this.
And this is also the expedition that by
the way, the very well known story of
Ka'b ibn Malik r.a, when he
stayed behind along with the two Sahaba r
.a, this was the expedition.
He did not participate in this expedition because
he thought that let me, I will go,
I will go.
And he basically procrastinated in joining Rasulullah ﷺ
till the time came that the Prophet ﷺ
came back to Medina.
And of course we know that Allah ﷻ
had ordered that these people are to be
socially boycotted.
And they were indeed boycotted.
And there were many challenges that came across
Ka'b ibn Malik r.a. But he
was able to remain firm.
While the munafiqeen came, they lied in front
of Rasulullah ﷺ.
He said, I'm going to speak the truth
in front of the Prophet ﷺ.
So this is what Tabuk was.
Now coming, going back all the way prior
to Tabuk, we're talking about a time where
there was not enough time to prepare.
Rasulullah ﷺ of course, many Sahaba they brought
whatever they could.
But when we talk about Uthman r.a
and his generosity, this was a time where
the Prophet ﷺ he would stand up and
he would say, according to some narrations, that
anyone who is going to provide a hundred
dinars, and everyone would stay quiet, Uthman r
.a he would raise his hand.
And then after that, obviously speaking from a
general perspective, once a person has already given
some donation, often you will not see them
raising their hand again.
Again Rasulullah says, anyone who's going to give
a hundred dinars, again Uthman r.a, I'll
give another hundred.
Anyone's going to give another hundred, again Uthman
r.a, he kept on raising his hand,
kept on raising his hand, till the point
came that it is mentioned that he gave
approximately 950 camels.
Think about that.
One camel in itself is very expensive.
950 camels he provided to the army of
Rasulullah ﷺ.
And not only that, he provided approximately 70
horses also to the Prophet ﷺ.
And this is why Rasulullah ﷺ he said
what he said, that after this, after today,
nothing can harm Uthman ibn Affan r.a.
Now when you look at this hadith, we
also see that this quote of Rasulullah ﷺ
regarding Uthman is a quote that has not
been given this virtue and this honor and
privilege given by the Prophet ﷺ has not
been given to anyone except for Uthman ibn
Affan r.a. Now it also tells you
an important thing that if this is what
the Prophet ﷺ is saying about him, and
he knows very well about the situation that
will occur in the time of Uthman ibn
Affan, is almost as if the Prophet ﷺ
is saying that anything that happens to Uthman
ibn Affan r.a., then these people are
absolute criminals.
Anyone who harms Uthman in any way, then
they are the wrongdoers.
And this is once again because the Prophet
ﷺ as you know the very well-known
story when he was standing on Uhud he
said, that stop shaking because there is a
Siddiq and two martyrs.
One martyr is in reference to Umar ibn
Khattab, the second martyr is in reference to
Uthman ibn Affan r.a. And we also
learn that the Prophet ﷺ he said to
Uthman ibn Affan r.a. that that oh
Uthman perhaps Allah ﷻ will adorn you with
a garment, a Qamees meaning a shirt, meaning
that this is a symbolic for the Khilafah
that will be given to Uthman ibn Affan
r.a. He then says, that if the
Munafiqun attempt to * it away from you,
that mean that they want to * away
the Khilafah and the power and the authority
from you.
He says that do not remove that Qamees,
mean that do not give away your power
till you meet me.
This is the words of Rasulullah ﷺ.
So once again it shows you that how
much Rasulullah ﷺ he knew about the situation
that will occur, but yet the Prophet ﷺ
he's saying such lofty things about Uthman ibn
Affan r.a. Now when we talk about
the generosity, one of the things that we
of course we all know is the generosity
of Uthman ibn Affan r.a. And there's
a very well-known story that happened in
Medina that when the Prophet ﷺ he came
to Medina, I've mentioned this in my previous
talks, if you study Medina at that time,
the Jewish communities had already, they were pre
-existing there.
You had Banu Qurayza, Banu Qaynuqa and Banu
Nadhir, three Jewish tribes.
These three Jewish tribes were controlling the finances
of Medina.
They were in primary control.
