Uthman ibn Affan, Caliph · Third caliph, Dhul-Nurayn: Companion in Islamic History

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CompanionCaliph · Third caliph, Dhul-Nurayn

Uthman ibn Affanعثمان بن عفان

c. 576 to 656 CE (35 AH)Approximate dateMadinah

A gentle, generous merchant who married two of the Prophet's daughters and gave the Ummah one Quran.

Uthman was among the first to believe and migrated to Abyssinia with his wife Ruqayyah. He bought the well of Rumah for the people of Madinah and equipped the army of Tabuk. As caliph for twelve years he sent copies of a single agreed Quran to the cities. He was killed in his home in Madinah in 656, reading the Quran.

What does the hadith say?

Sahih Muslim 2401

What grew out of it?

Every printed Quran today follows the Uthmanic copy.

The lesson

Modesty and generosity are a strength, not a weakness.

Who came before and after?

Umar ibn al-Khattab Ali ibn Abi Talib

Where do they appear in the story?

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺ Zayd ibn Haritha The Three Who Stayed Behind Khosrow II Heraclius Al-Muqawqis Jabalah ibn al-Ayham Al-Numan ibn al-Mundhir

Source: history · Wikipedia

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.