Talhah is the same man who betrayed Imam Ali and joined the...

Talhah is the same man who betrayed Imam Ali and joined the ranks of Uthman ibn Affan due to his prior knowledge that were the caliphate to be vested upon Ali, he would have no reason after that to be hopeful of attaining it himself.

In this regard, Ali said, "So one of their men listened to his grudge, while another supported his son-in-law, despite weakness in this and in that..." Shaykh Muhammad Abdoh says the following in his Sharh: Talhah was inclined towards Uthman due to the kinship between them according to what is recorded by the biographers.

His mere inclination towards Uthman rather than Ali may be rendered to his being a man of Taym, for both Banu Hashim and Banu Taym had objected to the appointment of Abu Bakr to the caliphate.[^154] Undoubtedly, Talhah is one of those who attended the swearing of allegiance to Ali at Ghadeer Khumm and who had heard the Prophet saying, "To whomsoever I have been the master, this Ali is his master." And there is no doubt that he heard the Messenger of Allah saying, "Ali is with the truth and the truth is with Ali." He was present on Khaybar day when he gave the standard to Ali saying that Ali loved Allah and His Messenger and they both loved him.

He also knew that Ali was to the Prophet like Aaron to Moses. And he knew more and more... But deeply rooted grudge and spite had filled his heart, so much so that he could see nothing except fanaticism to his tribe and bias to his cousin Ayesha daughter of Abu Bakr whom he aspired to marry after the demise of the Prophet, but the Qur'an made it impossible. Yes, Talhah joined Uthman and swore to be loyal to him because Uthman used to give him many grants and gifts.

When Uthman ascended the seat of caliphate, he showered Talhah without a measure with the wealth which belonged to the Muslims.[^155] His wealth, therefore, and his cattle and slaves increased till his income from his property in Iraq alone reached one thousand dinars a day. In his Tabaqat, Ibn Sa`d says, "At the time of his death, Talhah had left thirty million dirhams.

The cash was two hundred thousand dinars, two million and two hundred thousand dirhams, and the rest was in the form of hamlets and real estate."[^156] This is why Talhah was turned into an oppressor. He became arrogant and started instigating people against his close friend Uthman in order to depose him and take his place.