The Outset of Dissension in Islam

This is a lecture delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad^(ra), second Successor of the Promised Messiah^(as). The primary purpose of this lecture was to provide a correct and accurate historical account of the conflicts which arose most prominently during the Khilafat of Hazrat Uthman^(ra).

In this lecture, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad^(ra) has shed light on the life of Hazrat Uthman^(ra), his piety and righteousness, and his status in the eyes of the Holy Prophet^(sa). Moreover, he has expounded upon the virtues of the companions of the Holy Prophet^(sa) and has explained how conflicts actually arose in the early period of Islam. Moreover, he has refuted various allegations levelled against the person of Hazrat Uthman^(ra) and his companions.

The lecture is an academic masterpiece of scholarship and explains the events of the era of the third Khilafat in a manner that no other historian has been able to match, be it Muslim or non-Muslim; all this is done in an an eloquent, academic, yet simple manner, in the form of an interesting narrative