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he had Abū Mahdhūrah repeat it after him; thus, no disagreement remained among the people concerning the transmission of the well-known adhan.

[Response to the Rāfidī’s claim that all the Muslims opposed Uthmān—may Allah be pleased with him—until he was killed]

As for his statement:

“All the Muslims opposed him until he was killed (1). They condemned his actions and said to him, ‘You were absent from Badr, fled on the day of Uhud, and did not witness the Pledge of al-Ridwān.’ The reports concerning this are too numerous to count.”

The response (2) is as follows: As for his statement, “The Muslims [all of them] opposed him until he was killed” (3), if he means that they opposed him in a manner that rendered it lawful to kill him, or that they [all of them] ordered his killing, approved of it, and assisted in it (4), then everyone knows that this is one of the most blatant lies. He was killed only by a small band of rebellious wrongdoers.

Ibn al-Zubayr said:

“May Uthmān’s killers be cursed! They rose against him like thieves coming from beyond the town, so Allah struck them down in every manner, while those among them who escaped did so beneath the bellies of the stars”—meaning that they fled by night. Most of the Muslims were absent, and most of the people of Medina who were present did not know that they intended to kill him until they had done so.

If, however, he means that all the Muslims opposed him in everything he did, or in every matter for which he was criticized, this is [also] (5) a lie. For there was not a single matter for which he was criticized in which he was not supported by

(1) N reads: “until it was said,” which is a textual corruption. (2) H and B read: “And the response.” (3) N reads: “The Muslims opposed him, to the point that it was said.” (4) N reads: “and that they ordered that he be killed, approved of it, or assisted in killing him”; M reads: “or that they ordered that he be killed, approved of it, or assisted in killing him.” (5) “Also” is omitted from N and M.

أَنَّهُ لَقَّنَهُ أَبَا مَحْذُورَةَ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ خِلَافٌ فِي نَقْلِ الْأَذَانِ الْمَعْرُوفِ. [الرد على زعم الرافضي أن المسلمين كلهم خالفوا عثمان رضي الله عنه حتى قتل] وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " وَخَالَفَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ كُلُّهُمْ حَتَّى قُتِلَ (١) . وَعَابُوا أَفْعَالَهُ، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: غِبْتَ عَنْ بَدْرٍ، وَهَرَبْتَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، وَلَمْ تَشْهَدْ بَيْعَةَ الرِّضْوَانِ. وَالْأَخْبَارُ فِي ذَلِكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُحْصَى " . فَالْجَوَابُ (٢) : أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ " وَخَالَفَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ [كُلُّهُمْ] حَتَّى قُتِلَ " (٣) . فَإِنْ أَرَادَ أَنَّهُمْ خَالَفُوهُ خِلَافًا يُبِيحُ قَتْلَهُ، أَوْ أَنَّهُمْ [كُلَّهُمْ] أَمَرُوا بِقَتْلِهِ، وَرَضُوا بِقَتْلِهِ، وَأَعَانُوا عَلَى قَتْلِهِ (٤) . فَهَذَا مِمَّا يَعْلَمُ كُلُّ أَحَدٍ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَظْهَرِ الْكَذِبِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْتُلْهُ إِلَّا طَائِفَةٌ قَلِيلَةٌ بَاغِيَةٌ ظَالِمَةٌ. قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: " لُعِنَتْ قَتَلَةُ عُثْمَانَ، خَرَجُوا عَلَيْهِ كَاللُّصُوصِ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْقَرْيَةِ، فَقَتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ كُلَّ قَتْلَةٍ، وَنَجَا مَنْ نَجَا مِنْهُمْ تَحْتَ بُطُونِ الْكَوَاكِبِ " يَعْنِي هَرَبُوا لَيْلًا، وَأَكْثَرُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانُوا غَائِبِينَ، وَأَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْحَاضِرِينَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُرِيدُونَ قَتْلَهُ حَتَّى قَتَلُوهُ. وَإِنْ أَرَادَ أَنَّ كُلَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَالَفُوهُ فِي كُلِّ مَا فَعَلَهُ، أَوْ فِي كُلِّ مَا أُنْكِرَ عَلَيْهِ، فَهَذَا [أَيْضًا] (٥) كَذِبٌ. فَمَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أُنْكِرَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا وَقَدْ وَافَقَهُ عَلَيْهِ

(١) ن: حَتَّى قِيلَ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٢) ح، ب: وَالْجَوَابُ. (٣) نَ: وَخَالَفَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَتَّى قِيلَ. (٤) ن: وَأَنَّهُمْ أَمَرُوا بِقَتْلِهِ وَرَضُوا بِهِ أَوْ أَعَانُوا عَلَى قَتْلِهِ، م: أَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَمَرُوا بِقَتْلِهِ وَرَضُوا بِهِ أَوْ أَعَانُوا عَلَى قَتْلِهِ. (٥) أَيْضًا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .