Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

First of all I would like to quote verse of Qur`an that Muawiyah

RadhiAllahanho and all the other Sahaba are Jannati as Allah says
"And what cause have ye why ye should not spend in the cause of Allah?- For
to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. Not equal among
you are those who spent (freely) and fought, before the Victory, (with those
who did so later). Those are higher in rank than those who spent (freely) and
fought afterwards. But TO ALL HAS ALLAH PROMISED A GOODLY (reward).
And Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do." [Quran 57:10]
So they have ranks but ALL of them are Jannati.
Al Qurtubi said in its commentary
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Meaning the Mutaqaddimeen and Mutakhireen Allah has promised Jannah to ALL OF
THEM, even though they vary in status. [Tafsir al Qurtubi under 57:10]
Article contens on virtues and defense of Muawiyah ra
I) Quran on Reward for Sahabas (which includes Muawiyah RA)
II) Aqeedah of Ahlus sunnah regarding haters of Sahaba
III) Consensus, Not to speak against sahaba because of the disputes among them
IV) Virtues of Muawiyah ra from ahadeeth and athaar
1) Prophet prayed to protect Muawiyah from the Punishment
2) Another route from Imam Ahmad: Prophet prayed to protect Muawiyah from the
Punishment
3) Prophet prayed to make Muawiyah guided, a guider, and guide people through him
4) Muawiyah (ra) was a Faqih
5) Muawiyah (ra) was Katib Al Wahy
6) Muawiyah (ra) loved Prophet and practicing of relics upon his ahadith
7) Ibn Abbas ra said Muawiyah more applicable for Ruling after khilafat of 4 Caliph
8) Ibn Umar ra said Muawiyah was the most generous person after Prophet
9) Mu'aawiyah is the maternal uncle of the believers
10) Aisha ra wished Allah increase the age of Muawiya by taking away her age
11) Saad bin Abi Waqas ra said No one ruled according to the truth better than Muawiya
ra after Uthman ra
12) Abu Darda radid not see anyone who prayed like Prophet peace be upon him other
than Muawiyah
13) Imam Ibn Abbas understood Surah alIsraa verse 33 that Mu`awiyah should take
power, because he was the heir of Uthman
14) Love of Muawiya ra and Aisha ra for Prophetic ahadith

15) Love of Prophet peace be upon him for the family of Muawiyah
16) Muawiyah (ra), The Barber of Rasool Allah peace be upon him
17) Muawiya ra. used to receive reply for his questions from Ali ra and other sahaba
18) Muawiya ra. knew Ali ra is better than him, and he was not arrogant and Ali gave
bayyiah to him
19) Muawiya ra. the CONFIRMED Jannati
20) Abu Huraira ra the Faqeeh of Ummah, ORDERED the people to stick to the
strategies of Muawiya ra
21) Muawiyah ra ordered Abdul Rahman bin Shibal ra to teach people ahadeeth
22) Muawiyah ra had an extremely good seerah
23) Ummul Momineen Umm Habiba praising Muawiyah ra
24) Abu Ishaq as-Sabiee the Tabiee did not see anyone like Muawiyah after him
25) Prophet peace be upon him advise to Muawiyah ra
26) Jafar as-Sadiq ra accepting the narrations in praise of Muawiya ra
27) List of scholars who wrote books on virtues of Muawiyah ra
V) Response to some objections against Muawiyah
1) Shias claim killer of Ammar ibn Yasir going to hell
2) Ishaaq Ibn Rahwiyh said: 'There is not any Sahih hadith from the prophet (pbuh)
about the merits of Muawiya'.
3) Prophet said May Allah not fill his (Muawiyah) belly
4) there are no ahadith on Virtues of Muawiya ra in Nasai and Bukhari
5) Muawiyah ra speaking against Umar ibn al Khattab ra and Ibn Umar ra
6) quotation by Ibn Hajr al Asqalani in Fath ul Bari
7) Sa`d mentioned `Ali, and Mu`awiyah criticized him.
8) What prevents you from Abu Turab (Hadrat 'Ali
9) Following a Caliph and if another claimant to Caliphatecomes forwards he should
behead
10) Al-Miqdam spoke to Muwaiya, how he permitted use of gold, silk and death of hasan
a. Muawiya ra said Punishment can not touch Hasan ibn Ali ra
b. Veneration of Muawiyah for Ahlul Bayt of Prophet peace be upon him and his
respect for them
c. Muawiya ra forbade people to wear gold and silk.
11. Did Ibn Abbas RadhiAllahanho cursed Muawiyah RadhiAllahanho?
a. Ibn Abbas ra considered Muawiya ra a Sahabi.
b. Ibn Abbas radhiAllahanho himself praised Muawiyah ra.
c. IBN ABBAS RA DID TAWAF WITH MUAWIYAH RA AND HE DID NOT SEE
ANY WRONG THING IN HIS TAWAF.
d. Beautiful response by Muawiya RadhiAllahanho on the PROPAGANDA
against him.
e. Umar bin Abdul Aziz ra Lashing the haters of Muawiyah ra
VI) Recommended Readings
i. For Urdu Readers
ii. For English Readers
iii. For Arabic Readers

The aqeedah of Ahlus sunnah regarding haters of Sahaba (including Muawiya ra)

a) Al-Tahhaawi said, discussing the beliefs of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamaaah:

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We love the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) and we do not neglect to love any one of them, nor do we disavow any one of
them. We hate those who hate them and who criticize them, and we only mention them
in good terms. Loving them is part of religious commitment, faith and ihsaan, and hating
them is kufr, hypocrisy and wrongdoing. [Aqeedah al Tahawiyah]

b) al Utba (Malaki Faqeeh) said: I asked Sahnoon (The Maliki Faqeeh 160 h to 240 h)

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If someone says bad about the companions of Prophet peace be upon him like Abu Bakr
or Umar or Uthman or Ali or Muawiya or Amr bin al Aas? He (Sahnon) said: If they say
(any of them) did Kufr or deviated, then he will be killed, or if he say (they are not
deviants but) criticize them like lay people then he should be punished severely. [Utba
quoted in his book al Mustakhraj, Usul as-Sunnah by Ibn abi Zamneen page 309, Ibn
Rushd quoted in his Sharah of "al Mustakhraj" by al Utba 16/420, the name of sharah is
"Byan at-Tahseel wal Sharah wal Taujeeh wat-Ta`teel li Masail al Mustakhraj", Qadhi
Iyaad considered it the opinion of Imam Malik in ash-Shifa 2/600]

Consensus, Not to speak against sahaba because of the disputes among them (i.e. like
dispute of Ali ra and Muawiya ra)

a) Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said:

Ahl as-Sunnah are unanimously agreed that it is obligatory not to slander (insult, object)
any of the Sahaabah because of what happened between them because of disputes,

even if ones knows which group among them was right, because they did not fight in
those wars except on the basis of what they thought was right (ijtihaad), and Allah, may
He be exalted, has forgiven the one who is mistaken in his ijtihaad. Indeed it is proven
that he will be given one reward, and the one who gets it right will be given two rewards.
[Fath al-Baari, 13/34]

b) Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab said:

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It is CONSENSUS of Ahlus sunnah to remain silent on disputes among the sahaba and
only good should be said regarding them. If someone speak regarding Muawiyah or any
other companion then he went out from the consensus. [( /
322 /])

c) Abu Muhammad Abdur Rahman Ibn Abi atim said: "I asked my father and Abu
Zur`ah concerning the Madhhabs of the Ahlus Sunnah in regards to the Principles of the
Religion, and what they found the scholars upon (in belief) in all the lands, and what they
believe from that?

So they said:
We have reached the Scholars in all the lands The Hijaz, Iraq, Sham and Yemen ,
and from their Madhhab was:

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... And to ask for Allahs Mercy upon ALL THE ASHAB OF MUHAMMAD PEACE BE
UPON HIM, and to refrain from speaking about the arguments between them. [Usool al
Aiteqaad Ahlus sunnah (321)]

Various Proofs for virtues of Muawiyah ra from ahadeeth and athaar

Proof 1: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

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Prophet Peace be upon him said " O Allah ! Teach Muawya Math, and protect him from
the Punishment " [Ibne Asakir 16/684,686, Musnad Shameen 190]

a) Shaykh Al-AlBani Said: "The Chain is Good.according to me Rout is Strong, Narrators

are trustworthy and are those of Sahih Muslim except Ibne Abi Omair who is
Companion(of Prophet peace be upon him) Some other routs say ""Allah, make him
(Muawiya) guided, a guider, and guide people through him". (Silsilah As Saheeha Vol 7
page no: 690 hadith no: 3227)

b) Ibn Asakir authenticated in [Tareekh madinatul dimashq (59/106), Shaykh Nasir ud din
al-Albani Quoted in Silsilah as-Saheeha Vol 7 Page 694 hadeeth no: 3227]

c) Ibn Kathir: He agreed with the authentication of Ibn Asakir and praised him for that. [al
Bidaya wal Nihaya 8/160]

d) ad-Dahabi said:

This hadeeth has trustworthy narrators, but there is difference of opinion on
companionship of Abdul Rahman, but is is more correct that he was a sahabi. [Tareekh
al Islam 4/309]

e) Ibn Hajr himself authenticated the chain of narrators as he mentioned four ahadith in
"al Isaba" to prove the companionship of the Sahabi Abdul Rahman bin Abi Umaira ra.

1. " O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him from the Punishment "
and he mentioned its different routs as well
2. There will be bayh in bayt ul maqdas on hidayah
3. No one wants to come back in this world apart from shaheed, even if all the things of
this world are given to him.