They owned the gold shops, they owned the
marketplaces, and one of the things that they
also owned was the sources of water.
Now you know that when it comes to
sources of water, every community needs some kind
of source of water.
And not just any source of water, but
clean resources of water.
So what happened was that this man, there
was a Jewish man in Medina, he knew
that his well, he had a well which
was north of even current day Majd Qiblatayn.
It was north of current day Majd Qiblatayn.
And that is where many people they try
to go and get their water from.
But he knew that because his water from
his well was very clean, and it was
pure, many people would come and get water
from his well, but he took advantage of
the situation.
He said that since I am the one
who owns this well, and people want this,
I'm going to hike up the prices.
And he did this.
So the Prophet ﷺ understanding the situation and
the dilemma, he said that anyone who goes
and buys this well, I promise them Jannah.
Anyone who goes and buys this well, I
promise them Jannah.
So Uthman ibn Affan he went to the
person and he says that, what's your price?
Okay, I want to buy your well, what's
your price?
So he said that okay, you want it,
double it.
I'm going to double the price.
So he says 40,000 dinars.
So Uthman ibn Affan he was a smart
businessman.
Okay, he was a very intelligent businessman.
So he says how about this?
Okay, how about I buy half of the
well, meaning that we will choose you'll have
we will have this well on this well
on alternate days.
So one day, my community members will come
and take water.
And then one day belongs to you and
you can keep it to yourself.
At that time, he said that you know,
he was flattered by the way, he was
really flattered that a guy like Uthman ibn
Affan coming won't get in business with me.
Of course not.
Why?
No problem.
Even half of it?
No problem.
He was flattered.
He saw this as an opportunity.
But he did not realize that this sale
of his would backfire on him.
And what happened was that on the days
that Uthman had control of it, the community
of Rasulullah ﷺ, they would come and they
would take in big amounts, they would take
a big amounts.
Now, the next day when it was his,
when he would have ownership of the well.
Now on his days, no one was coming
to get water anymore.
Because before they would go and get water
for two days, they will get two days
supply of water.
So now because he's losing money, he comes
back to Uthman ibn Affan and he says
that, okay, you know what, let's let's try
to make another sale, you know, you want
you want the remaining of the well, I'll
give you the remaining of the well.
But and Uthman ibn Affan said that, okay,
fine, but I'm not going to give the
same price that you want.
Because now, you're the person who's in need.
Okay, I am in the driver's seat.
Okay, so basically, they negotiated, and they came
to a price.
And subhanAllah, Uthman ibn Affan radiyallahu anhu was
able to purchase that well, and he donated
the entire thing to Rasulullah ﷺ.
Now, what's interesting to note is about this
well, first of all, you see the generosity
of Uthman ibn Affan is very glaring is
very clear.
But at the same time, we also learned
that later on in the life of Uthman
ibn Affan radiyallahu anhu, a man came to
Amirul Minin and he said that I want
to buy this well from you, what is
the price of this well?
So Uthman radiyallahu anhu said that you cannot
afford the price of this well, the price
of this well is very high, you don't
know what I had to give up and
what I got in return for this well,
because what did he get in return for
this well, he got Jannah.
So he basically said that, what's your price?
And he said that, I'm going to give
you this and this and this and Uthman
said, no, no, no, no.
And then at the end, he said, there's
nothing that you can give me that will
give away this well, you can keep on
hiking up the price, or keep on intending
to give me more, I'm not going to
increase, I'm not going to sell this to
you.
And subhanAllah, this one well, it is mentioned
that for many, many centuries, actually, for many
decades, I would say, it actually supported the
Muslim community and the overall community in that
area.
The water from that well, by the way,
that water is mentioned in some books of
history that the water from that well was
the most purest of all the wells in
Medina.
So at that time, Uthman radiyallahu anhu created
a system where it will irrigate all the
lands nearby.
And because you know that in Medina, there's
a lot of gardens, garden was just like
today, for us, a lot of, you know,
when we talk about houses and buying house
and land is considered as a state and
property and so forth.
At that time, one of the things that
most people would try to get their hands
on was gardens, they love gardens.
