Prophecies Regarding the Discord & Strive in the era of Hazrat Uthman’s (ra) Khilafat

There are various prophecies of the Holy Prophet (sa) regarding the discord and strife that emerged during the era of Hazrat Uthman’s (ra) Khilafat. Hazrat Aisha (ra) narrates that the Holy Prophet (sa) stated, “O Uthman! It is possible that Allah will bestow upon you a cloak. If people demand that you take this cloak off, do not take it off.”

(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Abwab al-Manaqib, Bab Man al-Nabi (sa) “Uthman an la Yakhla” … Hadith 3705)

This is a narration from Tirmidhi and has also been narrated in Sunan Ibn Majah as follows:
Hazrat Aisha (ra) narrates that the Holy Prophet (sa) stated, “O Uthman! If ever Allah entrusts you with this matter [Khilafat] and the hypocrites seek to remove the cloak from you which Allah has bestowed upon you, never take it off.” The Holy Prophet (sa) repeated this three times. The narrator, Nu‘man states that he asked Hazrat Aisha (ra) that what stopped her from informing others about this news. Hazrat Aisha (ra) stated that she was made to forget this.

(Sunan Ibn Majah, Iftitah al-Kitab, Fadl Uthman (ra), Hadith 112)

Hazrat Kaabra bin Ujrah relates that the Holy Prophet (sa) once spoke about a discord and said that it would occur very soon. As the Holy Prophet (sa) was narrating this, a person walked by, whose head was covered and was clad in a mantle. The Holy Prophet (sa) stated, “On that day”, when this discord emerges, “this individual will be on the truth.” The narrator states that he immediately stood up and took hold of that person and found that it was Hazrat Uthman (ra). He held Hazrat Uthman (ra) from both hands and then turned him in the direction of the Holy Prophet (sa) and asked, “Is it this individual?” The Holy Prophet (sa) said, “Yes, he is the one.”

(Sunan Ibn Majah, Iftitah al-Kitab, Fadl Uthman (ra), Hadith 111)