Hazrat Usman or Uthman or Othman ibn Affan (577 – 17 June 656) was one of the closest companions of the last and final prophet, his holiness Hazrat MOHAMMED (S.A.W) and the third of the Rashidun Khalifa or Rightly Guided Caliph or Head of the Islamic pro-humanitarian, democratic, rehabilitative, reformative, representative governmental system with the main objective of providing every kind of immediate and urgent help and support for provisions which are essential for a life of poor and needy people (such as fresh food, neat and clean drinking water, clothing, shelter, education, social and medical security and services etc) on their door step, without begging or demanding by any person, through establishing the system of SALAWT and ZAKAT in the Masjid, positively and efficiently engaging the WEALTHY class of that community in this great purpose of human service. Hazrat Uthman was born into a prominent Meccan clan of the Quraysh tribe, He played a major role in early Islamic history, succeeding Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab (R.A) as caliph at age 65. He was also the prophets son-in-law twice, being married to two of the prophet’s daughters Ruqayyah and Umm-e- Kulthum, for this reason he was well-known as Zun-Noorain (a custodian of two luminary sources of divine lights). Under the leadership of Hazrat Uthman, the Caliphate expanded towards East into Faras or Persia in 650 (present-day Iran), some areas of Khorasan (present-day Afghanistan) and Sistan (Present day Irani and Pakistani Balochistan) in 651 and tpwards the West, the conquest of Armenia in the 640s. Hazrat Uthman was born in Ta’if. He was born into the wealthy Umayyad (Banu Umayya) clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, seven years after Hazrat MOHAMMED (S.A.W). Hazrat Uthmans father, Affan, died young while travelling abroad but left a large inheritance to Hazrat Uthman. He followed the same profession as his father, and his business flourished, making him one of the richest men among the Qurayshi tribe. His mother was Awra who was daughter of Umme Hakim bint Abdul Mutallib. The later was twin sister of Abdullah, father of Hazrat MOHAMMED (S.A.W) and therefore his first cousin. She also passed away before 610 AD (i.e.the year of advent of Prophet hood).
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:05:42 +0000
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