Similarly he had no desire that the interpreters and...

Similarly he had no desire that the interpreters and followers of the Qur'an and honest and devout persons should reside in that city. This 127. Former source 5/43. at-Tabari 5/88-90, and Ibn al-Athir 3/57-60, and Description of Nahj 1/58-160.

matter vexed him so much that these individuals would divulge to the people certain truths, which had been hidden from them, and inform them of divine injunctions, in which case Mu'awiyah could no longer carry on his selfish life in the manner of the tyrants of the time, like Caesars and Kasras. Mu'awiyah after 'Uthman God forbid that I should lake the perverse as my aids.

'Ali ibn Abi Talib As we have already seen129 owing to the greed and crimes of the relatives of 'Uthman who had the ruling power behind them, riots and rebellions spread over big Islamic cities, and dissatisfied Muslims placed 'Uthman in straitened circumstances in Medina. This third caliph wrote to Mu'awiyah in the same way that he had written to other governors, asking for help. He said in his letter: "The people of Medina have resorted to infidelity and disobedience…