blessed personality was free from all evil practices; in fact, even in the age of ignorance, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was endowed with such great virtues and characteristics that even the people of Quraysh used to love him immensely. Therefore, this devotional love of the Quraysh developed and grew to such an extent that it became exemplary, and in order to express their love, mothers used to say to their children while making them go to sleep,               ‘اُحِبُّكَ وَالرَّحۡـمٰنُ حُبَّ قُرَيۡشِ عُثۡمَان’ i.e. ‘My Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ and I love you like the people of Quraysh love (Sayyiduna) ‘Usman-e-Ghani (رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ).’

(Tareekh Ibn ‘Asakir, vol. 39, pp. 251)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

His blessed appearance

Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was a man of an extremely graceful appearance and had an immensely awe-inspiring personality. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was neither too short nor too tall; rather he had a medium height. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ had a very handsome face with a pinkish complexion. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ had large cheeks, long ears, beaming and beautiful teeth, a broad chest, wide shoulders, strong calves, whereas the blessed arms were long. Curly long hair on his blessed head were in conformity with the Sunnah style that would fall below the ears. The blessed beard of Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was also thick like the blessed beards of Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam and Sayyiduna Maula ‘Ali رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا. He had thin skin which was covered with golden hair. Despite having such a handsome and awe-inspiring personality, Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was still an embodiment of modesty. (At-Tabqat-ul-Kubra, vol. 3, pp. 42; Al-Isaabah, vol. 4, pp. 377; Riyad-un-Nadarah, vol. 2, pp. 6)

Despite being extremely rich, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ would follow the Holy Rasool          صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in wearing clothes rather than wearing lavish clothes. Moreover, love and devotion also demands one to adopt the Sunnahs of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in one’s appearance too.