Criticism of Hazrat ‘Uthman and Hazrat Mu‘awiya, with the Answer

Question

I submit the following. In the book of Mawlana Abul A‘la Mawdudi “Khilafat wa Mulukiyat” (“Caliphate and Monarchy”; sixth edition, p. 106) [it is written]: “But after them Hazrat ‘Uthman ﵁ became the successor; gradually he moved away from this policy: he conferred great and important offices upon his relatives one after another and granted them other such favours as generally remained a target of objections among the people”, etc. “For example, he granted to Marwan the entire khums (one-fifth)

Answer

In this book Hazrat ‘Uthman ﵁ and Hazrat Mu‘awiya ﵁ have been made a special target of criticism and a board for practising [attacks], whereas both of them are, beyond doubt, Companions, and hadiths exist on the merits of both. Concerning Hazrat ‘Uthman ﵁ it was said [by the Prophet ﷺ] that at that time he (Hazrat ‘Uthman)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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