Hadith No: 23
Ibn Khaldun - Tarikh Ibn Khaldun
The Discourse on the Generations of the Arabs, Their Origins, the Differences in Their Classes, and Their Successions, and the Lineages of Each Class
The Third Class: Among the Arabs, namely the Arabs subordinate to the Arabs
And he mentioned their Africans, their Lineages, their Kingdoms, and what states they had, varying in
diversity, the nomads and travelers among them, and their conquests - the Islamic Caliphate
The Siege of Uthman and His Murder (may Allah be pleased with him), His Attendants, and the Elevation of His Rank
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (601/602)
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- .... So he entered upon Uthman in the house and debated with him about abdication, but he refused. Then he left and another entered, and then another, all of them advising him. He would leave and part from the people. Then Ibn Salam came and admonished them. They considered killing him, and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr entered and conversed with him for a long time about matters that do not need to be mentioned. Then he felt ashamed and left. After that, the fools entered upon him, and one of them struck him, while his wife Nailah leaned over him, shielding him from the blows with her hand. Then one of them lashed out at her with a sword, injuring her fingers, and they killed him, and his blood flowed onto the Quran. His young male attendants came and killed some of those murderers and others who were slain, and they looted what was in the house and what was upon the women, even Nailah. They killed some of the young men among them and continued to kill from among the young men. Then they went out to the Treasury and looted it, and they intended to sever his head, but the women prevented them. Ibn Adiyis said: "Leave it," and it is said that the one who took charge of killing him was Kunana ibn Bishr al-Najibi,
who stabbed him with Amr ibn al-Hamq with several wounds. Umar ibn Dhabbi came, whose father had died in his prison, and he jumped on him until he broke one of his ribs. His murder occurred eighteen days before the end of Dhul-Hijjah. He remained in his house for three days, then Hakim ibn Hizam and Jubayr ibn Mut'im came to Ali, and he granted them permission to bury him. They went out with him between sunset and nightfall, accompanied by al-Zubayr, al-Hasan, Abu Juhm ibn Hudhayfah, and Marwan, and buried him in the garden of Kawkab, and prayers were offered for him by Jubayr, and it was said by Marwan, and it was said by Hakim. It is also said that some people confronted them to prevent them from praying over him, but Ali sent for them and reprimanded them. It was reported that Ali and Talha attended his funeral, as well as Zayd ibn Thabit and Ka'b ibn Malik.