"O people, the first day is difficult but if I live I shall deliver a proper speech."
— Uthman

January 1, 1970

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After assuming the office of Caliph, Uthman's first address was as follows, quoted in Al-ʿIqd al-Farīd, also quoted in Khalifah Uthman ibn Affan, p.34/35