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Thats right but i always beleive that the love of Uthman ra for Prophet saw and Prophet's love towards Uthman ra is unquestionable, regardless of events that happened during his caliphate, hence i would like to dissoaciate from those he took part in his Shahadat
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bro i respect ur views without agreeing with them.
Out of respect for bro ibn sadique's thread I will not want to go into this matter further
Another point that appears from reading about the events is;
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Though Hz Umer ra had rightly decided not to distribute the land among those who conquered it,
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land reforms were not completed but warriors were compensated by stipends from bayt ul mal and these tribals were well contented with this settlement.
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Muhajireen nontheless were appointed as governors in majority of cases (correct me if i am wrong).
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correct...mostly early muhajireen of humble origin with whom people were generally well pleased.
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Eventually this was one reason why the discord appeared. Many people who took important parts in these disputes are said have been unhappy for not being granted or being removed from governorship
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yes but they were removed by uthman.But again motivation varied from person to person.Pro-ummayyads like to project it as if all their opponents were jealous of the rise of their clan. That certainly does not expalin the very valid religious reasons why people opposed their rule.Furhtermore not all ummayyads are/were considered evil by the religious lobby we must remember the fifth pious caliph [or sixth if counting Hasan b Ali ] is umar b abdul aziz.
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Similarly state provided allowances depending upon how high a person was valued in eyes of Caliph
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correct in umar's time this value was based on early conversion.In abu bakr and Ali's time all were given equal share whether early or late convert.Again this does not mean that umar wanted higher stipends for himself or his family as family/clan of prophet was given the highest stipends.Umar's simplicity is wellknown in all sources but unlike his son he was rigrous in it enforcement as well.
in uthman's time banu ummayyah were given dispropotinally high shares
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This gives an impression that Arab tribalism was a major factor behind these discords.
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it does not explain it fully. As when we look at the tribal affiliation of participants of fitnah they are not divided strictly on tribal lines.Quraishi, Azdi, Tamimi ,Kinda all had participants in both camps.Obviously some tribes tend to be overrepresented in one camp than in other.But given the nature of arab society and their geographical distribution at that time thats hardly surprising.Its also not uncommon to find members of same family in oppositte camps
Afterall some skeptics also doubt why ansar were so eager to accept the Nabi and islam as they claim it was to counter the jews ]