Choose leaders carefully, Maintain peace at all costs

This hadith talks about the death of Uthman in 35 AH and the turmoil that followed for five years. During this time, al-Hasan was made ruler for four months. This hadith highlights how a leader’s death can cause chaos in a society as it did after Uthman’s death. It also shows how people can come together to try to restore peace even if it is only temporary like during al-Hasan’s rule. The lesson here is that leaders should be chosen carefully as their decisions have far reaching consequences on society and peace should be maintained at all costs.