Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

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'UthmZn(4).
If her brother had been one of them, she
would not have mourned for him when he was killed.
h. 'ALi (&) cursed the killers of 'Uthmin (&) and
disavowed them, which implies that he would not bring
them close to him or appoint them to positions of
authority. He would not have appointed Muhammad ihn
Abi Bakr as governor of Egypt if he had been one of the
murderers.
c. Ibn 'As%ir narrated with his chain of narration that
Muhammad ihn Tabah ibn Musarraf said: "I heard
Kinkah, the freed slave of Saiiyyah hint Huyayy, say: 'I
was present when 'Uthmh was killed, and I was fourteen
years old.' He said: 'Was Mulpmmad ibn Ahi Bakr
directly involved in his killing?' He said: 'Allah forbid. He
entered upon him, and 'Uthmiin (&) said: "0 son of my
brother, yon are not the one who would kill me." So he
went out, and he did not play any role in the actual
killing."''z' This is also borne out by the report narrated
by Khaleefah ihn KhayyZC and at-Tahari, with a chain of
narration whose men are trustworthy, from al-Hasan al-
Basri, who was one of those present on the day 'Uthmh
(&)was killed,'" according to which Ibn Ahi Bakr took
hold of 'Uthmk's beard and 'Uthmk (&) . said to him:
.
"Yon are holding me in a way that your father would never
have done." So he went out and left him.123 Thus it is clear
that M&ammad ihn Abi Bakr as-Siddeeq is innocent of
shedding 'Uthmh's blood just as the wolf was innocent of
shedding the blood of the prophet Yoosuf. It is also clear
that the reason why he was accused was that he entered the
house before the killing took place.124 Ibn Katheer (may
Allah have mercy on him) said that when 'Uthmh (&)