Persecution for Accepting Islam

After accepting Islam, he also suffered persecution. Musa bin Muhammad narrates on the authority of his father that after Hazrat Uthman (ra) bin Affan accepted Islam, his uncle, Hakam bin Abil Aas bin Umayyah, grabbed and tied him with a rope. He said to him, ‘You forsake the religion of your forefathers to accept this new faith? By God, I will not untie you until you relinquish your new religion.’ To this, Hazrat Uthman (ra) responded, ‘I swear by God that never will I abandon, nor renounce my faith.’ Hakam was compelled to release him witnessing the unwavering faith of Hazrat Uthman (ra).

*(Ibn Saad, Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, Vol. 3, Uthman (ra) bin Affan [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Ihya al-Turath al-‘Arabi, 1996], p. 31) *