And so they would, this one well was
the the source.
I mean, it was a water source for
many of the lands nearby Medina.
So for many, many from for a long
time, the people they benefited from this well,
we also learned that in the time of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, when the time
came, even during his time, when he wanted
to expand Majd al-Nabawi, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wasallam asked that who is willing to donate
to expand the masjid of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wasallam.
Even at that time, again, Uthman ibn Affan
radiyallahu anhu said, I, ya Rasulullah, I will
give them money to expand.
So he was, I mean, subhanAllah, when you
talk about generosity, he is, you know, he
is an icon when you talk about generosity,
when you talk about, you know, when we
talk about Uthman ibn Affan radiyallahu anhu, there's
two things that always comes to our mind,
or three things I would say regarding Uthman
that comes to the mind of any Muslim.
Number one is his generosity.
Number two is his haya.
And number three is his contribution in protecting
the Quran.
So this is so these are things that
we learned from Uthman ibn Affan radiyallahu anhu.
Another interesting thing that we learned from this
hadith is very important.
He's the Prophet ﷺ is openly praising Uthman
radiyallahu anhu.
Now there are other hadith such as like,
you know, do not praise someone in front
of their face, like we've heard these kind
of a hadith before.
But you see Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam, he
knew all his sahaba radiyallahu anhu.
And he would give, he knew that if
I were to praise this person, it would
only increase him and he will perhaps keep
on trying to motivate himself using this hadith
or this praise, I would say, a person
like Uthman radiyallahu anhu was that kind of
person.
On the other hand, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam,
he also knew that there are some type
of people that if you praise them on
their face is going to unnecessarily inflate their
egos.
So the Prophet ﷺ, he would then be
cautious whenever he would praise someone in front
of them.
But it also goes to show you that
if there is a need, and you know
that by praising someone in front of them,
it will create confidence in them, then this
is something that is recommended as we have
seen from the Prophet ﷺ.
We also learned from this is that every
single opportunity is a moment for every person.
Like there are stories, like for example, the
Battle of Badr, who were the heroes of
the Battle of Badr, we know them till
today, the heroes of the Battle of Uhud,
we know them till today.
So the sahaba radiyallahu anhum, they would look
for opportunities to make their mark in history.
This is one of those kind of stories
where Uthman radiyallahu anhu, he made his mark
in history, how he contributed to the army
of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
And what we learned from this is that
for each one of us, there are opportunities
in life that we can do things such
as we know the story about that woman
who was a prostitute, but she found an
opportunity to do something that is good, and
she did.
And as a result, Allah ﷻ forgave her.
So we have to always find that opportunity
to do something that is good, and perhaps
it could be a means of our salvation
in the akhira.
Regarding the haya of Uthman radiyallahu anhu, there's
a very well-known story that the Prophet
ﷺ, one time he was sitting down, and
his legs or his shin area was exposed.
Now once again, we know that the Prophet
ﷺ, he was sitting with who?
With his wife Aisha radiyallahu anhu.
And of course, a man of course can
open his awrah in front of his wife.
So but it is mentioned that the Prophet
ﷺ, only his leg area or his underneath
the knee area was exposed.
Abu Bakr radiyallahu anhu came, he conversed with
Rasulullah ﷺ, he left.
Umar ibn Khattab radiyallahu anhu came, he conversed
with the Prophet ﷺ, he left.
As soon as he heard that Uthman radiyallahu
anhu is here to come or here to
visit him, right away Rasulullah ﷺ, he got
up, he was leaning.
He got up, he fixed everything, he put
his clothes down.
He says, now let Uthman come in.
And so Aisha radiyallahu anhu, our dear mother,
she said that, Ya Rasulullah, what was this
all about?
Like Abu Bakr came, Umar came, but nothing.
But as soon as you hear the name
of Uthman, right away, you know, you're putting
everything properly, you put your clothes, you cover
your legs and so forth.
And he then says, alayhis salaam, should I
not feel shy or have haya before a
man whom the angels feel shy in front
of?
You know, one is that we are affected
by the angels, okay?
Like there are always, like there are many
hadith that if you read this dua, the
angels are looking after you and so forth.
