The senior companion of Prophet, who was present in the Battle of Badr:
Some of his reports were mentioned previously,1 his statements regarding
Uthman show that he was angered, and he was among his critics, who accused
him, ridiculed him and instigated Iraq by the mention of his heresies, and from
this aspect Uthman penalized him severely.
Uthman had him imprisoned, cut off communication with him, stopped his
share of allowance for a number of years, and ordered him to be expelled from
the Masjid of Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) by force; and he was thrown down so
hard that his teeth broke. He was also given forty lashes.
Ibne Masud, due to the negative view he had of Uthman, was victimized till
he died after making a bequest that Uthman should not pray over him.
It is mentioned in Fitnatul Kubra that:2
“It is narrated that: Ibne Masud, during the time he was in Kufa, regarded
shedding blood of Uthman valid; and he delivered a speech among people,
saying: “Indeed, the worst of the matters are the new ones from them, and every
new thing is a heresy and every heresy is misguidance and every misguidance is
in Fire (Hell),” and by this statement he alluded to Uthman and his governor,
Walid.3
This is the viewpoint of that senior companion regarding this fellow, and
after that a personality like Ibne Masud – who from the aspect of character and
dignity, and appearance was most resembling of to Holy Prophet, Muhammad
(s.a.w.a.); he regarded has blood lawful to be shed, or pointed out his defects
severely, on what pretext can the analyst prove Uthman as a pious fellow?!
6. Tradition of Ammar bin Yasir
The senior Badr companion, who is extolled in the Quran and traditions:
1. It is mentioned in the speech, which Ammar delivered on the day of the
Battle of Siffeen that:
“O servants of God! Come with me, let us turn to the group that thinks [and
claims] that they are seeking revenge for one, they themselves oppressed, without
sanction of the Book of God, and killed righteous persons, who prohibited
aggression.”
It is mentioned in the words of Tabari in his Tarikh that:
“O people, come with us and let’s see that they are seeking revenge for the
son of Affan and think that he was killed unjustly.”4
2. Abi Mikhnaf has narrated from Musa bin Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila
from his father that: We traveled with Hasan and Ammar bin Yasir towards Zee
Qaar, till he arrived at Qadisiyya. Hasan and Ammar halted and we also halted.
Ammar tied his waist with the bands of the sword, then asked people regarding
folks of Kufa and their condition. I heard him say:
“Nothing has distressed me of such significance, except that we did not
exhume him from the grave a did not burn him in fire.”5
Allamah Amini says: This warrior companion – whom you became familiar
with previously – is Ammar bin Yasir, who is mentioned in a number of verses of
Holy Quran and he was also time and again praised in the statements of Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), among those praises are the following:6
“He is immersed in faith from the tip to the toe; he is with truth and the trust is with him; wherever truth turns, he turns with it; and two things were not presented to him, except that he chose the best of them; he is from those for whom Paradise is eager; he is skin between two eyes of Prophet (s.a.w.a.); an unjust group would kill him.”
The belief of this great man, who was having all these merits, regarding
Caliphate was the same, which he repeated: That is:
“Uthman was unjust upon himself and commanded other than what God
commanded, and wanted to distort religion of God; a distortion, which made his
killing lawful; and that righteous persons, who forbid aggression and enjoined the
good; had killed him.”
And beliefs of this kind, which bestowed certainty to what he said, and he
insisted on what he had done and admitted to what he was that he has committed
an act and had killed him and that why he had not been able to exhume his body
and had not burnt up his corpse, he regretted that, and he was always as such till
he fought those, who rose up to seek revenge for him along with the killers and
humiliators of Uthman.
He was certain that his avengers are on the wrong path and it is necessary to
fight them, and he was always on this belief, till those unjust people, that is
companions of Muawiyah, killed him, and according to clarification of
Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), his killer, those who plunder his weapon and dress
and his enemy would be in Hellfire.