4. There is no safr (i.e. no bad omen in safr)...

Then he said

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Even though there is problem in the chain of these ahadith but all of them proves that
Abdul Rahman was a Sahabi. [ibid]

Then he said regarding the hadeeth where Prophet peace be upon him prayed for
Muawiya:

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With that THERE IS NO FAULT OF IDHTERAAB IN FIRST HADEETH AND ITS
NARRATORS ARE TRUSTWORTHY, so it is narrated by Waleed bin Muslim and Umar
bin Abdul wahid from Saeed bin Abdul Aziz... [Al Isaba vol 4 page 288]

Proof 2: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

Imam Ahmad narrated in Fadail as-Sahaba no. 1748

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Al-Aarbad bin Sariyah as-Sulamee ra reported that he heard the Prophet Peace be upon
him saying "I heard the Messenger of Allah inviting people to have Sahur in Ramadan.
He said: 'Come to the blessed breakfast." and he heard Prophet peace be upon him
saying as a du'aa : "O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him from
the Punishment ". [Muhaqqiq of Fadail e Sahaba said Chain is Hasan Lighairihi, Hafiz
ad-Dahabee said This hadeeth is Powerful shahid (of previous hadeeth) (see Syar Ailam
al Nubala 3/124) Ibn Khuzaima narrated in his Sahih (Authentic) 3/214, Ibn Hibban
narrated in Al Ihsan Kitab Manaqib as Sahaba Chapter Moawiya bin Abi Sufiyan May
Allah be please with him Vol 16 page 191, Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said "the Chain is

Hasan" His tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba page 128 and see Majallah al hadith no: 29 page
62), Shaykh Al-AlBani said Chain is Hasan with its routs (As-Saheeha Vol 7 Page 688)]

Mursal Shahid of this hadith

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Shareeh bin Obaid said ( O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him
from the Punishment ) .[Fadail e Sahaba of Imam Ahmad hadeeth no: 1749 Muhaqqiq of
The book said chain is weak because of Irsaal and Narrators are trustworthy, This is
making previous hadith more powerful and strength makes it Hasan Laghirihi]

a) Imam Ahmad Narrated above ahadith in Fadail as-Sahaba Chapter "Fadail Muawiya
bin Abi Sufiyan Radhi Allahanho"

al Khallal mentioned in his al Ilal 141

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Muhanna said: Abu Abdullah (Ahmad bin Hanbal) was asked regarding hadeeth of
Muawiyah bin Saleh from Yunas bin Sayf from al Harith bin Ziyad from Abi Rahum from
al Arbaad bin Saariyah, who said:
"I heard the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'Come to the blessed breakfast." and he heard
Prophet peace be upon him saying as a du'aa : "O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and
Math, and protect him from the Punishment ".
(Ahmad) said: Yes I heard it from Abdul Rahman bin Mahdi from Muawiyah bin Saleh.
The Kufis (who were Shias mostly) do not mention these words: "Teach Muawya the

Book and Math, and protect him from the Punishment" they used to cut these words, He
said: Abdul Rahman did not mention these words neither the one who is in between me
and him. [end quote]

This is a proof that Kufis did not mentioned this ziadah, and Imam Ahmad and his
student Muhanna did not criticise this narration, that is why Imam Ahmad brought this
narration in his book "Fadail as-Sahaba" under the chapter "Virtues of Muawiyah ra"

b) Ibraheem al Harbee (Student of Imam Ahmad)

Ibn Abi Yala said: Abul Hafs Akbaree said: I heard shaykh Ibn Batta, who heard from Abu
Bakr bin Ayyub that Ibraheem al Harbee was asked a question regarding Halaf bil Talaq
that If Muawiyah ra is in jannah then Talaq is wajib on you, to which he replied. Talaq will
not happen and He (Abul Hafs Akbaree or Ibraheem al Harbi) said,

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The evidence regarding this is what has been narrated from al Irbaad bin Saariyah who
heard Prophet peace be upon him said regarding Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan : "O Allah !
Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him from the Punishment" And the
prayers of Prophet peace be upon him are answered, so He (Muawiyah) is saved from
punishment and he is among the people of Jannah. (i.e. It is known that Muawiyah ra is
jannah, so to say you are divorced if Muawiyah ra is jannah is false Halaf). [Tabqaat al
Hanabilah 2/163]

This is a proof that scholars considered this hadeeth as an authentic one, and they used
it as a proof that Muawiyah ra is in Jannah.

c) Ibn Khuzaima mentioned it in [Saheeh Ibn Khuzaima 3/214] which is a proof it is

authentic according to him

d) ad-Dahabee said
This hadeeth is Powerful shahid (see Syar Ailam al Nubala 3/124)

e) Ibn Hibban in Al Ihsan Kitab Manaqib as Sahaba Chapter Moawiya bin Abi Sufiyan
May Allah be please with him Vol 16 page 191

f) Shaykh Muhammad Ameen al Shanqeeti said this full hadeeth is authenticated by Ibn
Khuzaima and Ibn Hibban, and Shaykh Shanqeeti himself authenticated. [al Ahadeeth al
Nabawiyah fe Fadail Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan page 30-31]

g) Ibn al Qattan Fasi (562 h - 628 h) said:

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This hadeeth is Hasan. [Ikmaal Tahdeeb al Kamal 3/290]
h) Imam al Jorqani (d 543 h) said

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Chapter: Virtues of Talha, Zubayr, Muawiya and Amr.

Then he mentioned the above hadeeth and said

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This is a famous hadeeth, and a group narrated it from Muawiyah bin Saleh, among
them are Bishar bin Saree, Layth bin Sa`d, Abdullah bin Saleh, Asad bin Musa and
others. [al Abateel wal Manakeer as-Sahah wal Mashaheer lil Jorqani 1/341 no. 181]

Then he mentioned a hadith

O Allah, make him (Muawiya ) guided, a guider, and guide people through him

and said

This hadith is Hasan. [al Abateel wal Manakeer as-Sahah wal Mashaheer lil Jorqani

1/343 no. 182]

i) Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said "the Chain is Hasan" His tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba page
128 and see Majallah al hadith no: 29 page 62),

j) Shaykh Al-AlBani said Chain is Hasan with its routs (As-Saheeha Vol 7 Page 688)

Note: Those haters of sahaba, who quote Ibn Adi said Muawiyah bin Abi Saleh is alone
in narrating this hadeeth (even though he is not) then know that this is no use for them
because Ibn Adi used to LOVE ALL THE SAHABA including Muawiyah ra as Ibn Adi
said:

It is the right and hurmah of Prophet peace be upon him because of the right of
companionship and accepting Islam before us, so their rank is too high that we speak
(ill) of them. [al Kamil Ibn Adi 3/1064]

Proof 3: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra) - Prophet said Allah make him guided, a guider, and
guide people through him

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Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sallam) said to Muawiyah (r.a): O Allah, make
him (Muawiya ) guided, a guider, and guide people through him.[Imam Bukhari in
Tareekh Al Kabeer 5/240, Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Shaykh Al-Albani Authenticated in (Sahih
Tirmidhee 3/236)]

a) Imam Tirmidhee quoted this under the chapter "Manaqib Muawiya bin Abi Sufiyan
RadhiAllahanho" Then he said "Hasan Ghareeb"

b) ad-Dahabee said:

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"Tirmidhee said its Hasan" [Seray Ailam an-Nubala 3125]

ad-Dahabi refuted Ibn al Jawzi by saying:

(Ibn al Jawzi said) The rely of this narration is on Muhammad bin Ishaq Lu`luwi who was
not trustworthy, (ad-Dahabi replied) this is ignorance, rather he is Muhammad bin Ishaq
Abu Bakar as-Sughani a trustworthy, then (he is not alone in narrating rather) this
hadeeth is narrated by Abu Mahsar, Marwan bin Muhammad and Waleed from Saeed.

Umar bin Abdul Wahid and al Waleed bin Muslim narrated from Saeed from Rabe`a from
narrated from Ibi Idrees who heard from Abdul Rahman bin Abi Umairah. THIS CHAIN IS
POWERFUL.

Tirmidhee narrated other than Abi Idrees, Ibn al Jawzi with the rout of Ismaeel bin
Muhammad who heard Abbas bin Muhammad from Abu Mas`har. Darqutni said: Ismaeel
bin Muhammad is a liar.

(ad-Dahabee replied) This is another misunderstanding, this Ismaeel (bin Muhammad) is

as-Saffaar who is trustworthy, and the one to whom ad-Darqutni said, a liar, he is
(Ismaeel bin Muhammad) al Muzni. Abi Nuyeem narrated from him. [Talkhees al Ilal al
Mutanahiya by ad-Dahabee no. 225]

c) Sh Zubair Ali Zai said:

"Tirmidhee said this hadeeth is Hasan ghareeb (3842), Bukhari mentioned in Tareekh al
Kabeer 5/240, Ibn Sa`ad in at-Tabqaat 7/457, al Ahaad wal Muthana Ibn Abi Asim 2/385
h 1129, Musnad Ahmad 4/216 h 17895. This hadeeth is Saheeh" [Tahqiq of Fadail asSahaba page 126]

d) Sheikh Shuayb Arnaoot said:

Narrators are Trustworthy and are those of Saheeh in [Tahqiq of "Musnad Ahmad"

hadeeth no:17926]
e) Imam al Jorqani (d 543 h) said:
: Chapter:
Virtues of Talha, Zubayr, Muawiya and Amr.

Then he mentioned the above hadeeth and said

This hadith is Hasan. [al Abateel wal Manakeer as-Sahah wal Mashaheer lil Jorqani
1/341 no. 182]

f) Al Ajury (d 360 h) mentioned in ash-Shariya under the chapter

Kitab Virtues of Muawiya bin Abi Sufiyan Radhi Allahanho [ash-Shariya 5/2431]

g) Shaykh Muhammad Ameen Shinqiti said Ra

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"It was transmitted by Imam Bukhari in his "Tareekh al-kabir" (5/240) via authentic chain:
From Abu Musakhar, it was reported to me by Sayed ibn Abdulaziz from Rabi`ee ibn
Yazid from (companion Abdurrahman) ibn Abu Umeyrat, which said: Prophet (sallalahu
alaihi wa ala alihi wa sallam) said about Muawiyah: "Allah, make him (Muawiya :ra: )
guided, a guider, and guide people through him".[Ahadeth an-nabawiya fi fadhail
Muawiya ibn Abu Sufyan page no. 9]

h. Ibn Asakir authenticated in his tareekh

i. Ibn Kathir authenticated and mentioned under the heading "Biography of Muawiya and
Tadhkirah of his rule, and his Fadail and Munaqib" [al Bidaya wal Nihaya vol 8 page 155]

j) Imam Abul Qasim Lilkaai mentioned this under the chapter "What has been narrated
from Prophet peace be upon him in Fadail of Abi Abdul Rahman Muawiyah bin Abi
Sufiyan RadhiAllahanhuma" [Sharah Usul al Aiteqaad Lilkaai 8/1438]

k) Mahmud Shukri Al Alusi said:

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This hadeeth has many shawahid which makes it authentic. [
page 427]

l) Ibn Hajar al Haytami said:

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This hadith is Hasan (2/626)

Note: Even though al Alusi refuted Ibn Hajr Haytami in many issues but he praised his
book in defence of Muawiyah ra by saying.

)
(
Allama Ibn Hajar Makki wrote a beautiful book in the virtues. (Tahteer al Janan wal Lisan
an al Khatur wal Tafuh be Thalab Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan, Ma al Madah al Jalli wa
Ithbaat al Haq al Ali al Molana Imeer ul Momineen Ali" [ page
425]

Proof 4: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra) He was a Faqih

a) Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika: Somebody said to Ibn 'Abbas, "Can you speak to the chief
of the believers Muwaiya, as he does not pray except one Rak'a as Witr?" Ibn 'Abbas
replied, "He is a faqih (i.e. a learned man who can give religious verdicts) .[Bukhari Book
#57, Hadith #109]

Benefit: The debate between Muawiyah ra and Abu Dhar ra on a fiqhi issue.