If you do this amal, the angels are
going to come and support you.
But we're talking about where the angels are
being affected by someone.
This is how much haya Uthman radiyallahu anhu,
he had.
And one thing that the ulema, they say
about this is that when a person has
haya, haya is one of those kind of
things that when a person has haya, it
has an impact on everyone around them.
Because think about it, when you imagine if
a person is not covered properly, imagine this
person is speaking, but he's always speaking foul
language.
But the minute he sees a person who
has haya, who has modesty in their life,
immediately they will stop.
It's a human thing.
You know, someone who does not speak this
way that you are speaking, who does not
do as you are doing.
And right away, you see that person, you're
going to behave in front of them, you're
going to act very modest in front of
them.
This is the impact of haya.
And this is why there are many hadith
of Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wasalam emphasizing on haya.
And by the way, it's on a side
on a side note, haya has is not
only related to clothing.
Okay, I've said this before, many times we
feel that haya is related only to the
way we dress.
Yes, haya is related to dress, but not
exclusively to dressing.
It is inclusive of the way we talk,
the way we behave.
This is everything is part of haya.
So this is something that we learn from
the life of Uthman radiallahu anhu.
It is narrated by Anas ibn Malik radiallahu
anhu that he said that the Prophet alayhi
wasalam said, the most compassionate of my ummah.
I want to ask you this.
What did he say?
The most compassionate of my ummah is who?
Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu.
The strictest in adherence and religion is who?
Umar Khattab radiallahu anhu.
The most sincere in modesty is Uthman radiallahu
anhu.
The most knowledgeable about halal and haram is
Mu'adh ibn Jabal radiallahu anhu.
The most knowledgeable about the book of Allah
is Ubaid ibn Ka'b radiallahu anhu.
The most knowledgeable about inheritance is not Ali.
By the way, inshallah we'll come to Ali
next week.
I'm just saying this.
Ali radiallahu anhu, if you read the fatawa,
by the way, because some of you said
Ali radiallahu anhu.
If you read the fatawa about Ali radiallahu
anhu, he was a genius.
I'm just saying.
His mind was amazing subhanallah when it came
to his fatawa and how he did things.
But right now we're about Uthman radiallahu anhu.
So the most knowledgeable about inheritance is Zaid
ibn Thabit radiallahu anhu, as the Prophet alayhi
wasalam says.
And then he says that, that
every nation has a keeper of secrets and
the keeper of secrets of this ummah is
Abu Ubaid ibn al-Jarrah radiallahu anhu.
So once again, this hadith also highlights the
modesty of Uthman radiallahu anhu.
Now the next thing about Uthman radiallahu anhu
is his preservation of the Qur'an.
And quickly, I don't want to spend too
much time on this.
The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam, he had a
group of sahabah radiallahu anhum that they were
experts in oral transmission and written transmission.
So mean that there were some who were
experts in terms of their memory, they memorized
the Qur'an.
There were some who were experts in writing,
they would write the Qur'an and to
preserve the Qur'an.
After the death of the Prophet alayhi salam
comes the time or the khilafah Abu Bakr
radiallahu anhu.
There was a battle that took place called
the Battle of Yamama, approximately 60 to 70
Qur'an.
When I say Qur'an at that time,
it means people who have memorized the Qur
'an, they lost their lives.
Uthman, I mean, Umar al-Khattab radiallahu anhu
came to Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu and said,
that if you do not put the Qur
'an in a book format, I fear we
will lose the Qur'an because all these
sahabah are dying.
So Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu, he was hesitant.
Why was he hesitant initially?
Because he said that how can I do
something that the Prophet alayhi salam he never
did.
So but then he understood the hikmah, the
wisdom behind it.
So he put together a group, a committee,
I would say, of many hufadh and it
was led by Zaid ibn Thabit radiallahu anhu.
And he says that it's your job to
go and find everything that is found by
everyone.
And Zaid ibn Thabit radiallahu anhu, he was
very particular about how he would do this.
He would first, I mean, he was knowledgeable
of the Qur'an himself.
