Q. & A. 711 to 1707 with solved Papers css 1971 to date

REVIEW OF HAZRAT USMAN’S (RAD.A) SERVICES TO ISLAM
Victories
Hazrat Usman’s reign constituted a glorious period in the history of Islam. The territories of Islamic state (Caliphate) were immensely extended. Though the conquests during his time were not so much in number as during the time of Umar. Nevertheless they were not few. He ruled over a vast part of the then known world, right from Kabul (Afghanistan) to Morocco. He put down the rebellions with an iron hand.
During Hazrat Usman’s period Muslim naval force was developed and Muslims started naval victories. The victory over the huge naval force of Byzantine Empire comprising 500 ships has been termed as the Grand Victory. After the capture of North African territories by Muslims and gaining full control over Mediterranean. The mighty power of Byzantine and Roman Empire had collapsed. Actually Islam was at the zenith of its glory during the period of Hazrat Usman (Rad.A). Official Manuscript of The Holy Qur’an
One of the magnificent services to Islam done by Hazrat Usman (Rad.A) was to safeguard any possible change in the codex of the Holy Qur’an. After the conquests by the Muslims hundreds pt thousands of non-Arabs, whose mother tongue was not Arabic, accepted Islam because of its teachings. Hazrat Hudhaifah (Rad.A) one of the prominent companions of the Holy Prophet went for ”Jihad” (Holy War) during that time and noticed many differences in the manner of recitation (Qira’t) of the Holy Qur’an. The Syrians recited in a way different from that of Kufis. The Kufis differed from Basris and so on. As a matter of fact these differences were due to
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the differences in the way of writing Arabic. Seeing this condition Hazrat Hudhaifah reported the matter to the Khalifah on his return from the ”Jihad” and suggested that the Medinese codex should be regarded as authentic, i.e. the Holy Qur’an which was written and compiled in Book form during the time of Hazrat Abu Bakr (Rad.A) and was kept with Ummul-Muminin Hazrat Hafsah (Rad.A). Hazrat Usman (Rad.A) took that Book from Hazrat Hafsah (Rad.A) and canonized the Medinese codex. He asked Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (Rad.A), the person who wrote it during the time of Hazrat Abu Bakr (Rad.A) to make copies of the same with the help of some other companions like Abdullah bin Zuabir and Sa’d bin A’s etc. Then he ordered all other copies beside the Medinese codex, to be burnt and destroyed throughout the state. Those people who earned their living in the provinces as the receptacles and expositors of the sacred text were not pleased with this act. It has been discussed before that such persons criticised Usman (Rad.A) for burning unauthentic texts. However for this great service Hazrat Usman (Rad.A) is famous as the ”Jam’ul-Qur’an” (The compiler of the Qur’an). Extension of The Mosque of Holy Prophet
The mosque of the Holy Prophet was too small for the increasing Muslim population. He bought a big plot of land in the neighbourhood of the mosque, but some of the persons living in the nearby houses did not want to leave their places even for reasonable compensation. For four year no new construction was built. One day he gave an effective lecture after Friday Salat and the people agreed to donate their lands then the mosque was extended in the year 29 A.H.