Inheritance left behind by him
We find the following narrations with regard to the inheritance Hazrat Uthman (ra) left behind. Ubaidullah bin Abdillah bin Utbah relates that the day Hazrat Uthman (ra) was martyred, his treasurer had 30,500,000 dirhams and 150,000 dinars that belonged to Hazrat Uthman (ra), all of which was looted. Hazrat Uthman (ra) also had 1,000 camels which were kept at Rabazah. Rabazah is a settlement located at a distance of three days travel from Medina en route from the Hejaz. He had also left 200,000-dinar worth of charity at Baradis, Khaybar and Wadi Al-Qura.
(Ibn Saad, Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, Vol. 3, Uthman (ra) bin Affan [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Ihya al-Turath al-Arabi, 1996], p. 42) (Sayyid Fadl al-Rahman, Farhang-i-Sirat [Karachi, Pakistan: Zawwar Academy Publications, 2003], p. 130)
It has already been mentioned previously that Hazrat Uthman (ra) said, “I used to be a wealthy man. However, now, I only have two camels for Hajj.”
(Islam Mein Ikhtilafat ka Aghaz, Anwar-ul-Ulum, Vol. 4, p. 294)
It is possible that this narration could refer to a time when such abundance of wealth was present in the national treasury, which the narrator has attributed to Hazrat Uthman (ra) personally. It is also possible that he possessed this wealth, but instead of spending it on himself, he gave it away as charity and spent it in the national interest. Nonetheless, this is one narration which I have mentioned. Another narration that related to him personally has been mentioned prior to this as well. Furthermore, from the narrations of the treasurers who had been appointed to safeguard the wealth of the treasury, it becomes evident that this wealth belonged to the treasury for which they were appointed to oversee.
(Islam Mein Ikhtilafat ka Aghaz, Anwar-ul-Ulum, Vol. 4, p. 329)