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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-Nass Wal-Ijtihad, Text and Interpretation Chapter 3: Othman and his followers’ Interpretations His kindness to his relatives Othman was kind to his relatives [^1] (the family of Abul Aas). [^2] He loved them very much and preferred them to the all of the umma until he paid attention neither to the blamers nor to the revolters.

He violated many Qur’anic verdicts and many holy texts of the sacred Sunna of the Prophet (S) and the traditions that had been followed before him in order to satisfy his relatives. Ibn Abul Hadeed said: [^3] “The prediction of Umar about Othman turned out to be true. Othman made the Umayyads tread on the necks of people. He entrusted them with the emirate of the different countries and gifted them with the wealth of the Muslims. In his days Armenia was conquered.

He took all the khums ^4 of its booties and gifted it to Marwan.” Ibn Abul Hadeed added: “Once Abdullah bin Khalid bin Usayd asked Othman for a present. He gave him four hundred thousand dirhams…he permitted al-Hakam bin Abul Aas to return to Medina after the Prophet (S) had exiled him from it and Abu Bakr and Umar had refused to let him return. He gave him one hundred thousand dirhams.

“The Prophet (S) had given the Muslims a place of a market in Medina called Nahrooz as charity but Othman, after being the caliph, gifted it to al-Harith bin al-Hakam, Marwan’s brother and he gave Fadak to Marwan, which Fatima (sa) had asked for after the death of her father as her inheritance one time and as donation the other time but she had been deprived of it…he prevented all the Muslims from grazing their cattle in the pastures around Medina except the Umayyads..

“…he gave Abdullah bin Abu Sarh all the booties the Muslims had got when conquering north Africa, from Tripoli to Tangier, without giving any share to any other Muslim…he gave Abu Sufyan bin Harb two hundred thousand (dirhams) from the public treasury on the same day when he gave Marwan bin al-Hakam one hundred thousand (dirhams) from the treasury when he had married him his daughter Umm Abban.

“On that day Zayd bin Arqam, who was the keeper of the treasury, brought the keys of the treasury and put them before Othman and began crying. Othman said to him: “Do you cry because I help my relatives?” Zayd said: “No, but I think that you have taken these monies instead of the monies you had spent for the sake of Allah at the time of the Messenger of Allah.