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Muawiyah and Abusing Imam Ali (AS)
What the Prophet said about those who fight, hate, or abuse his Ahlul-Bayt The Messenger of Allah said:
Loving Ali is the sign of
belief, and hating Ali is the sign of hypocrasy.

Sunni references:

- Sahih Muslim, v1, p48;

- Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643;

- Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142;

- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128 - Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author of Sahih), v1,
part 1, p202 - Hilyatul Awliya', by Abu Nu'aym, v4, p185 - Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v14, p462
This tradition of Prophet was popular to the extent that some
of the
companions used to say:

We recognized the hypocrites
by their hatred of Ali.

Sunni references:

- Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p639, Tradition
#1086 - al-Istiab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr, v3, p47 - al-Riyad al-Nadirah, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, v3, p242 - Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p91
Also Muslim in his Sahih narrated on the authority of Zirr
that:
Ali (RA) said: By him who split up
the seed and created something
living, the Apostle (may peace and
blessing be upon him) gave me a
promise that no one but a believer
would love me, and none but a
hypocrite would nurse grudge against
me.

- Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter XXXIV, p46,
Tradition #141
Abu Huraira narrated:
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) looked
toward Ali, al-Hasan, al-Husain, and
Fatimah, and said: I am in the
state of war with those who will fight
you, and in the state of peace with
those who are peaceful to you.

^^^
Sunni references:

(1) Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p699 (2) Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p52 (3) Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p767,
Tradition #1350 (4) al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p149 (5) Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p169 (6) al-Kabir, by Tabarani, v3, p30, also in al-Awsat (7) Jamius Saghir, by al-Ibani, v2, p17 (8) Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v7, p137 (9) Sawai'q al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch.
11,
section 1, p221 (10) Talkhis, by al-Dhahabi, v3, p149 (11) Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p25 (12) Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English
Version, Tdadition #6145 (13) Others such as Ibn Habban, etc.

It is the well-known fact in the history that Muawiyah fought
Imam Ali (AS).

And based on the above tradition of the
Prophet(PBUH&HF) the Prophet has declared war on Muawiyah.

How can we
still love a person whom the Prophet has declared war on him?
The Messenger of Allah said:
Whoever hurts Ali, has hurt
me
Sunni references:

- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, p483 - Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p580, Tradition
#981 - Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p129 - al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch.

11,
section 1, p263 - Ibn Habban, Ibn Abd al-Barr, etc.

The Messenger of Allah said:
Whoever reviles/curses Ali,
has reviled/cursed me
Sunni reference:

- al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p121, who mentioned this
tradition is Authentic.
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v6, p323 - Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p594, Tradition
#1011 - Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p130 - Mishkat al-Masabih, English version, Tradition #6092 - Tarikh al-Khulafa, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p173 - and many others such as Tabarani, Abu Ya'la, etc.

Muawiyah Instituting the curse of Imam Ali (AS) Muawiyah not only fought Imam Ali, he cursed Imam Ali as
well.

Furthermore, he did force/make everybody to curse Ali (AS).

To
prove it, we begin with Sahih Muslim:
Narrated Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas:
Muawiyah, the son of Abu Sufyan,
give order to Sa'd, and told him:

What prevents you that you are
refraining from cursing Abu Turab (nickname of Ali)? Sa'd
replied: Don't you remember that the Prophet said three things about (the virtue
of) Ali? So I will never curse Ali.

Sunni reference: Sahih Muslim, Chapter of Virtues of
Companions, Section of Virtues of Ali, Arabic, v4, p1871, Tradition #32.

For the English version of Sahih Muslim, see Chapter CMXCVI,
p1284, Tradition #5916
The above tradition, by the way, indicates that Muawiyah was
surprised why Sa'd does not follow his order of cursing Ali, like others
do.

This shows that cursing Ali was a habit (Sunnah) for people at that
time.

Who made this Sunnah? Was it Ali, or those who fought him?
Now, who fought against Ali? Wasn't he Muawiyah (the beloved companion of
Wahhabis)? So this implies that Muawiyah did innovate that habit (cursing Ali as
Sunnah).

Below is more references in Sahih Muslim about Sunnah cursing
Imam Ali (AS), to prove that people were urged/forced to curse Ali in
public, otherwise they would face a costly sentence.

It is
narrated on the authority of Abu Hazim that:
The Governor of Medina who was
one of the members of the house of Marwan called Sahl Ibn Sa'd,
and ordered him to curse Ali.

But Sahl
refused to do so.

The
governor said: If you don't want to curse Ali,
just say God curse Abu Turab
(the nickname of Ali).

Sahl said: Ali
did not like any name for
himself better than Abu Turab, and Ali used
to become very happy when
somebody would call him Abu Turab.

Sunni reference: Sahih Muslim, Chapter of Virtues of
Companions, Section of Virtues of Ali, Arabic version, v4, p1874, Tradition #38.

