Murder of Uthman: Difference between revisions

Unjust distribution of public treasuries was a major problem during Uthman's caliphate.<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 173.</ref> He would bestow great amount of wealth from the pubic treasury on his relatives, which created wide-spread resentment among people.<ref>ʿAbd al-Munʿim, ''Asbāb al-fitna fī ʿahd-i ʿUthmān'', p. 455.</ref> For instance, it is reported that he bestowed on Marwan b. al-Hakam the entire [[khums]] that he had received from Africa,<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 5, p. 580.</ref> and on another occasion he bestowed it upon Ibn Abi l-Sarh.<ref>Gharīb, ''Khilāfat ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān'', p. 156.</ref> He also gave huge amounts of wealth to al-Harith b. al-Hakam,<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 5, p. 541.</ref> [[al-Hakam b. Abi l-As]],<ref>Muqaddisī, ''al-Bidaʾ wa l-tārīkh'', vol. 5, p. 200.</ref> and Abd Allah b. Khalid, among others.<ref>Ibn Ṭaqṭaqī, ''al-Fakhrī fī ādāb'', p. 102-103.</ref>