Narrated Zaid bin Wahab:

I passed by a place called Ar-Rabadha and by chance I met Abu Dhar and asked him,
"What has brought you to this place?" He said, "I was in Sham and differed with
Muawiya on the meaning of (the following verses of the Qur'an): 'They who hoard up
gold and silver and spend them not in the way of Allah.' (9.34). Muawiya said, 'This verse
is revealed regarding the people of the scriptures." I said, It was revealed regarding us
and also the people of the scriptures." So we had a disagreement and Mu'awiya sent a
complaint against me to `Uthman. `Uthman wrote to me to come to Medina, and I came
to Medina. Many people came to me as if they had not seen me before. So I told this to
`Uthman who said to me, "You may depart and live nearby if you wish." That was the
reason for my being here for even if an Ethiopian had been nominated as my ruler, I
would have obeyed him .
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1406

Ibn Hajr al Asqalani deduced many rulings from this athar, He said:

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This hadith has many fawaid like Kuffar are also mukhatib in furoo of shariya, as it was
Ittefaq of Abu Dhar and Muawiyah that this verse is revealed for People of the book. This
is a proof that those who were in authority used to respect the scholars. Muawiyah (who
was governor) did not rejected Abu dhar rather he wrote to Ameer ul momineen Uthman,
and Uthman (who was a caliph) did not used any strong words rather advised him to live
nearby madeenah, In it there is evidence of accepting the order of those who are in
authority.. and jawaz of difference of opinion in Ijtihaad.. Uthman did not ordered Abu
dhar to leave his opinion as he was a Mujtahid. [Fath al Bari]

Proof 5: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra) He was Kaatib al Wahy

Ibn Abbas ( ) reported that the Prophet ( ) told him : " Go bring
Muawya to Me ", because he wrote down Allah's Revelation (Wahy) for the Prophet
[Recorded by Imam Ahmad 2651 , Dalail Al Nabuwwah of Bayhaqi vol 6 page 243 and
verified to be authentic by Albani in Silsilat as-Saheehah 1-164 and It is mentioned in al
Hadith of Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai that "Chain is Hasan" see Majallah Al Hadith no: 29 page
5]

The Fahm of Salaf on Muawiya ra was a Katib al Wahy

a) Riyah bin al Jarrah said A person asked Mu`aafaa bin Imran (d 185 h)

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O Abu Masood What is the role of Muawiyah compared to Umar bin Abdulaziz?.
Mu`aafaa bin Imran got furious and said Nobody can be compared to the companions
of Prophet peace be upon him. Muawiyah was companion of Prophet peace be upon
him, Brother in law, scribe and his ameen regarding wahyy of Allah. [Tareekh Baghdad
1/209 Authenticated by Sh Zubair Ali Zai in tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba page 129, see
also 1/195 1/209 8/1445 5/2466 ]

b) al Ajury (d 360) said

Muawiya Rahimaullah who wrote wahy of Allah for Prophet peace be upon him, (wahy)
is order of Allah azzawajal. [ash-Shariya 5/2413]

c) Ibn Asakir said regarding him

Uncle of Momineen and he Wrote down the revelation of Rabb Al Alameen [Tareekh
Damishq 62/38]

d) Ibn Taymiyyah ( ) said in Majmuaa' al-Fatawah 4-288 :

" It is confirmed by many that Muawya was a faithful companion of the Prophet (
) who wrote down Allah's Revelation, and the Prophet ( ) did not
accuse him in his writing of the Revelation . Also, the khalifah Omar Bin al-Khattab (
) - who was the most experienced in knowing men - appointed Muawya as a ruler
on the state of Sham (it includes Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan) until Omar's
death . The khalifah Othman ( ) also kept Muawya in his position during his
state, and neither of them accused Muawya in his rule "[ Translated by Abu Muawya
Byruty in Multaqa Forum]
Proof 6: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra) He loved Prophet peace be upon him and practicing
upon his ahadith.

a) Narrated by Umm Alqamah that Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan Came to Madeenah and
asked for Blanket and hair of Prophet Peace be upon him from Aisha RA then He
(Muawiyah) covered himself with the blanket, dipped the hair in water, drank and put on
his body. [Tareekh Damishq 62/106 and chain is Hasan as Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said in
Majallah Al Hadith no: 29 page 60]

Note: this athar is proof that how much Muawiyah RA loved Prophet peace be upon him
and is also proof for Seeking Blessings through the Holy Relics of Prophet Peace be
upon him if they are really from Prophet.

b) Imam Ahmad narrated

Ibn Abbas said he did tawaf of Baytullah with Muawiyah. Muawiyah kissed all the
corners of the Kaba. Ibn Abbas said why are you kissing these corners when Prophet
peace be upon him did not kissed? Muawiyah replied nothing in Baytullah should be left.
Ibn Abbas replied The life of Prophet peace be upon him is moral for you. Muawiyah
said: you are truthful". [MUSNAD AHMAD HADITH 1880]

c) Narrated AbuMaryam al-Azdi:

When I entered upon Mu'awiyah, he said: How good your visit is to us, O father of soand-so. (This is an idiom used by the Arabs on such occasions). I said: I tell you a
tradition which I heard (from the Prophet). I heard the Messenger of Allah ( )say: If
Allah puts anyone in the position of authority over the affairs of the Muslims, and he
secludes himself (from them), not fulfilling their needs, wants, and poverty, Allah will
keep Himself away from him, not fulfilling his need, want and poverty. He said: He
(Mu'awiyah) appointed a man to fulfil the needs of the people. [Grade : Sahih (Al-Albani)
Sunan Abi Dawud 2948]

Meaning he immediately started practicing on the hadith.

d) Abu Mijlaz said:

" " .
Mu'awiyah went out to Ibn az-Zubayr and Ibn Amir. Ibn Amir got up and Ibn az-Zubayr
remained sitting. Mu'awiyah said to Ibn Amir: Sit down, for I heard the Messenger of
Allah ( )say: Let him who likes people to stand up before him prepare his place in Hell.
[Grade : Sahih (Al-Albani) Sunan Abi Dawud 5229]

e) It is mentioned in Musnad al Humaydi

: : :
: :

: :

:
.

Muawiya sent an army (towards rome) under the leadership of Jareer bin Abdullah, but
the cold was unbearable and due to that they came back (on the order of Jareer).
Muawiya asked: why did you come back without permission? He replied: I heard Prophet
peace be upon him: "He who shows no mercy to the people, Allah shows him no
mercy."(Meaning the Mujahideen were in unbearable cold, thats why he ordered to come
back) Muawiyah said: Did you hear this from Prophet peace be upon him? He said: yes.
[Musnad al Humaydi 2/50 no. 822 the Muhaqqiq said the chain is authentic]

f) What happened to Muawiya ra when he heard a hadith about Showing Off And The
Desire To Be Heard Of?

Al-Walid bin Abi Al-Wald abu 'Utthman Al-Mada'ini narrated that 'Uqbah bin Muslim
narrated to him, that shufaiy Al-Asbahi narrated that he entered Al-Madinah and saw a
man around whom the people had gathered. He asked:
" Who is this?" They said: "Abu Hurairah." (He said):So I got close to him until I was
sitting in front of him as he was narrating to the people. When he was silent and alone, I
said to him: " I ask you absolute truth if you would narrate to me a Hadith which you
heard from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), That you understand and know." So Abu
Hurairah said: "You want me to narrate a Hadith to you which the Messenger of Allah
(s.a.w) narrated to me that I understand and know." Then Abu Hurairah began sobbing
profusely. We sat for a while, then he recovered and said: "I shall narrate to you a Hadith
which the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) narrated in this House, while there was no one with
us other than he and I." Then, again, Abu Hurairah began sobbing severely. Then he
recovered, and wiped his face, and said: "you want me to narrate to you a Hadith which
the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) narrated while he and I were sitting in this House, and no
one was with us but he and I." Then Abu Hurairah began sobbing severely. Then he
bent, falling on his face, so I supported him for a long time. Then he recovered and said:
"The Messenger of Allah narrated to me that on the Day of Judgement, Allah, Most High,
will descend to His slaves t judge between them. Every nation shall be kneeling. The first
of those who will be called before him will be a man who memorized the Qur'an, and a
man who was killed in Allah's cause, and a wealthy man. Allah will say to the reciter: 'Did
I not teach you what I revealed to My Messenger?" He says: 'Of course O Lord!' He
says: 'Then what did you do with what you learned?' He said: 'I would stand (in prayer
reciting) with it during all hours of the night and all hours of the day.' Then Allah would
say to him: 'You have lied.' And the angels will say: 'You have lied.'Allah will say to him:
'Rather, you wanted it to be said that so-and-so is a reciter. And that was said.' The
person with the wealth will be brought, and Allah will say to him: 'Was I not so generous
with you, such that I did not leave you having any need from anyone?' He will say: 'Of
course O Lord!' He says: 'Then what did you do with what I gave to you?' He says: 'I
would nurture the ties of kinship and give charity.' Then Allah will say to him: 'You have
lied.' And the angels will say to him: 'You have lied.' Allah, Most High, will say: 'Rather,
you wanted it to be said that so-and-so is so generous, and that was said.' Then the one
who was killed in Allah's cause shall be brought, and Allah will say to him : 'For what
were you killed?' So he says: 'I was commanded to fight in Your cause ,so I fought until I
was killed.' Allah [Most High] will say to him: 'You have lied.' And the angels will say to
him: 'You have lied.' Allah [Most High] will say: 'Rather, you wanted it be said that soand-so is brave, and that was said.' "Then the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)hit me on my
knees and said: 'O Abu Hurairah! These first three are the creatures of Allah with whom
the fire will be enflamed on the Day of Judgement.'" Al-Walid Abu 'Uthman Al-Mada'ini

said: "So 'Uqbah bin Muslim informed me that Shaufaiy, is the one who entered upon
Mu'awiyah to inform him about this." Abu Uthman said: 'This has been done with these
people, then how about with those who remain among the people?" Then Mu'awiyah
begin weeping so intensely, that we thought that he will kill himself with excessive
weeping. We said: "This man came to us to cause evil." Then Mu'awiyah recovered,
wiped off his face and said: "Allah and His Messenger told the truth: Whosoever desires
the life of the world and its glitter, then we shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds
therein, and they shall have no diminution therein. They are those for whom there is
nothing in the Hereafter Fire, and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is
that which they used to do." [Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2382]

g) Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Mu'awiya went to a circle in the mosque and said:
What makes you sit here? They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah. He
said: I adjure you by Allah (to tell me whether you are sitting here for this very purpose)?
They said: By Allah, we are sitting here for this very purpose. Thereupon, he said: I have
not demanded you to take an oath, because of any allegation against you and none of
my rank in the eye of Allah's Messenger ( )is the narrator of so few ahadith as I am.
The fact is that Allah's Messenger ( )went out to the circle of his Companions and
said: What makes you sit? They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah and
to praise Him for He guided us to the path of Islam and He conferred favours upon us.
Thereupon he adjured by Allah and asked if that only was the purpose of their sitting
there. They said: By Allah, we are not sitting here but for this very purpose, whereupon
he (the Messenger) said: I am not asking you to take an oath because of any allegation
against you but for the fact that Gabriel came to me and he informed me that Allah, the
Exalted and Glorious, was talking to the angels about your magnificence. [Sahih Muslim
2701]

h) Muawiya Loved Ansar

Imam Ahmad narrated, Muawiyah was with Ansar and he was asked regarding a hadith
and He said, I heard Prophet peace be upon him.

