Who Was The rebels against Uthman? Who besieged the caliph in his home in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

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قتلة عثمان

The rebels against Uthman

Who besieged the caliph in his home656 CE · 35 AH

Bands from Egypt, Kufa and Basra, stirred by complaints and false letters, besieged Caliph Uthman in his house for weeks. He forbade the Companions to fight for him, and the rebels broke in and killed him as he read the Quran.

How it ended

His blood fell on the words 'Allah will be sufficient for you against them' (2:137). His killing opened the first civil war, and most of his killers died in the wars that followed.

…and Allah will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Quran 2:137

The lessonUthman chose to die rather than let Muslims fight over him.

In the Quran

2:137 49:9

Stood against: Uthman ibn Affan
Source: Recorded by historiansAl-Tabari and Ibn Kathir. The Prophet ﷺ had given Uthman glad tidings of Paradise 'with a trial that will befall him' (Sahih al-Bukhari 3695).Sahih al-Bukhari 3695 ↗

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.