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He would say: “If the keys of the Garden were at my hands, I would given them to the Umayyads, that they all might enter it.”[^5] This violent love for his family put an end to him, moved the Islamic forces to revolt against him, to overthrow his government, and to kill him. His Gifts to the Leading Personalities Uthman gave the Muslims’ money to the dignitaries, the leading personalities, and those who had political influence, for he was afraid of them.

He gave two hundred thousand dinars to Talha.[^6] Talha was in debt to Uthman for fifty thousand (dinars). Talha said to Uthman: “Your money is ready that you may receive it.” Uthman gave him the money as a gift and said to him: “It belongs [^1] Usd al-Ghaba, vol. 3, p. 423. [^2] Al-Tabari, Tafseer, vol. 15, p. 77. Al-Qurtubi, vol. 10, p. 283. [^3] Al-Durr al-Manthur, vol. 4, p. 191. [^4] Qur’an, 58, 22. [^5] Ahmed, Musnad, vol. 1, p. 62. [^6] Ibn Sa ‘d, Tabaqat.

to you, O Abu Muhammad, because of your generosity.”[^1] He gave al-Zubayr six hundred thousand (dinars). When he received them, he asked about the best money to exploit it.

He was guided to build houses in the regions and the cities.[^2] Accordingly, he built eleven houses in Medina, two houses in Basra, a house in Kufa, and a house in Egypt.[^3] Uthman gave enormous money to Yazid bin Thabit, to the extent that he was so rich that he left behind him gold and silver which were broken with an ax, and in addition he left behind him properties and estates estimated as a hundred thousand dinars.[^4] He gave other properties to his followers and the supporters of his policy.

In his encyclopedia, al-Amini, the head of researchers, has in detail mentioned Uthman’s gifts.[^5] He alone Possesses properties Uthman exhausted the public treasuries. He chose of them what he wished for himself and his family. He went too far in lavishness and extravagance. He ordered a house of bricks and lime to be built in Medina. He ordered its doors to be made of teak and juniper.

He had properties, gardens, and springs in Medina.[^6] He covered his teeth with gold, and worn king garments. He spent most of the money in the public treasury on cultivating his country estates and building houses.[^7] When he was killed, his treasurer had thirty million, five hundred thousand dirhams, and a hundred thousand dinars. He also left behind him a thousand camels, endowments in Baradis and Khaybar, and Wadi al-Qura.