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ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān

عثمان بن عفان

Abū ʿAbd Allāh, Abū ʿAmr · Dhū al-Nūrayn (Possessor of the Two Lights), Amīr al-Muʾminīn, al-Ghanī (the Wealthy)

576 CE – 656 CE(aged ~80) Born in Mecca Died in Medina Banū Umayya

Third Rashidun caliph (23-35 AH / 644-656 CE). Wealthy merchant from Banū Umayya. Among the first to accept Islam (often listed as the 4th male after Abū Bakr, ʿAlī and Zayd ibn Ḥāritha). Married Ruqayya bint Muhammad ﷺ (the Prophet's ﷺ second daughter) and after her death married her sister Umm Kulthūm — earning the kunya Dhū al-Nūrayn ("Possessor of the Two Lights"). Two-time migrant (Abyssinia and Medina). Famous for funding the Muslim community: bought the well of Rūmā in Medina, financed the army of ʿUsra at Tabūk (sponsored 1,000 camels equipped). As caliph, oversaw the standardisation of the Qurʾān (the ʿUthmānic muṣḥaf — the basis of all extant copies today) using Ḥafṣa's manuscript. Assassinated by rebels who broke into his home during the First Fitna while he was reciting the Qurʾān. Genealogy meets the Prophet at ʿAbd Manāf (5 generations back) — closer to the Prophet than any other Rashidun caliph except ʿAlī.

Significance

Third Rashidun caliph (23-35 AH / 644-656 CE). Wealthy merchant from Banū Umayya. Among the first to accept Islam (often listed as the 4th male after Abū Bakr, ʿAlī and Zayd ibn Ḥāritha). Married Ruqayya bint Muhammad ﷺ (the Prophet's ﷺ second daughter) and after her death married her sister Umm Kulthūm — earning the kunya Dhū al-Nūrayn ("Possessor of the Two Lights"). Two-time migrant (Abyssinia and Medina). Famous for funding the Muslim community: bought the well of Rūmā in Medina, financed the army of ʿUsra at Tabūk (sponsored 1,000 camels equipped). As caliph, oversaw the standardisation of the Qurʾān (the ʿUthmānic muṣḥaf — the basis of all extant copies today) using Ḥafṣa's manuscript. Assassinated by rebels who broke into his home during the First Fitna while he was reciting the Qurʾān. Genealogy meets the Prophet at ʿAbd Manāf (5 generations back) — closer to the Prophet than any other Rashidun caliph except ʿAlī.
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Father

ʿAffān ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ (عفان بن أبي العاص)

Mother

Arwā bint Kurayz (أروى بنت كريز)
Classical grade
sahabi
Generation
Ṣaḥābī (Companion)
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As a Sahabi and Caliph, he is a foundational transmitter of hadith and Islamic governance.

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