"
"




'Whoever loves the Ansar, Allah will love him, and whoever hates the Ansar, Allah will
hate him.' " [Musnad Ahmad 28/85, The Muhaqqiq said chain is authentic]
Proof 7: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

a) Ibn Abbas ra Said

I have not seen more applicable for Ruling (after khilafat of 4 Caliph) better than
Muawiyah. [Tareekh Damishq 62/161 with authentic chain as Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said
in his Tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba page 128 and Majallah Al Hadeeth no: 29 page
62,Musannif Abdul Razzaq vol 11 page 453 no: 20985]

Proof 8: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

Ibn Umar ra said:

I have not seen Aswad after Prophet peace be upon him other than Muawiyah.

Imam Ahmad was asked the meaning of Aswad, He replied

It means generous [as-Sunnah by al Khallal 679,680,681, The Muhaqqiq of the book
said the chain of saying of Ibn Umar is Hasan and the chain of the saying of Ahmad is
saheeh]
Proof 9: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra) Mu'aawiyah the maternal uncle of the believers
It was narrated from Abu Taalib that he asked Abu 'Abd-Allaah Ahmad ibn Hanbal
about saying "Mu'aawiyah the maternal uncle of the believers" or "Ibn 'Umar the
maternal uncle of the believers". He said: Yes, Mu'aawiyah was the brother of Umm
Habeebah bint Abi Sufyaan, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him and may Allaah have mercy on her), and Ibn 'Umar was the brother of Hafsah
the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him and may Allaah have
mercy on her). I said: Can I say Mu'aawiyah the maternal uncle of the believers? He
said: Yes.[Al-Sunnah by al-Khallaal (2/433), Dar al-Raayah edition.]

It was narrated from Haroon ibn 'Abd-Allaah that he said to Abu 'Abd-Allaah Ahmad ibn
Hanbal - : A letter came to me from al-Raqqah saying that some people say: We do not
say that Mu'aawiyah was the maternal uncle of the believers. He got angry and said:
Why are they objecting to this matter? They should be shunned until they repent.[AlSunnah by al-Khallaal (2/434 no. 658, Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said, the chain is authentic
in al Hadith no. 26 page 27)]

It was narrated from Muhammad ibn Abi Haroon and Muhammad ibn Abi Ja'far that
Abu'l-Haarith told them: We sent a note to Abu 'Abd-Allaah Ahmad ibn Hanbal
saying: What do you say, may Allaah have mercy on you, about that who say: I will not
say that Mu'aawiyah was the scribe of the revelation and I will not say that he was the
maternal uncle of the believers, because he took the caliphate by the sword and by
force? Abu 'Abd-Allaah said: These are bad words and these people should be avoided
and shunned, and we should warn the people about them.[Al-Sunnah by al-Khallaal
(2/434 no. 659), Sh Zubair Ali Zai said: "The chain is authentic" in al Haidth no 26 page
27]

It was narrated that Abu Bakr al-Marwadhi said: I said to Abu 'Abd-Allaah Ahmad ibn
Hanbal Who is better, Mu'aawiyah or 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Azeez? He said: Mu'aawiyah is
better; we do not compare the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) to anyone. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: "The best of mankind are my generation among whom I was
sent."[Al-Sunnah by al-Khallaal (2/434 no 660). Authenticated by Sh Zubair Ali in al
Hadith no 26 page 27]

Benefit: ad-Dahabi said regarding Abul Hasan Abdul Rahman al Jobri.

.
:
He would not narrate hadith to his students until he ask them, what is your Madhab on
Muawiya? And (if) they would say: He is Companion of Prophet peace be upon him, and
they would pray for him (Muawiya). (Then he would narrate ahadith). [Seyar A`lam anNubala 17/415]

Proof 10: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

Aisha ra said

When i saw the matters of people at the time of fitna, I wished that May Allah increase
the age of Muawiya with my age. [alTabqaat Ibn Arooba alHarraani page 41, taken from
the article written by Hafiz Abu Yahya Noorpoori which was printed by Risalah

asSunnah]

Proof 11: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

Saad bin Abi Waqas ra said:

:-


I Have not seen anyone who ruled according to the truth better than Muawiya ra after
Uthman ra [Tareekh Damishq Ibn Asaakir 59/161 authenticated by Hafiz Abu Yahya
Noorpoori]

Shaykh Muhib ud din al Khateeb (d1374 h) Rahimaullah said in the tahqiq of al Awasim
Minal qawasim1/81regarding this narration
. ( ) 133 : 8 )

127 ) : ( 175
: 100 ( ) :
( ) :
: (

Proof 12: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

Abu Darda ra said:

I have not seen anyone who prayed like Prophet peace be upon him after Prophet peace
be upon him other than Muawiyah [ hadith no: 67, Al
Haythamee said in Majma az-Zawaid 4/285: "Narrated by at-Tabrani and its narrators
are the narrators of Saheeh other than Qais bin al Harith al Munhaji, and he is
trustworthy]

Proof 13: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra)

Allah says
(And whoever is killed wrongfully, We have given his heir the authority.) Surah alIsraa

verse 33

Ibn Katheer commented

The great scholar and Imam Ibn `Abbas understood from the general meaning of this
Ayah that Mu`awiyah should take power, because he was the heir of `Uthman, who had
been killed wrongfully, may Allah be pleased with him, and Mu`awiyah did event- ually
take power, as Ibn `Abbas said on the basis of this Ayah. This is one of the stranger of
matters.(end quote)

The saying of Ibn Abbas ra is mentioned in [Mojam al Kabeer Tabraani 10/320]

Proof 14: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra) Muawiya ra used to take advise from Aisha ra and
she used to quote ahadith of Prophet peace be upon him
"Mu'awiyah wrote a letter to 'Aishah, that: 'Write a letter to advise me , and do not
overburden me.'" He said: "So 'Aishah [may Allah be pleased with her]wrote to
Mu'awiyah: 'Peace be upon you. As for what follows: Indeed I heard the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w) saying: Whoever seeks Allah's pleasure by the people's wrath, Allah will
suffice him from the people. And who ever seeks the people's pleasure by Allah's wrath,
Allah will entrust him to the people. And Peace be upon you.'"[Sunan Tirmidhee no:
2414]

This is also a proof of Love of Muawiya ra and Aisha ra for Prophetic ahadith.

Proof 15: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra) Prophet peace be upon him loved his family.

Narrated 'Aishah (ra):

Hind bint 'Utba came and said, "O Allah's Messenger! (Before I embraced Islam) there
was no family on the surface of the earth I wished to see in degradation more than I did
your family, but today there is no family on the surface of the earth I wish to see honored
more than I did yours." The Prophet ( )said, "I THOUGHT SIMILARLY, by Him in
whose Hand my soul is!". [Sahih al-Bukhari 3825]

Ibn Kathir said in al Bidaya wal Nihaya:

:
: - -.
The saying "I THOUGHT SIMILARLY!". has a praise (for Hind ra and her son Muawiya
ra) because He peace be upon him wanted degradation of Hind, her household and all
the others who were kuffar, but when they accepted Islam He peace be upon him
wanted them (Her household i.e. Muawiya ra her son etc) to be honored, so Allah
honored them i.e. household of Hind. [al Bidaya wal Nihaya 8/162]

There are other scholars as Ibn Hajr said that some scholars said this hadith should not
be taken literally as there were many enemies of Islam who were more staunch than
Hind bint Atba ra, and there were many who were better than Hind bint Atba ra after they
accepted Islam. [Fath al Bari]

Whether the hadith should be taken as literally or not, there is virtue of Hind ra, Abu
Sufiyan ra, Muawiya ra in it as Prophet peace be upon him wanted them to be honored.

Proof 16: Virtues of Muawiyah (ra), The Barber of Rasool Allah peace be upon him

Narrated Muawiya:
I cut short the hair of Allah's Messenger ( )with a long blade. [Sahih al-Bukhari 1730]

Ibn Abbas ra was asked regarding this hadith of Muawiya ra to which he replied:
"

Muawiyah can not lie upon Prophet peace be upon him. [Musnad Ahmad 16863, Sh
Shoaib Arnaut said its saheeh]
Proof 17: Virtues of Muawiya ra. He used ask questions from Ali ra and other sahaba.

a) Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibn al-Musayyab that a Syrian man
called Ibn Khaybari found a man with his wife and killed him, or killed them both.

Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan found it difficult to make a decision and he wrote to Abu Musa
al-Ashari to ask Ali ibn Abi Talib for him about that. So Abu Musa asked Ali ibn Abi Talib
and AIi said to him, "Is this thing in my land? I adjure you, you must tell me." Abu Musa
explained to him how Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan had written him to ask Ali about it. Ali said,
"I am Abu Hasan. If he does not bring four witnesses, then let him be completely handed
over," (to the relatives of the murdered man). [Muwatta Imam Malik Book 36, Hadith 18]

b) Muawiya ra asked Zayd ibn Thabit ra a question, to which He replied in a letter

"In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful. To the slave of Allah , Mu'awiya,
the Amir al-Mu'minin, from Zayd ibn Thabit. Peace be upon you, Amir al-Mu'minin, and
the mercy of Allah. I praise Allah to you. There is no god but Him. Following on from that,
you asked me about the inheritance of the grandfather and brothers (and he mentioned
the letter). We ask Allah for guidance, preservation and firmness in all our affairs. We
seek refuge with Allah from being misguided or ignorant or taking on what we have no
knowledge of. Peace be upon you, Amir al-Mu'minin, and the mercy of Allah and His
blessings and His forgiveness. Wuhayb has written it on Thursday, the 20th Ramadan,
42 (AH)." [Grade : Hasan (Al-Albani) Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1131]

Proof 18: Virtues of Muawiya ra. He knew Ali ra is better than him, and he was not
arrogant.

a) Ibn Hajar al Asqalani said:

" "
: :

:
Yahya bin Sulaiman al Ja`afi who is one of the teachers of Imam al Bukhari mentioned in
his book "Kitab Siffeen" with POWERFUL chain from Abu Muslim al kholani that He
asked Muawiya ra Do you dispute Ali regarding Caliphate or are you equal to him?
Muawiyah answered: By Allah no. I know he is better than I am, and he has the right to
rule, but do not you know that Uthman was killed as an innocent? And I am his cousin
and the seeker of his revenge. Therefore go to Ali and tell him to send me Uthmans
murderers then I will obey him. They went to Ali and talked to him, Ali ra said: First take
my pledge and then ask about this ) [Fath al Bari (13/ 92)]
b) Imam ad-dahabi also quoted this in Seyar Aalam Al-Nubalaa, with the following chain

from the teacher of Imam al Bukhari.

