Ash-Shama'il As-Sahabiyyah [4] Sayyiduna 'Uthman bin 'Affan radiyallahu 'anhu

 

The Third Khalīfah ar-Rāshid

Abū ‘Abdullāh Dhun-Nūrayn, the illustrious Ṣaḥābī, Amīr-ul-Mu’minīn ‘Uthmān bin ‘Affān bin Abil ‘Āṣ bin Umayyah bin ‘Abd Shams bin ‘Abd Manāf al-Qurashī al-Umawī radiyallahu 'anhu [d. 35 AH | 656 CE]

In Siyar A’lām an-Nubalā’, vol. 2, p. 567, Imām Dhahabī rahimahullah says, ‘What has reached us is that ‘Uthmān was neither tall nor short, handsome, with a long beard, wheatish in complexion, with large joints, broad shoulders, and he dyed his hair yellow. He had his teeth bound with gold.’

Abū ‘Abdullāh, the freed slave of Shaddād rahimahullah, said, ‘I saw ‘Uthmān delivering a sermon, wearing a thick loincloth worth 4 dirhams, and a thin Kufic turban, with a long beard, and a handsome face.’

Sayyiduā Ḥasan radiyallahu 'anhu said, ‘I saw him and his face had smallpox spots, and his hair had covered his arms.’

As-Sā’ib rahimahullah said, ‘I saw him dyeing his beard yellow, and I have never seen a more handsome old man than him.’

‘Abdullāh bin Ḥazm al-Māzinī rahimahullah said, ‘I saw ‘Uthmān, and have never seen anybody with a more beautiful face than him.’