He said: What he had said would happen was therefore bound to come to pass. None of this became manifest until Uthmān ibn Affān, may Allah be pleased with him, was unjustly killed. This was one of the two tribulations of this ummah after the death of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with which no third can compare. The other is the tribulation of the Dajjāl.

It has been related in a hadith: “Whoever comes through three trials safely has been saved: my death, the unjust killing of a persecuted caliph, and the Dajjāl.”

Then, upon the killing of the Possessor of