Thread by @Ubaidbinriyaz

@Hadithoftheday Sayyidna Uthman R.A
The well is known today as Bi’ir Uthman or Bi’ir Rummah.
In Madinah, water was scarce & control of the wells was tightly held by several men.
As Uthman R.A was a skilful trader & negotiator, he set about trying to procure a well for the use of the Muslims

@Hadithoftheday Birr-e-Uthman (Well of Uthman R.A) is one of historic monument of Madinah.
Birr-e-Uthman is the water well that Uthman R.A endowed to the residents of Madinah during drought.
Uthman R.A is admired for his generosity
Uthman R.A was rich & used his wealth to support Islam & Muslims

@Hadithoftheday After the migration of Muslims to Madinah, A Jewish trader had taken advantage of the need for the city dwellers' survival when he sold water (a precious commodity indeed) at a very high price.

@Hadithoftheday Most of the wells had dried up due to a drought but this particular well was still full. Since this was the only source of water, the Jewish owner charged the Muslims exorbitant amounts for water.
This made life very difficult for the people as the water was very expensive.

@Hadithoftheday The prophet ﷺ saw the people suffering and wanted to alleviate this problem. He asked the Jewish owner to sell it in exchange for a spring in Jannah, to which the Jewish owner refused.

@Hadithoftheday Uthman R.A caught ear of this offer and immediately went to the prophet ﷺ and asked whether if he bought it, will the offer of Jannah be extended to him instead. The prophet ﷺ affirmed him with a yes.

@Hadithoftheday Uthman R.A immediately went to the Jewish owner and offered to buy the well outright from him. Since the Jewish owner was making huge profits, he rejected the offer without hesitation. Uthman R.A refused to give up and quickly offered to buy half of the well instead.

@Hadithoftheday The Jewish owner contemplated over the offer and thought to himself that there is no harm in it as he will still be making profit from the people and will receive a huge cash amount from Uthman R.A as well.

@Hadithoftheday Thus Uthman R.A took the initiative to relieve Muslims of such high expenses. He offered to buy the well at Rawmah from the Jew but was only allowed to purchase half of it.

@Hadithoftheday He accepted the offer and the agreement was that they will each get to use the well every second day (One day for the Jewish owner and one day for Uthman R.A) and on the day of their turn, they could chose how to utilize the well however they see fit.

@Hadithoftheday Uthman R.A announced that on his day, everyone could use and draw as much water as they needed free of charge. Hence, all the people utilized the well on Uthman's R.A day and drew enough water for that day plus the next day when it was the Jews turn.

@Hadithoftheday Thus Uthman R.A then announced the everyone to purchase enough water for two days each time it was his turn to sell water, thereby avoiding purchase of water on the second day when it was the Jew's turn to use the well.

@Hadithoftheday The Jew was then unable to get any buyers and eventually had to sell his share to Uthman R.A. The well then overflowed with its sweet water and provided the people of Medina with water at no price or account.

@Hadithoftheday Uthman R.A continued to allow the water to be used freely by all and never reminded the people of his charity.
He was humble and modest.
Uthman gave freely from his wealth to please Allah and His messenger Muhammad ﷺ.

@Hadithoftheday The well was kept for the free use of Muslims, up to and after the death of Uthman R.A.
During the Ummayyad dynasty, the well and the surrounding ground (still in the name of Uthman R.A since it was charitable and not inherited) were kept for free use by Muslims.

@Hadithoftheday Date palms grew on the grounds and grew numerous overtime. The dates were also harvested and given to charity in the name of Uthman bin Affan R.A.
In the present history of Saudi Arabia, the decision was made to organise it into a modern plantation.

@Hadithoftheday The money was shared into two parts, half to be given in charity, mainly to widows and orphans, the other half to be reinvested.

@Hadithoftheday A bank account exists in the name of Uthman bin Affan R.A, from which half of all money gained from the plantation are remitted, while the other half is still being given out as charity.
May Allah reward the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ.
Aamen