: :

:



:

.

Abu Muslim Al-Khulani and some others went to Muawiyah and asked him: Do you
dispute Ali or are you equal to him? Muawiyah answered: By Allah no. I know he is
better than I am, and he has the right to rule, but do not you know that Uthman was
killed as an innocent? And I am his cousin and the seeker of his revenge. Therefore go
to Ali and tell him to send me Uthmans murderers then I will obey him. They went to Ali
and talked to him, but Ali refused to hand in Uthmans murderers to Muawiyah. [Seyar
Aalam Al-Nubalaa, vol.3, p.140, the Muhaqqiq of the book said:

129 / 8 " " .

that its narrators are trustworthy, and see also Al Bidaya 8/129]

c) Ibn Asakir narrated it with another chain

Abu Muslim Al-Khulani and some others went to Muawiyah and asked him: Do you
dispute Ali or are you equal to him? Muawiyah answered: By Allah no. I know he is
better than I am, and he has the right to rule, but do not you know that Uthman was
killed as an innocent? And I am his cousin and the seeker of his revenge. Therefore go
to Ali and tell him to send me Uthmans murderers then I will obey him. They went to Ali
and talked to him, but Ali refused to hand in Uthmans murderers to Muawiyah.
[Tareekh Damishq 59/132 under the Tarjuma of Muawiya bin Abi Sufiyan ra]

d) Imam Ahmad narrated in his Kitab az-Zuhd


:"
Abi Hamlah said: I saw Muawiyah on the Minbar in Damishq giving Khutbah to people,
and his shirt was patched with other cloth. [az-Zuhad no. 965]

said:
)(
"Narrated by Imam Ahmad in Zuhad and Ibn Abi Asim with authentic chain from Abi
Hamlah" [Kashf ash-Shubhaat wal Muftariaat 1/144]

e) Ibn Asakir narrated

I am not better then you, and among you there are people who are better than me like
Abdullah bin Umar and Abdullah bin Amr and others who are virtuous, It is maybe I am
better for you in killing your enemies.. [Tareekh Damishq Ibn Asakir 59/163,
1/377 no. 40, Tabqaat al Kubra Ibn Sa`d 1/116]
Proof 19: He is a CONFIRMED Jannati

Narrated Khalid bin Madan:

That 'Umair bin Al-Aswad Al-Anasi told him that he went to 'Ubada bin As-Samit while he
was staying in his house at the sea-shore of Hims with (his wife) Um Haram. 'Umair said.
Um Haram informed us that she heard the Prophet ( )saying, "Paradise is granted to
the first batch of my followers who will undertake a naval expedition." Sahih al-Bukhari
2924

The proof that Muawiya ra was the FIRST one. Umm Haram said

: :



"Invoke Allah to make me one of them." He said, "You are among the first batch." Later
on it happened that she went out in the company of her husband 'Ubada bin As-Samit

who went for Jihad and it was the FIRST TIME the Muslims undertook a naval expedition
LED BY MUAWIYA [ Sahih al-Bukhari 2799]

Ibn Hajr al asqalani said:

" : .
The saying (Paradise is) "granted" .. Paradise is WAJIB ON THEM. [Fath al Bari under
the commentary of hadith discussed]

Ibn Abdul Barr said:

.
There is a proof in this hadith, virtues of Muawiya May Allah have mercy on him.. [atTamheed 1/235]

Note: Ibn Abdul Bar said: Muhammad bin Abdul Hakam the great Malaki faqeeh said

If someone criticise Abu Bakr or Umar or any of the companions of the Rasool Allah
peace be upon him, then do not pray behind him, and if someone prays then repeat the
prayer. (Ikhtilaf Aqwaal Malik wa Ashabuhu, prayeing behing innovators 1/113, Ibn Abdul
Barr did not go against his fatwa )

Proof 20: Abu Huraira ra the Faqeeh of Ummah, ORDERED the people to stick to the
strategies of Muawiya ra

Abu Huraira ra used visit the Market of Madina and say

O Allah do not let mee see the year sixty and ordered (people) to stick to the Strategies
of Muawiyah, O Allah do not let me see the rule of Youngsters [Dalail al Nabuwwah
6/466, Ibn Abi Shayba, Tareekh Abu Zura page 261, authenticated by Sh Zubair Ali Zai in
his tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba page 122]

Proof 21: Muawiyah ra ordered Abdul Rahman bin Shibal ra to teach people ahadeeth.

:

" :

"

Muawiyah ra wrote to Abdul Rahman bin Shbal, teach people which you heard from
Prophet peace be upon him, so he said: I heard Prophet peace be upon him saying:
'Learn the Qur'an, recognize it.. [Musnad Imam Ahmad 24/437, Authenticated by
Shaykh Shuayb Arnaoot in his tahqiq of Musnad, The Muhaqiqeen of Seyar A`laam anNubala 7/15 said: The chain is powerful as al Hafidh said in "al Fath"]

Proof 22: Muawiyah ra had an extremely good seerah

Narrated Mu'awiyah:
I heard the Messenger of Allah ( )say: If you search for the faults of the people, you
will corrupt them, or will nearly corrupt them. [Sunan Abi Dawud 4888]

Abu Darda' said: These are the words which Mu'awiyah himself heard from the
Messenger of Allah (), AND ALLAH BENEFITED HIM BY THEM. [Sunan Abi Dawud
4888]

Ibn Katheer commented:

:
Meaning: He had a good seerah, who used to excuse (people) in a good way, who used
to pardon in a nice way and Who used to hide (people's sins), May Allah have mercy on
him. [Al Bidaya wal Nihaya 8/166]

Proof 23: Ummul Momineen Umm Habiba praising Muawiyah ra

Umm Habiba, the wife of Allah's Apostle (), said:

0 Allah, enable me to derive benefit from my husband, the Messenger of Allah (), and
from my father Abu Sufyan and from my brother Mu'awiya. [Sahih Muslim Hadith 6438]

Prophet peace be upon him did not say why are you asking for benefit from Me, Abu
Sufiyan and Muawiyah. Rather He peace be upon him said:

"You have asked from Allah about durations of life already set, and the length of days
already allotted and the sustenances the share of which has been fixed. Allah would not
do anything earlier before its due time, or He would not delay anything beyond its due
time. And if you were to ask Allah to provide you refuge from the torment of the HellFire,
or from the torment of the grave, it would have good in store for you and better for you
also." [Ibid]

Proof 24: Abu Ishaq as-Sabiee the Tabiee said:

I have not seen anyone like Muawiyah after him.

) ( 2/438) ( 6/234 ( ) 1/122)

(59/171

The Muhaqqiq of as-Sunnah al Khallal said: The chain is Saheeh,

said: "This chain is kufi authentic" in his article

Proof 25: Prophet peace be upon him and his advise to Muawiyah ra.

Imam Ahmad narrated

: :




" " :


: .
Muawiya took water in container after Abu Huraira (so that Prophet peace be upon him
would make ablution), and followed Prophet peace be upon him and Abu Huraira was ill,

When Prophet peace be upon him was doing wudu, He saw Muawiya once or twice, and
said: O Muawiya if you become leader then fear Allah and be Just. Muawiya said:
Because of this saying of Prophet peace be upon him, I always thought, i will be tested,
until i was tested. (i.e. became a ruler and I was tested). [Musnad Ahmad]

a) al Haythami said:

- : :

: ."
:-
. " :

.
." " :

.
.
Narrated by Ahmad which is Mursal, And Abu Ya`la narrated it through a linked chain i.e.
mosul... The narrators of Ahmad and Abi Ya`la are the narrators of Sahih. [Majma azZawaid (9/356)]

b) ad-Dahabi said:

It has many Muqarib (i.e. acceptable) routs. [Seyar A`lam an-Nubala 3/131]

c) The Muhaqqiq of Seyar said:

123 / 8 " " 101 / 4 " " .

"Narrators are trustworthy, see al Musnad 4/101 and al Bidaya 8/123 [Ibid]

d) al Bayhaqi said regarding the chain he mentioned:

Ismaeel bin Ibraheem is weak but it has other shawahid. (like in Musnad Ahmad and
Musnad Abu Yala) [Dalail an-Nabuwah 2/446, Ibn Kathir endorsed al Bayhaqi`s verdicts
in al Bidaya wal Nihaya 8/123]

Above narration proves many things like,

1. Muawiya ra used to help Prophet peace be upon him in making wudu.

2. Muawiya ra loved Prophet peace be upon him.

3. Prophet peace be upon him advised him and Muawiya's Iman was that good that he
knew he will be tested because Prophet peace be upon him advised him.

Proof 26 Jafar as-Sadiq ra accepting the narrations in praise of Muawiya ra

Ibn Asakir narrated from the chain of al Bayhaqi:

) (


That Jafar bin Muhammad (as-Sadiq) narrated from Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi
Bakar as-Siddique said: That Muawiyah bin abi Sufiyan said: Prophet peace be upon
him said: "if the imam lead prayer by sitting down, the people behind him should also
start prayer sitting down". Qasim said: People (Sahaba and Tabiyeen) were amazed by
the truthfulness of Muawiyah.
al Bayhaqi said: He is Jafar bin Muhammad as-Sadiq (from ahlul bayt) who narrated
from Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi bakar as-Siddique and affirmed what he (Qasim)
narrated the affirmation of Muawiya's (truthfulness) from the people. And those people
were the remaining sahaba and Kubaar Tabiyeen.
[Tareekh Damishq 59/166, This hadith of Muawiya ra and saying of Qasim is also
mentioned in Ibn abi Shayba and at-Tabrani, authenticated by al Albani in as-Sahiha
1363, and Sh Zubair Ali Zai also mentioned this from Tarikh Damishq in "Fadail asSahaba under Muawiya bin Abi Sufiyan" and authenticated]

27: The scholars who wrote books on virtues of Muawiyah ra.

