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During the time when
Sayyiduna
‘Umar [r] was the
Khalif
of the
Muslims, there came a year when
no rain fell. The earth was dry and
all the crops withered away. There
was no food and famine gripped the
land. ‘Umar [r] told the people that if
they held firmly to Islam and relied
only on Allah, then they would sur-
vive the famine and it would soon
pass. Nevertheless, it was a difficult
and testing time for everyone.
It was during this time that a cara-
van of camels from Syria came to
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these rumors.
Sayyiduna
‘ Uthman [r] did not punish
them because he was weak realised
that this was a plot to cause Muslims
to fight amongst themselves.
Sayyiduna
‘ Uthman [r] was killed
while he was sleeping reciting the
Qur’an.
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