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SERMON 22


About those who accused him of
Uthman's killing

Beware! Satan has certainly started instigating his
forces and has collected his army in order that oppression may reach its extreme ends and
wrong may come back to its position. By Allah they have not put a correct blame on me, nor
have they done justice between me and themselves.

They are demanding of me a right which they have
abandoned, and a blood that they have themselves shed.(1) If I
were a partner with them in it then they too have their share of it. But if they did it
without me they alone have to face the consequences. Their biggest argument (against me)
is (really) against themselves. They are suckling from a mother who is already dry, and
bringing into life innovation that is already dead. How disappointing is this challenger
(to battle)? Who is this challenger and for what is he being responded to? I am happy that
the reasoning of Allah has been exhausted before them and He knows (all) about them.

The threat to Wage War against them

If they refuse (to obey) I will offer them the edge
of the sword which is enough a curer of wrong and supporter of Right.

It is strange they send me word to proceed to them
for spear-fighting and to keep ready for fighting with swords. May the mourning women
mourn over them. I have ever been so that I was never frightened by fighting nor
threatened by clashing. I enjoy full certainty of belief from my Allah and have no doubt
in my faith.
(1).
When Amir al-mu'minin was accused of Uthman's assassination he delivered this sermon to
refute that allegation, wherein he says about those who blamed him that: "These
seekers of vengeance cannot say that I alone am the assassin and that no one else took
part in it. Nor can they falsify witnessed events by saying that they were unconcerned
with it. Why then have they put me foremost for this avenging? With me they should include
themselves also. If I am free of this blame they cannot establish their freedom from it.
How can they detach themselves from this punishment? The truth of the matter is that by
accusing me of this charge their aim is that I should behave with them in the same manner
to which they are accustomed. But they should not expect from me that I would revive the
innovations of the previous regimes. As for fighting, neither was I ever afraid of it nor
am I so now. Allah knows my intention and He also knows that those standing on the excuse
of taking revenge are themselves his assassins." Thus, history corroborates that the
people who managed his (Uthman's) assassination by agitation and had even prevented his
burial in Muslims' graveyard by hurling stones at his coffin were the same who rose for
avenging his blood. In this connection, the names of Talhah ibn Ubaydillah, az-Zubayr ibn
al-Awwam and A'ishah are at the top of the list since on both occasions their efforts
come to sight with conspicuity. Thus Ibn Abi'l-Hadid writes that:
Those who have written the account
of assassination of Uthman state that on the day of his killing Talhah's condition was
that in order to obscure himself from the eyes of the people he had a veil on his face and
was shooting arrows at Uthman's house.
And in this connection, about
az-Zubayr's ideas he writes:
Historians have also state that
az-Zubayr used to say "Kill Uthman. He has altered your faith." People said,
"Your son is standing at his door and guarding him," and he replied, "Even
my son may be lost, but Uthman must be killed. Uthman will be lying like a carcass on
Sirat tomorrow." (Sharh Nahj al-balaghah, vol.9, pp. 35-36)
About A'ishah, Ibn Abd Rabbih
writes:
al-Mughirah ibn Shubah came to
A'ishah when she said, "O' Abu Abdillah, I wish you had been with me on the day of
Jamal; how arrows were piercing through my hawdaj (camel litter) till some of them stuck
my body." al- Mughirah said, "I wish one of them should have killed you."
She said, "Allah may have pity you; why so?" He replied, "So that it would
have been some atonement for what you had done against Uthman." (al-Iqd al-farid,
vol. 4, p. 294)

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