1. Ibn Abi Duniya (208 h to 281 h) wrote a book on Patience of Muawiyah ra :

the book is published and Ibn Asakir quoted from this book in his
tareekh.

2. Ibn Abi Asim (206 h to d 287 h) wrote a (separate) Juzz in his (Muawiyah`s ra)

Manaqib. [Fath al Bari under the chapter "Dhikar al Muawiyah"]

3. Abu Umar Ghulam Tha`lab (d 345 h) [Fath al Bari under the chapter "Dhikar al
Muawiyah"]

ad-Dahabi said:

He wrote a book in virtues of Muawiyah, he would not teach his students until they read
this book. [Seyar A`lam an-Nubala 15/510, Tareekh Baghdad 2/356-357]

4. Abu Bakar Naqqash wrote a juzz in his Manaqib [Fath al Bari under the chapter
"Dhikar al Muawiyah"]

5. Abul Fattah bin Abi al Fawaris (d 412 h) wrote a book.[ Minhaj as-Sunnah4.84]

6. Ali bin al Hasan al Qazweeni wrote "Fadail al Muawiya". [see al Tadween fe Akhbar al
Qazween by Abul Qasim ar-Rafiee al Qazweeni (d 623 h) 3/352]

7. Obaidullah al-Saqatee al Baghdadi (d 406 h), wrote "Fadail Ameer ul Momineen

Muawiyah" this book is also available but he filled it with fabrications.

8. Abu Ali al Husayn al Ahwazi (362 h to 446 h) wrote "Shrah Uqad Ahlul Eeman fe
Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan, wa Zakar Ma Warad fil Akhbar min Fadail wa Munaqib
RadhiAllahanho"

9. Abul Fath Yousuf al Qawwas wrote virtues of Muawiya r.a. [Tareekh Baghdad 16/476]

10. Imam Abu Ya`la wrote a book which is published by the name:
""

There are many other books which we are not aware of, these are only classical
scholars, and if we talk about the contemporary scholars, then the list will reach 100s.

A Lateefa: Khateeb Baghdadi said

Tamam bin Muhammad al Haashmi and Muhammad bin Ali bin Fath and others narrated
to me, that They heard Abul Fath Yousuf al Qawwas mentioning that he saw in his books
a section which had virtues of Muawiya r.a and it was nibbled by a rat, So he prayed to
Allah against the rat, and the rat fell from the roof and he was in the state of disarray
until he died. [Tareekh Baghdad 16/476]

Response to some objections against Muawiyah (ra)

1) Shias quote the hadeeth of Bukhari

Sahih Bukhari : Volume 1, Book 8, Number 438:
Narrated 'Ikrima:Ibn 'Abbas said to me and to his son 'Ali "Go to Abu Sa'id and listen to
what he narrates." So we went and found him in a garden looking after it. He picked up
his Rida', wore it and sat down and started narrating till the topic of the construction of
the mosque reached. He said, "We were carrying one adobe at a time while 'Ammar was
carrying two. The Prophet saw him and started removing the dust from his body and
said, "May Allah be Merciful to 'Ammar. He will be inviting them (i.e. his murderers) to
Paradise and they will invite him to Hell-fire." 'Ammar said, "I seek refuge with Allah from
affliction."

Argument of Shias: This Hadith sates they will invite him to hellfire, this mean "they" will
be in hell or "they" will be cursing him to hell fire

Response:

a) It is mentioned in Fath ul Bari

"He (i.e. Ammar) was calling the other group to Jannah in the meaning he was calling
them to the reason that lead to Jannah. He was calling to obey the ruler while the other
group was not. Yet, they are excused as they thought they were calling for Jannah as
well and had an Ijtihaad about the matter".(translated by Shaykh Ayman of Multaqa
Forum)

b) Allah says in Surat Al-Hujurat, verse 9, "If two parties among the Believers fall into a
quarrel, make ye peace between them: but if one of them transgresses beyond bounds
against the other, then fight ye (all) against the one that transgresses until it complies
with the Command of Allah; but if it complies, then make peace between them with
justice, and be fair: for Allah loves those who are fair (and just)."

Comment: So Allah never declared kafir then who are shias? transgresses never means
kafir people but yes we can say they were on mistake with wrong Ijtehad, Plus we
already provided sufficient ahadeeth and sayings of Sahaba who were the best of the
best, they knew about this hadeeth more then shias.

c) Narrated Al-hasan Al-Basri: By Allah, Al-hasan bin Ali led large battalions like
mountains against Muawiya. Amr bin Al-As said (to Muawiya), "I surely see battalions
which will not turn back before killing their opponents." Muawiya who was really the best
of the two men said to him, "O 'Amr! If these killed those and those killed these, who
would be left with me for the jobs of the public, who would be left with me for their
women, who would be left with me for their children?" Then Muawiya sent two Quraishi
men from the tribe of 'Abd-i-Shams called 'Abdur Rahman bin Sumura and Abdullah bin
'Amir bin Kuraiz to Al-hasan saying to them, "Go to this man (i.e. Al-hasan) and negotiate
peace with him and talk and appeal to him." So, they went to Al-hasan and talked and
appealed to him to accept peace. Al-hasan said, "We, the offspring of 'Abdul Muttalib,
have got wealth and people have indulged in killing and corruption." They said to Alhasan, "Muawiya offers you so and so, and appeals to you and entreats you to accept
peace." Al-hasan said to them, "But who will be responsible for what you have said?"
They said, "We will be responsible for it." So, what-ever Al-hasan asked they said, "We
will be responsible for it for you." So, Al-hasan concluded a peace treaty with Muawiya.
Al-hasan (Al-Basri) said: I heard Abu Bakr saying, "I saw Allah's Apostle on the pulpit
and Al-hasan bin 'Ali was by his side. The Prophet was looking once at the people and
once at Al-hasan bin 'Ali saying, 'This son of mine is a Saiyid (i.e. a noble) and may Allah
make peace between two big groups of muslims through him." (Bukhari Book #49,
Hadith #867)

Imam al Bayhaqi commented after narrating the above hadith

: :






Sufiyan said regarding the saying "reconciliation between two Muslim groups": I love this
too much, (al Bayhaqi said): He loved it because Prophet peace be upon him said
"Muslimeen" to ALL OF THEM, this khabr became true after the death of Ali ra when al
Hasan bin Ali ra accepted the caliphate of Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan ra. [al Aiteqaat al
Bayhaqi 1/376]

Ibn Hajar commented

:

Ibn Battal said: This is the evidence that Muawiyah ra wanted peace and he was the one
who offered Hasan ra this, and draw his intention towards it, and not to raise swords,
AND HE MADE HIM REMEMBER THAT PROPHET PEACE BE UPON HIM MADE A
PROPHECY REGARDING YOU (AL HASAN I.E. 'This son of mine is a Saiyid (i.e. a
noble) and may Allah make peace between two big groups of muslims through him.")
[Fath al Bari Kitab al Fitan]

Then Ibn Hajr said

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In this story there are many benefits like
1. This is one of the prophecy among the prophecies of Prophet peace be upon him,
2. AND PRAISE OF AL HASAN BIN ALI that he left the authority even though he had no
shortage of army, neither he did this out of shame, neither any other fault rather he did
this to please Allah and to save the blood of Muslims, He saw the order of deen and the
interest of Ummah,

3. In it there is a refutation of Khawarij who used to do takfeer of Ali ra, Muawiya ra and
there companions because Prophet peace be upon him testified for both of the parties
that they are "Muslims" That is why Sufoyan bin Uyanah said regarding the saying of the
hadith " two Muslim groups" that I like it too much, this is narrated by Yaqub bin Sufiyan
in his "tareekh" from al Humaidi and Saeed bin Mansoor narrated from him.
4. In it there is virtues of making peace between the people especially when the blood of
Muslims is saved.
5. IT IS EVIDENCE THAT MUAWIYAH WAS MERCIFUL TOWARDS PEOPLE, HE HAD
COMPASSION TOWARDS MUSLIMS, HIS POWERFUL THINKING TOWARDS
MANAGEMENT OF RULING, AND HIS THINKING TOWARDS Consequences. [Fath al
Bari kitab al Fitan]

Comment: This is also a proof that Muawiyah ra and al Hasan ra were great Muslim
leaders.
See also:Is the killer of Ammar ibn Yasir going to hell?
http://www.umm-ul-qura.org/info/user_pages/page.asp?art_id=152

2)Shias quote Ishaq bin Rahwiyh

Imam Dhahabi records in his esteemed work 'Siyar alam al Nubla' Volume 3 page 132:

Ishaaq Ibn Rahwiyh said: 'There is not any Sahih hadith from the prophet (pbuh) about
the merits of Muawiya'.

Response:

a) This is not proven

Shaykh Muhammad Ameen Shanqeeti said

This saying is Batil and unproven from Ishaq ibn Rahwy
It is narrated by al Hakim as it is mentioned in "Seyar" of ad-Dahabi 3/132, "al Fawaid al
Majmooa" of ash-Shawkani page 408 from al Asm, Abul Abbas Muhammad bin Yaqoob
al Asm from his Father, who said I heard Ishaq bin Rahwy.. In al Fawaid "haddathana
Abi" is not mentioned. (i.e. al Asm directly narrated from Ishaq in al Fawaid)

1. Al Asm

He was born in 247 h, He did not hear Ishaq bin Rahwy who died in 238 h. So this athar
is Munqata, hence it is not proven.

2. Yaqub bin Yusaf bin Mu`aqal Abul Fadal an-Neysaburi.

He is father of al Asm, he has not been declared trustworthy by anyone! al Khateeb

mentioned his biography in his "Tareekh" 14/286 no. 7582:
"Yaqub bin Yusaf bin Mua`qal abul Fadal an-Naysaburi who came to Baghdad and
narrated from Ishaq bin Rahwy and Muhammad bin Makhlad narrated from him" He did
not mentioned any criticism or praise for him.

He is mentioned in his son's biography in "Seyar" 15/453 and ad-Dahabee also did not
mentioned any criticism or praise over him.....

So this saying is not proven, and is weak from Ishaq bin Rahwy Rahimaullah, How can
Imam Ishaq say this saying?
[al Ahadeeth al Nabawiyah fe Fadail Muawiyah bin abi Sufiyan page 45-46]
b) Ibn Asakir he said

 : . : ."
"And most authentic that was narrated in merits of Muawiya is the narration of Abu
Hamza from ibn Abbas that he was scribe of prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa
sallam) after he embraced Islam,it was reported by Muslim in his Sahih, and after that
narration of al-Irbad: O Allah teach him the book, and after that narration of ibn Abu
Umeyrah: O Allah make him guided, a guider".[Tareekh madinatul dimashq (59/106),
Shaykh Nasir ud din al-Albani Quoted in Silsilah as-Saheeha Vol 7 Page 694 hadeeth
no: 3227]

c) Ibn Kathir

He mentioned the following hadith

"O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him from the Punishment ".

