Sunday 30 August 2009

Ibn Taymiyyah on Uthmaan.

Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah On ‘Uthmaan

“It is known through mutawaatir reports that ‘Uthmaan was among the most careful of people to avoid bloodshed and among the most patient towards those who impugned his honour and those who plotted to shed his blood, so they besieged him and sought to kill him. He knew of their intention to kill him, and the Muslims came to defend him and advised him to fight them, but he told the people to refrain from fighting and ordered those who should obey him not to fight them.

It was said to him, “Will you go to Makkah?”

And he said, “I will not be one of those who cause the Sanctuary to be violated.”

It was said to him, “Will you go to Syria?”

And he said, “I will not leave the land to which I migrated.”

It was said to him, “Then fight them!”

But he said, “I will not be the first of the successors of Muhammad - sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam - to rule his ummah by the sword.”

The patience that ‘Uthmaan showed until he was killed is amongst the greatest of his virtues in the eyes of the Muslims.”

["Manhaaj as-Sunnah"; 3/202]

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