Here is the Arabic text of the above tradition given by Sahih
Muslim:

Cursing Imam Ali (AS) was an order from the beginning of
Muawiyah's reign for 65 years.

He was Umar Ibn Abdil Aziz (may Allah
be easy with him) who canceled this order after more than half a century.

Some
historians even believe that the Umayyah descendants themselves killed
(poisoned) Umar Ibn Abdil Aziz, because he changed their Sunnah, one of which was
cursing Ali.
(See the Sunni book entitled History of the
Saracens, by Amir Ali,
Chapter X, pp 126-127).

One of the ugliest innovations that started during the reign
of Muawiyah was that Muawiyah himself, and through his order to his
Governors, they used to insult Imam Ali (AS) during the Sermons in the
Mosques.

This was
even done on the pulpit of the mosque of the Prophet in
Medina in front of
the grave of the Prophet Muhammad (May Allah bless him and
his Progeny),
so that even the dearest Companions of the Prophet (PBUH&HF),
and Imam Ali
(AS), his family and his near relatives used to hear these
swears with
their ears.

Sunni references :

- History of al-Tabari, v4, p188 - History of Ibn Kathir, v3, p234; v4, p154 - al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, v8, p259; v9, p80
On insulting Ali Ibn Abi Talib and cursing him during the
Umayah period starting in Muawiyah's reign, it is reported that:
Ali Ibn Abi Talib (ra) was
cursed on the pulpits (manabir) of the
east and west.
during the time of Muawiyah.

Sunni reference: Mu'jam al-Buldan, al-Hamawi, v5, p38
In her letter, Umm Salama, the wife
of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) wrote to
Muawiyah:

You
are cursing Allah and His messenger on your minbar,
and that is because you are cursing
Ali Ibn Abi Talib and whomever
loves him, and I am a witness that
Allah and His messengerloved him.

But no one paid any attention to
what she said.
Sunni reference: al-Aqd al-Fareed, v2, p300
That it was in the days of
Bani Umayyah, more than seventy thousand
minbar (in mosques) upon which they
cursed Ali Ibn Abi-Talib, in some
of what Muawiyah made a Sunnah for
them.

Sunni references:

- Rabeea' al-Abrar, al-Zamakhshari - al-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti
al-Shaikh Ahmad al-Hafdhi al-Shafi'i, composed 9 verses of
poetry expanding
on what al-Suyuti has reported in the previous quote, I
translated the
first three verses:

And Shaikh al-Suyuti told:

That it was what they made into a Sunnah.
Seventy thousand mibar plus ten
from the top of which they cursed Haydara (Ali).
And next to this the greatest (sins) look small,
but blame ought to be directed.

Let us now see the opinion of the son of Yazid about his
father and
his grandfather, who was the witness from within the royal
family!

When (Yazid) offered
the kingdom (throne) to his son, Muawiyah the
second, in order that the flag of
caliphate continues to wave in the
house of Abi Sufyan!!

After his death, Muawiyah the
second, gathered the people on a well
known day, he stood in them
preaching, he said:

My grandfather Muawiyah
stripped the command from those who deserved
it, and from one who is more
justified of it, for his relation to the
Messenger of Allah and his being
first in Islam, and that is Ali Ibn
Abi Talib, he (Muawiyah) took over
it by your help as you are fully
aware.

Then following it my father
Yazid wore the command after him, and he
did not deserve it.

He
quarreled with the son of the daughter of the
Messenger of Allah, and by that he
shortened his own life.
He rode
his whim and hope left him behind.

Then he cried and continued:

Surely, the greatest problems
of us is our knowledge of his bad
behavior and his awful ending, and
that he killed the progeny (Itrah)
of the Messenger of Allah, and he
permitted drinking alcohol, and he
fought in the sanctuary of Mecca,
and destroyed the Ka'ba.

And I am not the one who is
dressing up for your command, nor the one
to be responsible for your
followers.
You choose for yourselves.

!!

Sunni references:

- Khulafaa al-Rasool, by Khalid Mohammed Khalid, p531 (The
above quote
includes author's punctuation.
) - Sawaiq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, end of Ch.
11,
pp 336
Muawiyah and Yazid murdering Imam al-Hasan Ibn Ali (AS) by
poison,
reported by many, here are a few Sunni references:

1.
Tathkarat al-Khawass, Sibt ibn al-Jawzi al-Hanafi,
pp 191-194.

2.
Ibn Abd al-Barr, in his Seera 3.
al-Suddi 4.
al-Sha'bi 5.
Abu Nu'aym
No reference is required that Yazid and his gang murdered the
other son of
Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the grandson of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH):
Imam al-
Husain (AS) along with 70+ of his family members and loyals.

More Sunni references on the mischief of Muawiyah:
It is reported from Abdullah, son of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal saying:
I asked my father about Ali and
Muawiyah.

He (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal)
answered: Know that Ali had a
lot of enemies who tried hard to find a
fault in him, but they found it not.

