Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

Thereafter the dispute shifted to ʿUthmān I and the Ṣaḥābah M who
were with him in Madīnah. Hence they resented his refusal to dismiss and
he on the other hand refused unless there was compelling impugning
evidence. They thereafter censured his other doings in which he held
a particular viewpoint based on his Ijtihād and they held a particular
viewpoint based on their Ijtihād.
Subsequent to that, a group of commoners marched to Madīnah and
outwardly expressed intentions of bringing ʿUthmān I to book, but
inwardly had the intention of assassinating him. They comprised of people
from Basrah, Kūfah, and Egypt. Together with them stood ʿAlī, ʿĀʾishah,
Zubayr, and Ṭalḥah M, amongst others, who were trying to calm the
situation and convince ʿUthmān I to accept their viewpoint. 1
Whatever the case may be, this Fitnah drew untold problems to the Ummah to
an extent that it engendered dispute and resentment between the noble Ṣaḥābah
M. 2
Ibn Taymiyyah mentions:
أما في خالفة عثمان فقوي النزاع في بعض المور حتى صار يحصل كالم غليظ من بعضهم لبعض.‏
وقد نقموا منه أشياء بعضها هم فيها معذورون فيه،‏ وكثير منها كان عثمان هو المعذور فيه.‏
As for the Khilāfah of ʿUthmān I, disputes intensified in some issues. So
much so that they started exchanging harsh speech with one another. 3
They decried his doings, in some of which they were excused and in most
of which ʿUthmān I was excused. 4
1 Muqaddamah Ibn Khaldūn p. 216.
2 Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ p. 158.
3 Minhāj al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah 5/498.
4 Ibid. 6/252.
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