Ruhama’ Baynahum Vol. 4 Answering The Allegations Of Nepotism Against Uthman

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Discussion One The Offices and Officers in the ‘Uthmani Era And Their Correlation   During the Caliphate of Sayyidina ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan radiya Llahu ‘anhu, the Islamic state spanned over a massive piece of land: The entire country of Egypt, Sham, a great portion of Africa—to the west until Morocco and Spain, the entire Hijaz region including Makkah, Madinah, and Yemen, in the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Some Significant Locations and their Governors Under the previous heading, a few departments and offices were listed. It is appropriate to now enumerate the governors of few significant locations. The governors of these areas assumed the responsibility of the present day deputy commissioner or provincial minister. He was in charge of all the administrative affairs and management of that area. These details will […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Some Areas in the Sight of the Critics From among the popular areas, the list of the governors of only 4 cities remain, viz. Kufah, Basrah, Sham, and Egypt; they will be mentioned coupled with the scribe post. These areas are specifically the target of criticism by the critics. We have attached some notes to these areas. Contemplate deeply with fairness over them […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Scribe Office It is documented in history books that Marwan ibn al Hakam was the scribe of Sayyidina ‘Uthman radiya Llahu ‘anhu.[1] Keeping in mind the various offices of that era, the scribe was nothing more than a writer and clerk. The critics enlarged this small office by presenting personal details of it and blew it totally out of proportion. They equated […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   A Narration of Imam al Bukhari with regards to Dismissal and Appointment We now come to the final section of the first discussion. This discussion has prolonged beyond our expectation. Nonetheless, the inclusion of the upcoming narration in the discussion of appointment and dismissal has been regarded valuable: Imam al Bukhari has reported the following narration via his sanad in al Tarikh al […]