And after quoting various routs of above hadith, Ibn Kathir said

.
Ibn Asakir mentioned this hadith with organized manner, and in great detail, and in best
and good way, May Allah have mercy on him. He went ahead in many feilds from many
Huffaz and Nuqaad. [al Bidaya wal Nihaya 8/160]

Then he went on and quoted other ahadith and said

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Then Ibn Asakir mentioned many fabrications without a doubt on virtues of Muawiyah, I
have not mentioned them, Against these fabrications I have mentioned authentic, good
and powerful ahadith.
Ibn Asakir said: "And most authentic that was narrated in merits of Muawiya is the
narration of Abu Hamza from ibn Abbas that he was scribe of prophet (sallalahu alaihi
wa ala alihi wa sallam) after he embraced Islam,it was reported by Muslim in his Sahih,
and after that narration of al-Irbad: O Allah teach him the book, and after that narration of
]ibn Abu Umeyrah: O Allah make him guided, a guider". [Al Bidaya wal Nihaya 8/161

Then he went on and mentioned various other proofs other than these on virtues of
Muawiyah ra, among them are:
1. Praises of Ibn Abbas ra
2. Hadith of Hind bint Atba where Prophet peace be upon him praised her house hold i.e.
her son Muawiya ra and others who accepted Islam.
3. He mentioned various ahadith, athaar and aqwaal after that in many pages, some of
which are authentic and others are weak as well.

d) ad-Dahabi said:

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al Mufdal al Ghlabi mentioned: Zaid bin Thabit was Katib al Wahy for Rasool Allah peace
be upon him, and Muawiyah used to write letters, BUT THIS IS AUTHENTICALLY
proven from Ibn Abbas thatIbn Abbas that he said I was playing when the Prophet
called upon me and said to me Go and call Muawiyah and he was a scribe of
revelation.. Al-Aarbad bin Sariyah as-Sulamee ra reported that he heard the Prophet
Peace be upon him saying : "O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect
him from the Punishment ". (ad-dahabi said "This hadeeth is Powerful shahid" in Syar
Ailam al Nubala 3/124)... Abdul Rahman bin Abi Umaira said that Prophet Peace be
upon him said " O Allah ! Teach Muawya Math, and protect him from the Punishment "
THIS HADITH (of Ibn abi Umairah) HAS TRUSTWORTHY NARRATORS but there is
difference of opinion on companionship of Abdul Rahman, but is is more correct that he
was a sahabi... Abdul Rahman bin abi Umaira ra said O Allah, make him (Muawiya )
guided, a guider, and guide people through him... Tirmidhi said Its Hasan Ghareeb.
[Tareekh al Islam 4/309-310]
3) Haters of Muawiyah ra quote a hadith from sahih Muslim which states

Ibn abbas reported: I was playing with children that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) happened to pass by (us). I hid myself behind the door. He (the Holy Prophet)
came and he patted upon my shoulders and said: Go and call Mu'awiya. I returned and
said: He is busy in taking food. He again asked me to go and call Mu'swiya to him. I went
(and came back) and said that he was busy in taking food, whereupon he said: May
Allah not fill his belly! ibn Muthanna, said: I asked Umm Umayya what he meant by the
word Hatani. He said: It means" he patted my shoulders". (Muslim Book #032, Hadith
#6298)

Response:

Following is the extract of response given by Shaykh Abu Yahya Nurpuri from as-Sunnah
49 to 54 page 148 to 155. They claim that see Prophet peace be upon him supplicated
against Muawiyah ra, but they failed to see another rout of this hadith which states

Messenger of Allah peace be upon him sent a message to Muawiyah ra to write for him
[Musnad at-Tiyalsi hadeeth no: 2869]

And the narration of Al Bayhaqi says:

Go and call Mu'awiya, He used to write wahyy [Dalail al Nabuwwah 6/243]

Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said:

The chain of this hadith is authentic, Abu Hamza al Qassaab Imran bin abi Ata al Asdi is
the narrator of Saheeh Muslim, and trustworthy and truthful according to Majority of the
Muhadditheen. see Noor al Aynayn page 147

The words of this narration "He used to write wahyy" proves that SAYYEDUNA
Muawiyah ra was Katib al Wahyy. Walhumdulillah" [Fatawa Ilmiya 2/260]

Shaykh al Albani said

( " 2 / 349 / 16) !
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Some sects use this hadith in a wrong way and try to accuse Muawiya RadhiAllahanho,
even though there is nothing in this hadeeth which proves there point. How can it be
used against him (Muawiyah) when it says he was Katib for Prophet peace be upon
him? As Hafidh Ibn Asakir said: This is the most authentic narration on virtues of
Muawiyah [Silsilah ahadeeth as-Saheeha 1/165]

Muawiyah a Katib ul Wahy and Katib of letters of Prophet peace be upon him, proven
from Salaf as well

a) Riyah bin al Jarrah said A person asked Mu`aafaa bin Imran (d 185 h)

:
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O Abu Masood What is the role of Muawiyah compared to Umar bin Abdulaziz?.
Mu`aafaa bin Imran got furious and said Nobody can be compared to the companions
of Prophet peace be upon him. Muawiyah was companion of Prophet peace be upon

him, Brother in law, scribe and his ameen regarding wahyy of Allah. [Tareekh Baghdad
1/209 Authenticated by Sh Zubair Ali Zai in tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba page 129, see
also 1/195 1/209 8/1445 5/2466 ]

b) al Ajury (d 360) said

Muawiya Rahimaullah who wrote wahy of Allah for Prophet peace be upon him, (wahy)
is order of Allah azzawajal. [ash-Shariya 5/2413]

c) Ibn Asakir said regarding him

Uncle of Momineen and he Wrote down the revelation of Rabb Al Alameen [Tareekh
Damishq 62/38]

This hadith and Faham of Salaf is a proof that Muawiyah ra was a Kaatib al Wahyy but it
is strange that haters of Muawiyah ra use this against him. And even from the hadeeth of
Sahih Muslim their argument is baseless because Imam Muslim used this hadeeth on
virtues of Muawiyah ra because the previous hadith of saheeh Muslim states
Anas b. Malik reported that there was an orphan girl with umm sulaim (who was the
mother of anas). Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw that orphan girl and
said: O, it is you; you have grown young. May you not advance in years! That slave-girl
returned to umm sulaim weeping. umm sulaim said: O daughter, what is the matter with
you? She said: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) has invoked curse upon me
that I should not grow in age and thus I would never grow in age, or she said, in my
(length) of life. umm sulaim went out wrapping her head-dress hurriedly until she met
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said to her: umm sulaim, what is the
matter with you? She said: Allah's Apostle, you invoked curse upon my orphan girl. He
said: umm sulaim, what is that? She said: She (the orphan girl) states you have cursed
her saying that she might not grow in age or grow in life. Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) smiled and then said: umm sulaim, don't you know that I have made this
term with my Lord. And the term with my Lord is that I said to Him: I am a human being
and I am pleased just as a human being is pleased and I lose temper just as a human
being loses temper, so for any person from amongst my ummah whom I curse and he in

no way deserves it, let that, O Lord, be made a source of purification and purity and
nearness to (Allah) on the Day of Resurrection. (Muslim Book #032, Hadith #6297)

Imam Ibn Kathir said

Muslim quoted this hadeeth (of May Allah not fill his belly) right after previous hadith (of
making the supplication source of purification). So this hadeeth has virtues of Muawiyah
[Albidaya wal Nihaya 8/120]

Imam an-Nawawi said:

Apart from Imam Muslim other people of knowledge have also quoted this hadith on
virtues of Muawiyah because these words of Prophet peace be upon him were dua for
Muawiyah ra in reality [Sharah Saheeh Muslim 16/156]

ad-Dahabee said:

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I Say: This is praise for Muawiyah because the Prophet peace be upon him said: O
Allah, whom I invoke curse or or whom I scold make it a source of purity and mercy.
[Tadhkirahtul Huffaz 2/195]

see another hadith mentioned by Ibn Kathir

Imam Ahmad recorded that 'Amr bin Abi Qurrah Al-Kindi said: "Hudhayfah was in AlMada'in and he was mentioning things that the Messenger of Allah had said. Hudhayfah
came to Salman and Salman said: 'O Hudhayfah, the Messenger of Allah would
sometimes be angry and would speak accordingly, and would sometimes be pleased
and would speak accordingly. I know that the Messenger of Allah addressed us and
said: (Any man of my Ummah whom I have insulted or cursed when I was angry -- for I
am a man from among the sons of Adam, and I get angry just as you do. But Allah has
sent me as a Mercy to the Worlds, so I will make that my anger into blessings for him on
the Day of Resurrection.'') This was also recorded by Abu Dawud from Ahmad bin Yunus
from Za'idah.(end quote from Tafsir Ibn Katheer 21: 107)

4) Haters of Muawiyah ra claim Nasai and Bukhari says there are no ahadith on Virtues
of Muawiya ra

They quote Imam Bukhari made a chapter

Ibn Hajr said under this chapter

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There are many Ahadiths narrated in the Virtues of Muawiya r.a which are not Sahih with
Isnaad. And Upon this opinion stood Ishaq bin Ruhawaie and Nasai etc. [Fath al Bari]

that is why haters of Muawiya ra said see there are no Manaqib of Muawiyah ra.

