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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Black Thursday Part 2 .3: A Probe into Saqifah 3 Governmental Policies of Uthman As far as other governmental policies of Uthman are concerned, it can be said that none of his personal policies were in order. He always relied on Bani Umayyah and gave importance to what his in-laws and other relatives said. Marwan ibn Hakam held a special honor in Uthman’s time. Uthman always relied on Marwan’s suggestions and preferred Bani Umayyah over Muslims.

As soon as Bani Umayyah came to power, they increased injustice and oppression on Muslim Ummah and it became a target of severe atrocities because of them. However, despotic rulers continued to plunder Muslims and did not care about them because the Muslim Caliph was pleased with them. They had no qualms about the displeasure of other Muslims. The worst part of Uthman’s personality is that he was strict to other and common Muslims as much as he was generous to Bani Umayyah.

He misbehaved with even great like Abdullah ibn Masood, Abu Zar Ghiffari and Ammar ibn Yasir. These became victims of oppression under his order. Abu Zar was not only oppressed but also exiled to Rabaza. He was left there alone without food and water. The only mistake of these great was that they wanted to put an end to the plundering of Bani Umayyah.

Balazari writes regarding this: Uthman appointed as governors those persons of Bani Umayyah who never accompanied the Prophet nor did they have any status in Islam. Uthman used to turn a deaf ear to complaints of common people and he appointed his cousin as governor, six years prior to his death. Abdullah ibn Saad ibn Abi Sarah was appointed as governor of Egypt during this time. He lived in Egypt for a number of years. People of Egypt complained to Uthman about his injustice.

Uthman wrote to him advising him to keep away from evil. However he did not heed Uthman’s words and inflicted severe atrocities on the complainants, as a result of which one of them died on the spot. After that, another representative of the Egyptian folks came to Medina to complain about Ibn Abi Sarah. He met the during prayer times and narrated the atrocities inflicted on them. Consequently, Talha came to Uthman and protested against him harshly.

Ayesha also sent him a message demanding justice for the people of Egypt. The great including Imam ‘Ali (a), Miqdad, Talha and Zubair sent a letter to Uthman reporting the injustice of his governors.