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Conflicting Accounts Of The Political Environment After Usman(RA)Q.to Dr Irfan S
Dear Dr. Irfan Shahzad Assalam o alaikum
I have listened to your previous videos on the martyrdom of Hazrat Uthman (RA) and the political issues that arose afterwards. My question is this:
Is it not the case that you have based your commentary on only one-sided narrations which you deemed authentic? Or, do you accept certain narrations on the basis of specific evidence, while discarding other narrations due to certain reasons of weakness or lack of reliability?
Because in these very books of history, we also find narrations regarding other prominent Companions (RA), which make the matter more complex to understand. For example, in Tarikh al-Tabari we find:
عن سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبزي عن أبيه قال رأيت اليوم الذي دخل فيه علي عثمان فدخلوا من دار عمرو بن حزم خوخة هناك حتي دخلوا الدار فناوشوهم شيئا من مناوشة ودخلوا فوالله ما نسينا أن خرج سودان بن حمران فأسمعه يقول أين طلحة بن عبيد الله قد قتلنا ابن عفان.
Translation: Sa‘id ibn Abdur Rahman ibn Abza reported from his father: I saw the day they entered upon Uthman through the door of Amr ibn Hazm’s house. They fought a little skirmish, then entered. By Allah, I cannot forget that Sudan ibn Humran came out from the house of Uthman saying: “Where is Talha ibn Ubaydullah? Tell him we have killed the son of Affan (Uthman).” (Tarikh al-Tabari, Vol. 2, p. 669)
حدثني عبد الله بن عباس بن أبي ربيعة قال دخلت علي عثمان رضي الله عنه فتحدثت عنده ساعة فقال يا ابن عباس تعال فأخذ بيدي فأسمعني كلام من علي باب عثمان فسمعنا كلاما منهم من يقول ما تنتظرون به ومنهم من يقول انظروا عسي أن يراجع فبينا أنا وهو واقفان إذ مر طلحة بن عبيد الله فوقف فقال أين ابن عديس فقيل هاهو ذا قال فجاءه ابن عديس فناجاه بشئ ثم رجع ابن عديس فقال لأصحابه لا تتركوا أحدا يدخل علي هذا الرجل ولا يخرج من عنده. قال فقال لي عثمان هذا ما أمر به طلحة بن عبيد الله ثم قال عثمان اللهم اكفني طلحة بن عبيد الله فإنه حمل علي هؤلاء وألبهم والله إني لأرجو ا أن يكون منها صفرا وأن يسفك دمه انه انتهك مني ما لا يحل له …
Translation: Abdullah ibn Abbas ibn Abi Rabiah said: I went to Uthman (RA) and spoke with him for a while. He said, “O Ibn Abbas, come with me,” and he took my hand and made me listen to the people outside his door. Some were saying: “What are we waiting for?” Others said: “Wait, perhaps he will repent.” While we were standing there, Talha ibn Ubaydullah passed by and said: “Where is Ibn Adis?” They said: “Here he is.” So Ibn Adis came, Talha whispered something to him, and then Ibn Adis told his companions: “Do not allow anyone to enter upon this man or leave his house.” Uthman then said to me: “This is the command of Talha ibn Ubaydullah. O Allah, protect me from the evil of Talha ibn Ubaydullah, for he has incited and stirred these people against me…” (Tarikh al-Tabari, Vol. 3, p. 411)
عَبْدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ … فَقَالَتْ: قُتِلَ وَاللَّهِ عُثْمَانُ مَظْلُومًا، وَاللَّهِ لأَطْلُبَنَّ بِدَمِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا ابْنُ أُمِّ كِلابٍ: ولم؟ فو الله إِنَّ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَمَالَ حَرْفَهُ لأَنْتِ! وَلَقَدْ كُنْتِ تَقُولِينَ: اقْتُلُوا نَعْثَلا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ…
Translation: Abd ibn Abi Salama reported: When Uthman (RA) was killed, Aisha (RA) said: “By Allah, Uthman was killed wrongfully, and by Allah, I will seek his blood.” Ibn Umm Kilab said to her: “Why? By Allah, you were the very first to turn people against him! Did you not used to say: ‘Kill Na‘thal (Uthman), for he has become a disbeliever’?” She replied: “They first asked him to repent, and then killed him. Yes, I said what I said, but my later statement is better than my earlier one.” (Tarikh al-Tabari, Events of 36 AH)
Now, from such narrations one could apparently conclude that these great Companions—Hazrat Talha, Hazrat Zubair, and Hazrat Aisha (RA)—were, directly or indirectly, involved in the killing of Hazrat Uthman (RA). Yet afterwards, they used the same issue as an argument or excuse to demand retribution (qisas) from Hazrat Ali (RA).
So my question is: By what principle do you approach such conflicting narrations? Do you accept some narrations and reject others on the basis of historical and hadith-related methodology, or is it more a matter of interpretive perspective?
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