But then he would gather all that was
written by all the sahabah who were there
at the time of the Prophet alayhi salam.
And he would compare making sure that everything
is legit.
He even brought in those who protect the
Qur'an through the oral transmission system.
And he made sure and he, he ensured
that there is one copy of the Qur
'an.
And he put everything in a book format.
And he handed it over to Abu Bakr
radiallahu anhu.
Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu, he then passed it
on to Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anhu before
he passed away, who then handed it over
to Hafsa radiallahu anhu, his daughter.
Now come the time of the khilafah of
Uthman radiallahu anhu.
And what happened was that because Islam was
expanding, and I will say this also, Rasulullah
salallahu alayhi wasalam, when he taught the Qur
'an, he taught the seven dialects of the
Qur'an too.
Okay, which is called in the in the
terms of or in the science of qiraat
is called sabaa qiraat.
Okay, so this is something that personally even
I studied this when I was studying at
my madrasa.
And we actually I have a ijazah in
sabaa qiraat.
I mean, I don't practice it, but we
actually got ijazah in sabaa qiraat.
But nonetheless, what happened was that the Prophet
alayhis salaam taught all these dialects.
Now as Islam began to expand, there was
a lot of issues that were popping up
in different in various areas where Muslims were
residing.
And this concern was brought to Uthman radiallahu
anhu.
Uthman radiallahu anhu, he found out and he
said that let's, you know, whatever copy that
does exist, let me let me bring that.
And before he could get that one copy
from Hafsa radiallahu anhu, he created his own
committee, he followed the same exact footsteps of
Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu in creating this committee.
He then said you do your due diligence
and come up with one copy of the
Qur'an.
And then when he got the copy from
Hafsa radiallahu anhu, he was able to match
and he was able to, you know, cross
reference.
So at that time, he then created seven
different copies of that one Qur'an and
he distributed it in the Muslim lands.
At that time, he did something that was
later on questionable by many people, which was
he burnt that one copy of the Qur
'an.
He burnt that one copy of the Qur
'an.
But nonetheless, this was how Uthman radiallahu anhu
was able to protect the Qur'an.
Now, if you go to many museums, even
in Turkey, I heard there's a museum where
they have the original copy of the Qur
'an.
If you read even right now, last year
when I went at Ghar-e-Hira or
Jabal-un-Nur, there's a museum right there.
They have a replica copy of the Qur
'an.
And if you read it, it takes a
little time.
But any person who's a hafidh of the
Qur'an, you can start to put the
letters together and figure it out.
But if you see how they were written,
how the Qur'an was written at that
time, the only thing that was put together
was, of course, the letters.
But then there were just only some dots.
Because one thing that you have to understand
was that most of these people were Arabs.
And Arabic was, of course, their mother tongue.
So they could understand, they did not need
the harakat and the dots every single place
and so forth.
So they were able to read the Qur
'an.
Of course, later on, then you have the
time of Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, who was able
to put the harakat on the Qur'an.
But nonetheless, Uthman radiallahu anhu, he played a
major role in protecting the Qur'an.
And that's why till today, it is called
the Uthmani Mus'haf.
Till today, it is called the Uthmani Mus
'haf for this reason.
Now, the last thing that I'm not going
to go into a lot of details, which
is the assassination of Uthman radiallahu anhu.
And I will say that in a nutshell,
because this part of the story is very
long, I don't have time to cover this
right now.
But perhaps the most important thing is that
about the the fitnahs that did occur during
the time of Uthman radiallahu anhu was something
that even Umar ibn Khattab he was informed
of.
One time Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anhu he
was sitting with Hudayfah radiallahu anhu and he
asked him about the times of fitnah because
the Prophet ﷺ had informed Hudayfah radiallahu anhu
of all these, all the alamatul sa'ah
and the things that will occur and the
fitnahs that will transpire eventually.
So Umar radiallahu anhu said that is that
door of fitnah, is it closed or not?
And he says that, O mu'mineen, your time
is closed.
And then he said, then what will it
be opened?
Or will it be broken through?
And Hudayfah radiallahu anhu said that it will
be broken through.
And at that time, Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu
anhu, he began to cry and he walked
away.
