A Simple Guide to ISLAM
Pious Caliphate
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Uthman too, alongwith his wife, came to Madinah and settled
there.
Ruqayya took ill in Madinah and died thereafter. Uthman was very
sad. So the Prophet married his second daughter to Uthman. This
was a great honour. Uthman came to be known as
“Zun Noorain,”
the possessor of two lights. He acted as the Prophet’s messenger
during the Hudaybiya peace treaty. Usman was also one of the
scribes of the Prophet. He wrote portions of the Qur’an on
revelation. He was also one of the ten companions whom the
Prophet had given the good news of the kingdom of heaven.
Umar Farooq had nominated a six-man council to choose a Caliph
from among its members. These members were. Ali, Usman,
Abdur Rahman ibn Auf, Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas, Zubair ibn Awam,
Talha ibn Obaidullah. After great deliberations ultimately Usman
was offered the Caliphate. Usman ibn Affan became the third
Caliph of Islam.
Usman was born six years after the Prophet and he belonged to the
Umayyad tribe of the Quraysh. He was a cloth merchant and was
so rich that he was known as Al-Ghani (the rich). Adharbaijan and
Armenia were conquered during the rule of Umar Farooq. But
after the dismissal of Saad ibn Abi Waqqas’ governorship,
Adharbaijan revolted. Usman ordered military action against it and
the Province was brought again under the Caliphate.
Muawiya, Governor of Syria with the help of Abi Sarah, the
Governor of Egypt invaded Cyprus and brought it under Islamic
rule. Cyprus served as a military base for the Muslims.
