know may god guide you that this nation after its conversion to islam and its emergence from its ignorance has become divided into different classes and different levels. the first class the era of the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace abu bakr and umar may god be pleased with them and six years of the caliphate of uthman may god be pleased with him. they were on the correct monotheism and sincere sincerity with harmony and unity of word on the book and the sunnah. there was no ugly act no obscene innovation no withdrawal of a hand from obedience no envy no rancor and no interpretation until what happened of killing uthman may god be pleased with him and what was violated from him and their striking him with weapons and piercing his stomach with spears and tearing his veins with knives and splitting his head with weapons while he refrained from stretching out and forbade him from refraining while he had informed them before that of how much it is permissible to kill someone who bore witness prayed facing the qiblah and ate the slaughtered animal and with his women being beaten in his presence and men being forced into his sanctity while nailah bint alfarafisa protected herself from him with her hand until…
اعلم، أرشد الله أمرك، أن هذه الأمة قد صارت بعد إسلامها والخروج من جاهليتها إلى طبقات متفاوتة، ومنازل مختلفة فالطبقة الأولى عصر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبي بكر وعمر رضي الله عنهما، وست سنين من خلافة عثمان رضي الله عنه؛ كانوا على التوحيد الصحيح والإخلاص المخلص، مع الألفة واجتماع الكلمة على الكتاب والسنة. وليس هناك عمل قبيح ولا بدعة فاحشة، ولا نزع يد من طاعة، ولا حسد ولا غل ولا تأول، حتى كان الذي كان من قتل عثمان رضي الله عنه وما انتهك منه، ومن خبطهم إياه بالسلاح، وبعج بطنه بالحراب، وفرى أوداجه بالمشاقص، وشدخ هامته بالعمد، مع كفه عن البسط، ونهيه عن الامتناع، مع تعريفه لهم قبل ذلك من كم وحه يجوز قتل من شهد الشهادة، وصلى القبلة، وأكل الذبيحة؛ ومع ضرب نسائه بحضرته، وإقحام الرجال على حرمته، مع اتقاء نائلة بنت الفرافصة عنه بيدها، حتى