When 'Uthman returned...

When 'Uthman returned, the Prophet turned to those present and said: "I remained silent to see if one of you would rise and cut off his head." They said: "You could have made a sign to us to do so." The Prophet said: "It is not worthy of a prophet to give a signal with his eye."176 When 'Uthman became caliph, he appointed such a notorious fellow as governor of Egypt in the year 25 AH because of being his brother, and dismissed 'Amr ibn al-'As from that post.

'Abd Allah conquered some parts of Africa, and 'Uthman rewarded him with one-fifth of the spoils of war. He remained governor of Egypt until the year 34 AH, and after the uprising staged by Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfah he fled to 'Asqalan to stay there until 'Uthman's death. He died in the year 57 or 59 AH.

2-Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Muhammad was the son of Abu Bakr, the first caliph, and his mother was Asma', daughter of 'Umays from the al-Khath'am tribe, who was at first the consort of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and after his martyrdom, she married Abu Bakr. Muhammad was born on the way to Mecca in the last Hajj pilgrimage of the Prophet. When Abu Bakr died, 'Ali married Asma' and thus Muhammad grew up in 'Ali's house and was brought up by him. So he became one of his steadfast devotees.

Muhammad took part under 'Ali in the battles of al-Jamal (against his own sister 'A'ishah) and Siffin, and was then appointed by the Imam as governor of Egypt. He arrived there on 15th of Ramadan in the year 37 AH and held the rein of affairs.

But when in the year 38 AH, Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan sent 'Amr ibn al-'As with an army to conquer Egypt 'Amr defeated Muhammad and captured him, and Mu'awiyah ibn Khudayj killed upon the order of 'Amr, his dead body was placed in the belly of a dead donkey and burnt.177 **3-Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfah ** Abu al-Qasim Muhammad was the son of Abu Hudhayfah ibn 'Utbah of the 175. The Holy Qur'an, Chapter al-An'am, Verse 93.

al-Isti'ab 2/367 to 370, al-Isabah 2/309 to 310 and 1/11 to 12, Usd al-ghabah 3/173 to 174, Ansab al-ashraf 5/49, al-Mustadrak 3/100 and concerning the commentary of the verse 93 of Chapter al-An'am refer to such commentaries as al-Qurtubi and others, and Ibn Abi al-Hadid 1/68. al-Isti'ab 3/328-329, al-Isabah 3/451 and other histories about the events of the years 37 and 38 of Hijrah. 'Abd Shams al-Qurayshi tribe, and his mother was Sahlah, daughter of Suhayl ibn 'Amr of the 'Amir tribe.

His parents were among the emigrants to Abyssinia where Muhammad was born.