And the people who were in the assembly
of Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anhu, I mean,
think about it.
If you're sitting together and all of a
sudden you see a very grown man, or
the leader crying and walking away, then you
know that something is wrong.
Okay?
By the way, what do we learn from
this?
A leader who cries is not a sign
of weakness.
Okay?
You're talking about Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anhu.
Okay, so this is this is just an
emotion.
So then later on, of course, they asked
Hudayfah like what happened?
He then said that this is what I
told Umar ibn Khattab radiallahu anhu.
And they said that does that mean that
and what does this mean?
He said that basically, when you talk about
breaking into a door, it can never be
closed again mean that the doors of fitnah
have opened.
And if you stay the life of Uthman
radiallahu anhu, there were Jewish people who began
to cause a lot of unnecessary misinformation in
in Medina, and in surrounding lands.
For example, one of the things that they
began to stir up and cause just misinformation,
I would say, regarding Uthman radiallahu anhu was
number one, why did he burn the Quran?
It was it was a point of contention.
Another thing that was brought up many times
amongst many circles is that Uthman radiallahu anhu,
he gives his own family members, there is
a lot of nepotism.
But whereas Uthman radiallahu anhu was not conducting
any type of nepotism, simply because because he
gave Muawiyah radiallahu anhu, they felt that it
was unnecessary, it was unfair.
Also, they were saying that there were many
times where was sent on behalf of Uthman
radiallahu anhu, and he will go to certain
lands and he will say that what is
your issue with Uthman radiallahu anhu.
And they will say a lot of things,
but all of it was just based on
rumors.
All of it was based on rumors, and
it's misinformation.
And by the way, this is how this
is how hatred begins.
Even if you go back to 911 in
this country, what were the two things that
was created in order to generate hatred against
the Muslims?
First of all, it was that there was
ignorance, and there was fear.
Fear was put into the hearts of so
many people.
And this created what as a byproduct, it
created hatred, you understand.
So you have to understand that there are
many people who don't understand everything.
But they're just been fed lies after lies
after lies after a while, those lies become
what they become the narrative.
So because of all these lies, this is
why all there was a lot of issues
that began to transpire in Medina.
It is mentioned also that one time, Ibn
Umar radiallahu anhu was in hajj, and a
man came to him and said that he
was talking about Uthman radiallahu anhu.
He said that, look at this person like
Uthman.
He began to raise issues.
He said that he never participated in the
Battle of Badr.
He fled in Uhud.
And during Bayat al-Ridwan, he was even
present there.
So basically, he's trying to prove that Uthman
radiallahu anhu is not a good person.
Ibn Umar radiallahu anhu said that you better
hold your horses.
You understand?
There's an answer to everything.
First of all is the reason he did
not participate in the Battle of Badr is
because he was the Prophet ﷺ told him
that you stay behind and take care of
your wife.
Okay?
It was Ruqayya I believe at that time.
It was Ruqayya.
So you take care of your wife.
And by the way, we learned that after
the Prophet ﷺ came into Medina for the
Battle of Badr, there was a moment of
happiness because they won the battle.
But there was a moment of sadness.
Why?
Because the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, the
wife of Uthman radiallahu anhu, she passed away.
You understand?
So this is why he did not participate
in the Battle of Badr.
As far as Uhud is concerned, Allah ﷻ
forgave everyone because there was a rumor that
the Prophet ﷺ had been killed.
And then the third one was the reason
why he was not there in Bayat al
-Ridwan was because he was the person who
was sent into Mecca to negotiate with the
Quraysh.
So obviously he cannot be there.
And the only reason why the Prophet ﷺ
he gathered everyone and the Bayat al-Ridwan
took place was because the rumor has circulated
that Uthman radiallahu anhu was killed.
I mean, it was a major crime that
anyone who goes into the Haram, of course
they are protected.
But for a person like Uthman who has
such a good reputation, a high reputation in
the eyes of the Quraysh, he went and
he is killed.
Of course this is how the Prophet ﷺ
is going to react to this.
