UTHMAAN EARNS THE TITLE DHUN-NOORAYN (OWNER OF THE TWO LIGHTS)
‘Uthmaan, may Allah be pleased with him, earned the title Dhun-Noorayn, or owner of the two lights, because he enjoyed the high privilege of entering into matrimonial alliance with two daughters of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. These two daughters were the lights which illuminated his house, and thus he was called Dhun-Noorayn. First he married Ruqayyah following her getting divorced from ‘ Utbah, and she died during the battle of Badr. Ruqayyah was seriously ill just before the battle of Badr, and ‘Uthmaan sought the Prophet’s permission to stay behind with a view to looking after her. The Prophet excused him from participating in the battle, and further gave him the glad tidings that he would be rewarded as though he had taken part in the battle.
Then illness of Ruqayyah proved fatal and finally she passed away. At the time of burial, the news came that Muslims gained victory over Quraysh. Yet, the death of Ruqayyah had left ‘ Uthmaan deeply grieved, so the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, offered him the hand of his second daughter, Umm Kulthoom. ‘Uthmaan accepted the Prophet’s proposal and married his second daughter. The latter lived with him until she died in the ninth year after Hijrah.
Scholars state that no one except ‘Uthmaan is known to have married two daughters of a Prophet, and because of this he was called Dhun-Noorayn.
(Source: Biographies of the rightly guided Caliphs )
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