His Eminence said: “I am not one to abandon a Sunnah of the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.a.) because of one person.”
Or he said: “I am not that I should leave the statement of Messenger of Allah
(s.a.w.a.) because of you.”
And it was near that Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) should have been killed
because of opposing this heresy.
With this act, Uthman, opened the door to audacity against Almighty Allah
and attributing falsehood to Him. After him, Muawiyah, Marwan and other
cousins of his played with the religion of God, as children play with tops.
Or granting refuge to Ubaidullah bin Umar and not taking retaliation from
him for killing some innocent people and [testimony to his modesty] this was in
the condition that majority of companions, if we don’t say all of them, condemn
him, who themselves had important viewpoints, for the sake of this act.
Or not applying the penalty on Walid bin Uqbah due to the fact that he was a
relative of Uthman [is a proof of his modesty] and this was in the condition that
Walid was a drunkard and he vomited wine in the Great Masjid in Kufa, till
Muslims began to discuss these things and confronted him; so they beat him with
shoes and punished him for his acts.
Or imposing Bani Umayyah, those corrupted and destructive men, and sons
of the accursed family tree and Quran, upon the people and laws of the sacred
religion of Islam, and through their help, establishing their tyrannical and
oppressive rulership and foundation of the unjust and unfair Umayyad rule in the
Islamic societies [is a proof of his modesty].
Or recalling uncle and cousins to Medina and according refuge to them,
even though the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) had banished them from the sacred
lands to ensure its sanctity [is a proof of his modesty].
Or entrusting the exigencies and issues of the society to fellow, whose acts
were exposed that is Marwan [is a proof of his modesty].
As if the keys of the affairs of the Ummah are in the hands of Marwan till
Maula Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) said to Uthman: “You will not be satisfied with
Marwan and he is not satisfied with you, unless he turns you away from your
religion, like a camel, who goes wherever it is dragged.”
And he said: “You will not be satisfied with Uthman and he will not be
satisfied with you, except that he destroys your religion and deceives you
regarding your intellect. And I see him that he would throw you in water yet
make you return thirsty.”
Or writing letter to his governors directing them to eliminate righteous
persons, to cast them into prison, to punish and torture them [is a proof of his
modesty].
Or banishing the righteous persons from companions of the early period and their righteous companions of companions from one exile to another, and driving
them away from their homes in Medina, Basra and Kufa, and harassing and
torturing them and in any way he can, like beating, abusing, accusations and
torture [is proof of his modesty].
Persons were put into house arrest as if they had committed unforgiveable
crimes.
So much so that the senior member of Ghiffar tribe, Abu Zar, whose
veracity was testified – after the flesh of his thighs was torn off due the severity
of way to his expulsion – till he passed away in his exile.
These, were some examples, which we wrote in pages of the life of the
Caliph so that the researcher may ponder well upon them, observe the right of
justice, and in reply to the questioner, speak the truth, whether the researcher can
see in one of these evidences of concealing the body of this man with one of the
garments of modesty? Or he finds these to be clear evidences of his not having
excellent qualities, and find Uthman to be opposed to these and acting in
contravention of modesty? And has concluded his remaining conditions upon the
mentioned conditions and that all.
Moreover, if the traditional reports, which say that Almighty Allah was
ashamed of Abu Bakr and falsified His Messenger due to the modesty of Abu
Bakr1 is true, then Abu Bakr is worthier than Uthman that in his presence
modesty should be observed, then how Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) did not take any
step regarding Abu Bakr and did not pay attention to it, but he acted for Uthman?
Coming back again to the traditional reports of modesty from another
aspect: Indeed, a devotion, which makes one blind and deaf, has blinded the
fabricator of this falsehood, because he wanted to prove numerous excellence for
the Caliph, while he was unaware from the fact that the requirement of this
proving of excellence, was annulling the excellence of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).
Because he attributed to His Eminence that he exposed his thigh in the
presence of companions, and upon the entry of one whom even angels were
ashamed of, he was ashamed and covered his thigh!
We would reply: Firstly, this act is from the acts that senior members of the
public and Ummah cannot commit, and only the lower classes and most uncouth
persons resort to such behavior, thus Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) – who in dignity and
decorum, was much higher than the highest mountain and in his recognition he
humiliated the deep oceans