Sayyidina Abu ‘Amr ‘Utsman ibn ‘Affan (r.a.) & the Ahl al-Bayt
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ It is not the understanding of Sunni Islam that Sayyidina Abu ‘Amr ‘Utsman ibn ‘Affan ( r.a. ), the third caliph, was hostile towards the Ahl al-Bayt . The following are some examples to prove the contrary from both Sunni and Shi’ah sources. This so-called hostility between the Ahl al-Bayt and the Khulafah ar-Rashidin was manufactured after the fact. Imam Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal ( r.a. ) recorded a narration, with its isnad from Hadhrat Muhammad ibn Hathib ( r.a. ), that he said, “I heard ‘Ali reciting: سُوۡرَةُ الاٴنبیَاء إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتۡ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰٓ أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ عَنۡہَا مُبۡعَدُونَ (١٠١) Those for whom the Good (Record) from Us has gone before, will be removed far therefrom. (Surah al-Anbiya’:101) And he said that from amongst them is ‘Utsman.” This is found in Fadha’il asw Swahabah , and is swahih . Imam Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ‘Amr ad-Dahhak ibn ...