Who really killed ‘Uthman?

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State Officials seeking to collate evidence with which they could harm him.
Faced with this situation the Imam (as) adopted taqiyya, to counter their efforts, had he (as)
made his actual views known to these individuals he would have been arrested and worse
killed. If Nasibi are going to claim that taqiyya is haraam, we should point out that according to
Ahl’ul Sunnah aqeedah it is legitimate when one needs to protect oneself from harm. Imam of
Ahl’ul Sunnah Fakhraddin Razi stated:
“For a momin, taqiya is allowed till the day of Judgement. And this is the right act,
for the reason that using self-control to defend oneself against a hardship is a
necessity”.
Similarly it is Hanafi aqeedah that under duress it is permissible to curse Rasulullah (s) (“Usul Al
Shashi”, Chapter “Al Dheema” page 114). If Ahl’ul Sunnah deem cursing Rasulullah (s) as
permissible if it means protecting one’s life, then by the same token it was perfectly legitimate
for Imam Zaynul Abdideen (as) to praise the three khalifa’s as it was a means of protecting his
life. We are sure that Ansar.org are aware of our Imam’s actual views of these three individuals,
as contained within our primary texts – these Sahih narration’s in effect further prove that
Imam Zaynul Abideen must have adopted taqiyya in this circumstance (if this incident is indeed
authentic).
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