• Hazrat Usman was the first Umayyad to accept Islam at the hands of Hazrat Abu Bakr.
• He belonged to the Umayyad clan of the Quraish tribe.
• He was among the few people in Makkah who could read and write.
• His father, Affan, died at a young age while traveling abroad.
• His mother's name was Arwa.
• He came from a noble and well-established family.
• He was a very **successful trader.
• He accepted Islam in its early days and faced persecution for his faith.
• His uncle tied him with ropes and beat him for accepting Islam.
• He was married to Prophet's PBUH daughter Ruqayya.
• He migrated to Abyssinia with Ruqayya in 615 AD.
• He returned to Makkah and helped the Banu Hashim during the Makkan boycott.
• He influenced the Quraish to provide necessities to Banu Hashim.
• He migrated to Madinah along with other Muslims in 622 AD.
• He was one of the few companions of the Prophet PBUH who migrated twice for the cause of Islam.
• He could not participate in the Battle of Badr due to his sick wife Ruqayya.
• After Ruqayya's death, the Prophet PBUH gave his second daughter, Umm-e-Kulsum in marriage to him.
• He was given the title of "Zun-Nurain" for marrying two of the Prophet's daughters.
• He acted as a scribe of the Prophet PBUH and wrote down the revelations.
• He was sent to the Quraish when the Muslims approached Makkah at the time of the Treaty of al-Hudaybiya.