Name of person
Marwan
Ibne Abi Sarh
Talha
Abdur Rahman
Yaala bin Umayyah
Zaid bin Thabit
Caliph himself
Caliph himself
Amount in dinars
500000
100000
200000
2560000
500000
100000
150000
200000
Total: Four millions and three hundred and ten thousand dinars.
Read! And don’t forget the statement of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) regarding
Uthman: Till the third man of these people stood up with heaving breasts
between his dung and fodder. With him his children of his grand-father,
(Umayyah) also stood up swallowing up Allah’s wealth like a camel devouring
the foliage of spring.1
And don’t forget his statement, which would be mentioned soon: Indeed,
every land which Uthman left behind and every property that he had gifted away
should be returned to the Public Treasury.
Name of person
Hakam
Progeny of Hakam
Harith
Saeed
Walid
Abdullah
Abdullah
Abu Sufyan
Marwan
Talha
Talha
Zubair
Ibne Abi Waqqas
Caliph himself
Total: 126, 770, 000
Amount in dinars
500000
100000
200000
2560000
500000
100000
150000
200000
100000
2200000
30000000
59800000
250000
30500000
A hundred and twenty-six million and seven hundred and seventy thousand
dirhams.
Here the question is that why the Caliph made these gifts to the above
mentioned persons and those from his soldiers like them were granted special
privilege; was the world created for them? Or that religion advised doing a good
turn to relatives but denying such things to righteous followers of Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.a.) like Abu Zar Ghiffari, Ammar bin Yasin, Abdullah bin Masud and the
like? And these had to bear hardships, and experience difficulties, they were
restrained, some of them were exiled, some were beaten up and some were
insulted. And this is their master and chief, who says: “The Banu Umayyah (Umayyads) are allowing me the inheritance of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) bit (by
bit).”2
Transfer of most lands of Public Treasury3 can be understood from the
sermon of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), and Kalbi has mentioned this sermon,
which is attributed to Ibne Abbas and he says: Ali (a.s.) on the second day he was
given allegiance, recited a sermon and said: Know that, every piece of land,
which Uthman has gifted away and every property, he has given away, will be
returned to Public Treasury. Because nothing destroys the ancient right. By
Allah, even if I had found that by such money women have been married or
slave-maids have been purchased, I would confiscate it because there is wide
scope in dispensation of justice, and he, who finds it hard to act justly, should
find it harder to deal with injustice.4
Kalbi says: Then he ordered that every weapon found in the house of
Uthman through which Muslims are strengthened, would be seized. And ordered
that camels of Zakat in his possession should be seized. And ordered that his
sword and coat of mail be seized and that everything found with him, through
which fighting is not done with Muslims and from all property present in his
house and other places. He ordered that all the property should be returned to
Public Treasury…5