So the point is that Ibn Umar radiallahu
anhu then said, he told this man that
I can almost guarantee you if this is
what's in your mind, then I'm sure you
probably spread this misinformation to the other people
also.
You need to go back to every single
one of them and clarify so that there
is no more fitna about this.
The problem is that there was just so
much fitna that happened that even is mentioned
that towards the end of the life of
Uthman radiallahu anhu, he knew by the way
he saw a dream.
He saw a dream that the Prophet ﷺ
is sitting down, they all are fasting, himself,
Abu Bakr, Umar radiallahu anhu and the Prophet
ﷺ saying that inshallah today you'll be doing
iftar with us.
This is what the Prophet ﷺ said to
Uthman radiallahu anhu.
So he knew he's going to pass away.
And it is also mentioned that because when
it comes to misinformation, anyone can get caught
up into it.
And this is gonna be a little shocking
to you.
Okay.
But one of the very first people who
came and who grabbed Uthman radiallahu anhu was
the son of Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu.
Like he had a sword in one hand,
and he grabbed Uthman radiallahu anhu.
And he said that, Oh, my, my nephew,
he says, Oh, my, my son of my
brother, meaning that referring to Abu Bakr radiallahu
anhu, he said that do not do this,
do not fall into their misinformation and in
all the hype and all the rumors, don't
fall into it.
He then said that the same beard that
you're holding right now, your father would hold
the same beard out of love and affection.
What are you doing?
And that is when he came to his
senses, he dropped the sword and he left.
But of course, later on, there were the
people who came.
And this is and once again, we talked
about misinformation and so forth.
This is exactly what happens that you have
Muslims in the name of Islam, taking the
life of other Muslims because they had fed
into the misinformation.
And this is something that we learned from
our Dean, even in the story of if
when the slanders of Aisha radiallahu anhu and
the news when regarding Aisha radiallahu anhu, no
one and see, this is a very important
issue that we need to understand.
Just because some people have said it just
because it has gone online, if we don't
know the whole story, meaning you got to
sit down with both sides, understand the whole
story, hear them out.
You know, there's a law in Islam that
says البَيْنَةُ عَلْ مُدَّعِي وَالْيَمِينُ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرُ
the plaintiff has to provide the evidence.
And the defendant has to swear upon Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
If you go to any Islamic court today,
there are five laws that have to be
observed, they have to be abided by.
I mean, a lot of times we hear
things and we say khalas, I'm going to
take the word of this person.
And by the way, in the case of
Aisha radiallahu anhu, the reason why Rasulullah ﷺ
did not make any judgment on the matter
is because he did not know.
Till you don't know, how can you make
a judgment on the matter?
And this is why he came to Aisha
later on at the very end and he
says that, oh Aisha, if you have done
something, ask Allah for forgiveness, ask Allah for
forgiveness.
And I mean, the Prophet ﷺ, even though
the, by the way, the entire community was
engaged in the story of Aisha or the
matter of Aisha.
It was a talk of town.
You're talking about Medina, not a very big
population, but everyone was talking about it.
The Prophet ﷺ, he said that, just if
you did really something, just make sincere tawbah.
He never said that, come make a public
apology and these kind of things.
He never said these kind of things.
He said, if something has happened, just make
tawbah to Allah and khalas.
And that's when she said that, no, I'm
not going to, because I did not do
anything wrong.
And right after that Allah ﷻ, he sent
the wahi.
So the point is that in the time
of Uthman ﷺ, there was a lot of
misinformation that fueled the khawarij at that time.
And they fueled the hatred against Uthman ﷺ.
And this was the cause of him losing
his life.
So this is once again regarding Uthman ﷺ.
We pray to Allah ﷻ that may Allah
grant us the love of the Qur'an
like Uthman ﷺ.
May Allah ﷻ grant us the haya and
modesty in a time of immodesty like Uthman
ﷺ.
And may Allah ﷻ grant us the generosity
of Uthman ﷺ.
Allah
ﷻ grant us the generosity of Uthman ﷺ
in a time of immodesty like Uthman ﷺ.
Allah ﷻ grant us the generosity of Uthman
ﷺ in a time of immodesty like Uthman
ﷺ.