Was the following verse not present in Quran:
وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
“And (as for) those who molest the Apostle of Allah, they shall have a painful punishment.”1
Indeed, he distressed the Prophet regarding his daughter and the night she
passed away, he copulated with another wife; and by granting refuge to someone,
who was externed and cursed by Prophet and by insulting honorable companions
of Prophet and most of all his purified cousin [Ali (a.s.)]; and by debasing his
Sunnah and by keeping away from his conduct and manners.
Was the following verse of Quran not present in his Quran?
أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ
“Obey Allah and obey the Apostle and those in authority from among you.”2
Indeed he opposed Almighty Allah and His Messenger and did not obey
them and he ignored Quran and Sunnah in various instances, like: properties,
taxes, Zakat, bestowals, prayer, lands, rations, salaries, endowments, Hajj,
marriage, penalties and blood monies.
Was the term of ‘limits of Allah’ not mentioned in his Quran? Was the
following verse not present in his Quran?
وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَأُولَبِكَ هُمُ الظَّلِمُونَ
“And whoever exceeds the limits of Allah these it is that are the unjust.”3
Indeed, he trespassed the limits, ignored pledges, contradicted his
repentance, broke his promises, committed acts, whose consequences were not
good, performed destructive acts, which took him to a cruel and merciless death,
and brought down calamities, in which the Islamic Ummah is involved till this
day.
Was the verse of imprecation (Ayat Mubahila) and verse of purification
(Ayat Tatheer) not present in his Quran? And in the verse of imprecation,
Almighty Allah deemed Ali (a.s.) to be the self of Prophet, and in the verse of
purification, He has regarded him to be pure from all impurities as He regards the
Prophet to be. Whereas Uthman believed that Marwan, who was cursed and banished by Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was superior to Ali (a.s.)!4
Alas, if this man had stopped that back-breaking recital and concentrated on
obeying the commands of Quran, had honored its limits and remained content by
reading the Quran only to the extent of his ability.
10. Ibne Asakir5 has narrated from Yazid bin Abu Habib as mentioned in
Tarikhul Khulafa of Suyuti that:6 “It was reported to me that the majority of
persons, who rode against Uthman became insane.”
It is mentioned in the words of Qirmani in Akhbarud Daul on the gloss of
Kamil of Ibne Athir that:7
“Indeed, the majority of those, who directed the assassination of Uthman
became insane.”
Allamah Amini says: Is this funny statement not a kind of insanity? Look at
the intelligence of one, who has brought this statement and quoted it, in the
beginning is Yazid bin Abu Habib, and then at the intelligence of these Hafiz
scholars, who regard such a foolish statement to be an excellence of Uthman.
I think that Ibne Saad mentioned in the biography of Yazid bin Abu Habib:
“He was extremely forbearing and intelligent,” to dispel those things, which
come to the mind of the reader after reading this report; but what history has
preserved for him does not prove his intelligence.
How can owners of intelligence and understanding approve this invalid
statement, whereas those, who marched against Uthman numbered thousands
from the Islamic societies and all of them were well known and famous and not
one of them is reported to have suffered in that way as claimed by Ibne Habib.
What was it that concealed this matter from all companions and only this man
became aware of it?
Moreover, we are familiar with most of those people and we have no doubt
and no logical person has doubt that they possessed perfect reason till the time of
their death or martyrdom; like our master, Ammar Yasir, Malik Ashtar, Kaab bin
Abduh, Zaid bin Sauhan, Saasa bin Sauhan, Amr bin Budail bin Warqa,
Muhammad bin Abu Bakr, Amr bin Hamaq and their like, who are numerous and
majority of them are reporters of Sahih and Musnad books and scholars of
traditions have narrated exceeding traditions through their channels and regarded
them as authentic, and none of them have hesitated in narrating any of these
reports before knowing this report of insanity or after that.
If we accept the quotation of Qirmani, then majority of companions,
including Muhajireen and Ansar – if we don’t say all of them – we not far from
insanity; because all had consensus on the killing of that man, and at the forefront
of them was Talha, Zubair, Amr Aas and Ayesha, the mother of believers.