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ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان) (c. 576 – June 17, 656) was the third Caliph of the Ummah, and is regarded by the Muslims as one of the Four Righteously Guided Caliphs. He reigned from 644 until 656. He was the companion of Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Family tree

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Qusai ibn Kilab
Abd Manaf ibn QusaiAtikah bint Murrah
Hashim ibn Abd ManafAbd Shams ibn Abd Manaf
Abd al-Muttalib ibn HashimHabib ibn Abd Shams[1]Umayya ibn Abd Shams
Rabi'ah ibn Habib
Umm Hakim bint Abd al-MuttalibKurayz ibn Rabi'ahAbu al-As ibn UmayyaAbu ‘Amr ibn Umayya
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Arwa bint KurayzAffan ibn Abi al-AsAbu Mu‘ayṭ ibn Abu ‘Amr
Muhammad ibn Abdullah 
Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt
Ruqayya bint MuhammadUthman ibn al-Affan  
Umm Kulthum bint MuhammadAl-Walid ibn Uqba[2]'Ammara ibn UqbaUmm Kulthum bint Uqba[2]

Children and Descendants

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Wives Children Notes
"Umm ‘Amr" ‘Amr ibn Uthman Uthman was known as "Abu ‘Amr" before Islam.[3]: 38  It is therefore inferred that he had a son named ‘Amr who died in infancy. However, nothing is known about this child or his mother.
Asma bint Abi Jahl (from the Banu Makhzum) Mughira ibn Uthman This wife and child are only mentioned in one source, so the report may be apocryphal.
Asma later married her cousin al-Walid ibn Abd Shams.[4]: 109 
Ruqayya bint Muhammad Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Uthman Ruqayyah was first married to Utbah ibn Abi Lahab, her cousin, but he divorced her at Abu Lahab's request.
Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad Umm Kulthum was previously married to Utaybah ibn Abi Lahab, but he divorced her.
Zaynab bint Hayyan (from the Hawazin tribe) (milk al-yamin) Zaynab was captured at the Battle of Hunayn and was briefly Uthman's milk al-yamin (concubine); but he soon released her back to her family.[5]: 462 
Fakhita bint Ghazwan (sister of Utba ibn Ghazwan) (from the Qays-Aylan tribe) Abd Allah al-Asghar ibn Uthman
Umm al-Banin Mulayka bint Uyayna ibn Hisn (from Fazara clan of the Ghatafan tribe) Utba ibn Uthman
Abd al-Malik ibn Uthman
Both children died young.
A daughter of Khalid ibn Asid (from the Banu Umayya) Uthman married her c.631 and she died childless c.634.[4]: 116 
Fatima bint Al-Walid (from the Banu Makhzum) Walid ibn Uthman
Sa'id ibn Uthman
Umm Sa'id (Umm Uthman) bint Uthman
Walid and Sa'id survived their father and had offspring.
Umm Sa'id (Umm Uthman) married Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid, and had a son named Uthman.
Uthman divorced Fatima, who then married a Makhzum cousin, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah.[4]: 110–111 
Umm ‘Amr Umm Najm bint Jandab al-Azdi Amr ibn Uthman
Khalid ibn Uthman
Aban ibn Uthman[6]
Umar ibn Uthman
Maryam al-Kubra bint Uthman
‘Amr was the eldest son of Uthman to survive infancy.
This 'Amr, who was born c.635, should not be confused with Uthman's previous son, also named 'Amr, who was born before 610.[4]: 116 
'Amr, Aban and Umar survived Uthman and had offspring. Khalid was killed in an accident during his father's reign, but also left children.
Maryam al-Kubra married Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham.
Ramla bint Shayba (daughter of Shayba ibn Rabi'a of the Banu Abd-Shams) Aisha bint Uthman
Umm Aban al-Kubra bint Uthman
Umm 'Amr bint Uthman
Aisha was married to al-Harith ibn al-Hakam, and later married to Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr.
Umm Aban al-Kubra was married to Marwan I ibn al-Hakam who was her first cousin once removed; They had offspring.
Umm 'Amr was married to Sa'id ibn al-As, they had offspring.
Bunana This marriage apparently ended in divorce.[3]: 43 
Na'ila bint al-Furafisa ‘Anbasa ibn Uthman
Maryam al-Sughra bint Uthman
Umm Aban al-Sughra bint Uthman
Umm Khalid bint Uthman
Arwa bint Uthman
Umm al-Banin bint Uthman
Uthman married Na'ila in 649.
Maryam al-Sughra married to Amr ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba and then married to Sa'id ibn al-As after the death of her sister Umm 'Amr, they had a son named Sa'id.
Umm Khalid married Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid after the death of her sister Umm Sa'id (Umm Uthman).
Arwa married Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba.[4]: 131 
An unnamed concubine Umm al-Banin bint Uthman Umm al-Banin married Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan.[3]: 39 

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References

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  1. ^ al-Maqdisi, Abd al-Ghani (2004). Short Biography of the Prophet & His Ten Companions. Darussalam. p. 73.
  2. ^ a b Ashgar Razwy, Sayyid Ali. A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims.
  3. ^ a b c Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). The Companions of Badr. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
  4. ^ a b c d e Ahmed, A. Q. (2011). The Religious Elite of the Early Islamic Hijaz: Five Prosopographical Case Studies. Oxford: Unit for Prosopographical Research.
  5. ^ Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi. Kitab al-Maghazi. Translated by Faizer, R., Ismail, A., & Tayob, A. K. (2011). The Life of Muhammad. London & New York: Routledge.
  6. ^ "Aban Bin Usman".