As
such, they joined a man (i.
e.
,
Muawiyah, as given in the footnotes)
who verily fought him battled
him, and they praised him (Muawiyah)
extravagantly setting a snare for
themselves for him.

Sunni references:

- al-Toyuriyyat, by al-Salafi, from Abdullah Ibn Ahmad Hanbal - al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch.
9,
section 4, p197 - History of the Caliphs, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, English
version, p202 al-Tabari reported:

When Muawiyah Ibn Abi Sufyan put
al-Mughairah Ibn Shubah in charge of
Kufah in Jumada 41 (September 2-
October 30, 661), he summoned him.
After praising and glorifying God,
he said:
Now then, indeed a forbearing
person has been admonished in the
past.

The wise
might do what you want without instruction.
Although
I have wanted to advise you about
many things, I left them alone,
trusting in your discernment of what
pleases me, what helps my regime
and what sets my subjects [raiyyah]
on the right path.

I would
continue to advise you about a
quality of yours- do not refrain from
abusing Ali and criticizing him, not
from asking God's mercy upon
Uthman and His forgiveness for him.

Continue
to shame the companions
of Ali, keep at a distance, and
don't listen to them.

Praise the
faction of Uthman, bring them near,
and listen to them.

Sunni reference:

History of Tabari, English version, events
of year 51 AH,
Execution of Hujr Ibn Adi, v18, pp 122-123 Also:
The Messenger of Muawiyah then came
to them with orders to release six
and to kill eight, telling them:

We have been ordered to let you
disavow Ali and curse him.

If you do
so, we shall release you, and if you
refuse, we shall kill you.

Sunni reference:

History of Tabari, English version, events
of year 51 AH,
v18, p149
More from Sahih Muslim:
Allah's messenger (PBUH) said to
Ammar: A group of rebels would kill
you.

- Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, Tradition
#6968 Also:
Umm Salama narrated that Allah's
messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: A band of rebels would
kill Ammar.

- Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, Tradition
#6970 Do you know that Ammar, the great companion of the Prophet
was martyred in
the battle of Siffin by Muawiyah soldiers, at the age of
ninety-three? Is
it clear, now, that The gang of Muawiyah were rebels? Do you
know what is
the sentence of rebels (Taghee) mentioned in Quran?
It is interesting to see that the English translator of Sahih
Muslim (Abdul
Hamid Siddiqui) has written in the footnote of the above
traditions that:

This narration is clearly indicative
of the fact that in the conflict
between Hadrat Ali and his
opponents, Hadrat Ali was on the right as
Ammar Ibn Yasir was killed in the
Battle of Siffin fighting in the
camp of Hadrat Ali.

(Footnote
of Sahih Muslim, English version, v4,
p1508).

Do I need to comment?!
The very first head that was amputated from the body during
the Islamic period was of Ammar Ibn Yasir (RA).

Ahmad Ibn
Hanbal in his Musnad
narrates a tradition which has also been mentioned in the Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd, and is as follows:

In the Battle of Sifin, when
the head of Ammar Yasir (RA) was cut
off and taken to Muawiyya, two
people were arguing over it, each one
claimed that he had killed Ammar.

Sunni references:

- Musnad Ahmad (Pub.
in Dar al-Maarif, Egypt 1952),
Tradition #6538, #6929 - Tabaqat, by Ibn Sa'd, v3, p253 Finally, I would like to finish this article by the following
two traditions:

The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF)
said: If one while praying between
the Rukn and Maqam (near Ka'bah) and
fasting, dies but with the hate
of the family of Muhammad, he will
enter the Fire.

And he who abuses
my Ahlul-Bayt is verily an apostate
and is driven out of Islam.

And he who inflicts pain on my progeny upon
him is the curse of Allah.

And he who hurts me by hurting my progeny
has verily hurt/angered Allah.
Certainly Allah has made Paradise
forbidden to he who does injustice
to my Ahlul-Bayt, or kills them, or
assists against them, or abuses
them.

Sunni reference: al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar
al-Haythami, Ch.
11,
p357 who said this tradition is authentic.

Also:
The Messenger of Allah said:

Whoever curses (or verbally abuses) Ali,
he has, in fact, cursed me, and
whoever has cursed me, he has cursed Allah, and whoever has cursed Allah,
then Allah will throw him into
the Hell-fire.

Sunni reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v6, p33
Thus Muawiyah and his associates were, in fact, cursing the
Prophet
(PBUH&HF), and by cursing the Prophet, they were cursing
Allah (SWT), and
by cursing Allah, they shall enter the hellfire! By
Allah, they will be
asked to account for what they've said! That is a
promise by Allah (SWT)
which He shall not break!

And do not think Allah to be
heedless of what the unjust do; He only
respites them upto a day on which
the eyes will be fixedly open.
(Quran 14:42) Wassalam