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Background
Uthman was born in 580AD in a place called Ta’if. The clan he was born into was the wealthy Umayyad clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca. His father Affan, died while he had been traveling and had therefore left a large inheritance to Uthman. After the death of his father, Uthman took up the same profession of being a merchant as he father had been. This business flourished and made him one of the richest men among the Qurayshi tribe.
Conversion to Islam
Around the year 615 Uthman converted to Islam and was one of the first people to do so. In fact he was the second adult male to covert to Islam, after Abu Bakr. Within his clan there was anger towards him for his choice to convert as they strongly opposed what Muhammad was teaching. There were only two people, from his clan who supported him and they were his maternal aunt Saadi, and his stepsister Umm Kulthum who had also converted to Islam.
Shortly after his conversion to Islam, Uthman’s wives left him and he......

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