The Greater Sedition (Part I: Osman)

"This is a hadith that I want to be sincere to the truth as long as its sincerity to the truth alone is sufficient for me, and to seek the truth in it as much as I can to find the truth, and to carry myself in it to be fair, not to deviate from it, nor to side with one party of the Muslims over another, nor to side with a group of those who have quarreled in it. In the case of Othman without a team; I am not an Ottoman by heart, and I am not a Shiite of Ali, and I do not think about this issue as those who lived with Uthman and bore its burden with him and went mad with him or after him from its consequences. I want to look at this issue from a pure and abstract perspective, which does not emanate from emotion or desire, and is not influenced by faith or religion. Rather, it is the view of the historian who completely abstracts himself from tendencies, emotions, and whims, no matter how different their manifestations, sources, and goals are." This is how Dr. Taha Hussein presents his talk about one of the most dangerous and sensitive issues in Islamic history. In the first part, he seeks to highlight the real reasons behind the strife that led to the killing of the Rightly Guided Caliph, Othman bin Affan.