Response:
1. The citicism of an-Nasai

As for an-Nasai, There are few narrations narrated from him.

a) It is mentioned in Seyar A`lam an-Nubala: that al Haakim narrated from ad-Daraqutni:

That Nasa`i was asked regarding virtues of Muawiya ra, so he remanined silent, people
started beating him in the Jam`e mosque, he said take me to Makkah, they took him to
Makkah and he died there. [Seyar 14/133]

Sh Zubair Ali Zai said:

IF this narration is proven from al Hakim or ad-Daraqutni with an authentic chain of
narrators then I say: ad-Daraqutni was born in 305 or 306 h, and an-Nasaee died in 303
h, so this narration is Munqata and Mardood. [Tahqiqi Islahi aur Ilmi Maqalaat page 273]

So, this is not proven from ad-Daraqutni, and even if it is proven then it is Munqata.

b) This is also mentioned by al Hakim in "Muarifat Uloom al Hadeeth" no 182, from

Muhammad bin Ishaq (bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Mandah) as-Bahani who said my
teachers said (and the story)

Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai responded:

All these teachers were unknown, so this narration is weak. [Tahqiqi Islahi aur Ilmi
Maqalaat" page 273]

ad-Dahabee quoted this narration from Ibn Mandah from Hamzah al Aqbi al Misree
[Seyar 14/132]

Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said this is without chain. [Tahqiqi Islahi aur Ilmi Maqalaat" page
273]

c) Ibn Adeem narrated a story where Imam Nasai wrote weak ahadeeth in praise of
Muawiyah ra, and Abu Mansur said, you are a bad teacher, you don't have the right to be
my neighbour. [785-2
]

Hafidh Sakhawi responded by saying:

This is not authentic. (130)

Because the trustworthiness of the nrrators " " and"

" can not be found.
Praise of an-Nasai for Muawiyah ra

a) There is another narration from Imam an-Nasai as Imam ad-Dahabee quoted:

Nasai said to his student: When i entered damascus, i saw there are many, who are
against Ali ra, so I wrote "Khasais of Ali ra" I had a hope that this Allah will give them
hidayah through this book, Then He wrote a book on "Fadail as-Sahaba" (in which
Muawiyah ra is included), then an-Nasa`i was asked, why don't you write on the virtues
of Muawiyah ra (Specifically, as he already wrote general ahadith in praise of Sahaba,
including Muawiyah ra), to which he replied. What should i write for him? Should I write
The hadith which states: May Allah not fill his (Muawiya`s) belly"? [Tadhkirahtul Huffaz
2/194, Sh Zubair Ali Zai said its weak, for detailed response see his book Tahqiqi Islahi
aur Ilmi Maqalaat" vol 6 272-275]
ad-Dahabee said right after quoting:

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I Say: This is praise for Muawiyah because the Prophet peace be upon him said: O
Allah, whom I invoke curse or or whom I scold make it a source of purity and mercy.
[Tadhkirahtul Huffaz 2/195]

Even though this narration is also not proven but when they quote other narrations, why
don't they quote this one along with the carification of ad-Dahabi? In this narration Nasai
praised Sahaba including Muawiyah ra generally, and regarding specific hadith on
Muawiyah ra, he quoted a hadith which is in praise of Muawiya ra as ad-Dahabi said its
praise,

b) If they accept those weak narrations against Muawiyah ra, then what about the
following? al Mizzi said:

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Hafidh Abul Qasim (Ibn Asakir) said: this narration (of an-Nasa`i where he remained
silent, when he ws asked about virtues of Muawiyah ra) is not a proof that Nasai had a
wrong creed regarding Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan ra, rather it just proves that according
to Nasai, when Muawiyah ra is mentioned, (we) should remain silent.

Then he (Ibn Asakir) narrated with his chain from Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad al
Qabisi, who said I heard Abu Ali Hasan bin Abi Hilal, who said: Abu Abdul Rahman anNasai was asked regarding Muawiyah ra, to which he replied:

"Islam is like a house with a door. The door of Islam is the Sahaba. Whoever speaks ill of
the Sahaba seeks but to harm Islam, just like one who knocks a door to enter a house.
As for Mu'awiyah, whoever speaks ill of him seeks to find a way to speak ill of the
Sahaba." [Tareekh Damishq 71-174, Tahdhib al-Kamal, vol. 1 p. 339-340, the chain of
narrators are mentioned in Tahdib al Kamal, but that is not complete chain, Allahualam)

Against this story let us see what his own student said regarding his death.
c) Nasai himself narrated many sunnah of Prophet peace be upon him from Muawiyah
ra for example

It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab that Mu'awiyah said:

"The Messenger of Allah [peace be upon him] forbade giving a false impression. [Sunan
an-Nasa'i 5095]

It was narrated that Mujammi' bin Yahya Al-Ansari said:

"I was sitting with Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif when the Mu'adhdhin called the
Adhan. He said: 'Allahu akbar; Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest),'
and he (also) pronounced the takbir twice. Then he said: 'Ashhadu an la ialaha ill-Allah (I
bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah),' and he also sent the
testimony twice. Then he said: 'Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasul-Allah (I bear witness
that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah),' and he (also) sent the testimony twice.
Then he said: 'This is what Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan told me, narrating from statement
of the Messenger of Allah.'" [Sunan Nasa`i 683]

It was narrated from Mu'awiyah bin Sufyan that the Messenger of Allah said:

"A man may come and ask for something, and I refuse until you intercede, so that you
will be rewarded." And the Messenger of Allah said: "Intercede and you will be
rewarded."[Sunan Nasai 2558]

That is why Shaykh Tahaa Karaan said:

Mu'awiyah is credited with having narrated about 50 ahadith (roughly 10 repetitions
included) in the Sihah Sittah. At least 29 of these ahadith are included by Imam anNasa'i into his works. At least 13 of these are narrated only by Imam an-Nasa'i, to the
exclusion of the rest of the authors of the Sihah Sittah. (See al-Mizzi: Tuhfat al-Ashraf,
vol. 8 p. 434-455) Had Imam an-Nasa'i been possessed of anti-Mu'awiyah sentiments he
would have avoided the inclusion of any ahadith narrated by Mu'awiyah at all costs. (end
quote, albalagh.net)

d) The student of Imam an-Nasaee, Ibn Yunas al Misree said:

He went from Egypt in Ze Qad`a 302 h and died in Palestine on Monday the 13th of
Safar [Tareekh Ibn Yunas 2/24 no. 55]

Hafidh ad-Dahabee also quoted above in Seyar 14/133 and said

:
I say this is more authentic, Ibn Yunas is Hafidh and student of an-Nasai and he was
Arif. (end quote)

Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said:

IF this incident really happened then why Nasai`s own student did not mention this very
important incident of his death? [Tahqiqi Islahi aur Ilmi Maqalaat" vol 6 275]

Dr Bashar al Awad said:

(9 / 2917 13 : )
(417 / 6) .

as-Dahabee mentioned the saying of at-Tahawi and Ibn Yunas (student of an-Nasai
regarding his death), and authenticated as it is mentioned in "Tareekh al Islam" 9/2917,
and his student Salah as-Safadi followed him in "al wafi" 6/417. [Tahqiq of Tahdeeb al
Kamal 1328]
In short

- Weak narration states he died in Makkah after he was beaten by people. And his own
student says he died in Palestine.

- Student of an-Nasai, at-Tahawi, ad-Dahabee, Salah as-Safadi and sh Zubair Ali Zai
rejected the saying where it states an-Nasai was beaten because he did not mentioned
any Fadail of Muawiya ra and died in Makkah, as it was not proven from him.

- Nasai accepted ahadeeth of Muawiyah ra, and in two weak narrations he even praised
Muawiyah ra.

2. The chapter made by Bukhari "Dhakar al Muawiyah ra"

As for Imam al Bukhari Imam Bukhari brought this chapter in the book

"The book containing Fadhaail of Companions of Prophet peace be upon him"

Which itself means Imam Bukhari quotes the Fadhaail of Sahaba including Muawiyah ra,
if for the sake of argument we agree with the claim, then Imam Bukhari made many
chapters like this for example:

He was Uncle of Prophet peace be upon him.


He is among Ashra Mubashara.

He did not narrate any hadith in this chapter.

Now can any one say there are no virtues of Abbas bin Abdul Mutlib ra, Ibn Abbas ra,
Talha bin Obaidullah ra, Osama bin Zaid and Mus`ab bin Umair ra and others? No.

This is a proof that this is the asloob of Imam al Bukhari ra that he mentioned some
chapters with "dhikr", some with "Manaqib" etc. But ALL of them are in "The book
containing Fadhaail of Companions of Prophet peace be upon him"

Which is a proof that according to Imam al Bukhari, the Manqibat and Fadail of these
sahaba are proven according to him. as Allama Ayni Hanafi in his Commentary of
Bukhari Explains:

And He (Bukhari) didn't say The Virtues of Ibn Abbas as he said for the other
Companions Because he already made a Chapter in Book of Knowledge that "Chapter
about Saying of Prophet O Allah Teach him the Book" and then under it he narrated from
him (Ibn Abbas) that he said Prophet embraced me and said O Allah teach him the

Book, (i Ayni Say) this is a great Virtue and Imam Bukhari be settled with not discussing
the Word Virtue Over Here. (Ummdatul Qari 23/393).

Same way Imam Bukhari quoted a Marfu hadith in praise of Muawiyah ra i.e. the hadith
of naval expedition. [Sahih al-Bukhari 2924], another Marfu hadith in praise of the family
of Muawiya ra in the chapter of "Hind bint Atba ra" and Moquf hadith of Ibn Abbas ra in
"Dhikar Muawiyah".

a) Hind bint 'Utba came and said, "O Allah's Messenger! (Before I embraced Islam) there
was no family on the surface of the earth I wished to see in degradation more than I did
your family, but today there is no family on the surface of the earth I wish to see honored
more than I did yours." The Prophet ( )said, "I THOUGHT SIMILARLY, by Him in
whose Hand my soul is!". [Sahih al-Bukhari 3825]

Ibn Kathir said in al Bidaya wal Nihaya:

:
: - -.
The saying "I THOUGHT SIMILARLY!". has a praise (for Hind ra and her son Muawiya
ra) because He peace be upon him wanted degradation of Hind, her household and all
the others who were kuffar, but when they accepted Islam He peace be upon him
wanted them (Her household i.e. Muawiya ra her son etc) to be honored, so Allah
honored them i.e. household of Hind. [al Bidaya wal Nihaya 8/162]

There are other scholars as Ibn Hajr said that some scholars said this hadith should not
be taken literally as there were many enemies of Islam who were more staunch than
Hind bint Atba ra, and there were many who were better than Hind bint Atba ra after they
accepted Islam. [Fath al Bari]

Whether the hadith should be taken as literally or not, there is virtue of Hind ra, Abu
Sufiyan ra, Muawiya ra in it as Prophet peace be upon him wanted them to be honored.

b) Narrated Khalid bin Madan:

That 'Umair bin Al-Aswad Al-Anasi told him that he went to 'Ubada bin As-Samit while he
was staying in his house at the sea-shore of Hims with (his wife) Um Haram. 'Umair said.

Um Haram informed us that she heard the Prophet ( )saying, "Paradise is granted to
the first batch of my followers who will undertake a naval expedition." Sahih al-Bukhari
2924

The proof that Muawiya ra was the FIRST one. Umm Haram said

: :



"Invoke Allah to make me one of them." He said, "You are among the first batch." Later
on it happened that she went out in the company of her husband 'Ubada bin As-Samit
who went for Jihad and it was the FIRST TIME the Muslims undertook a naval expedition
LED BY MUAWIYA [ Sahih al-Bukhari 2799]

After quoting authentic ahadith in virtues of Bukhari, let us see what Bukhari ra did with
virtues of Muawiya ra in his great book "Tarikh al Kabeer"

1. First he mentioned the athar of Ibn Abbas ra for Muawiyah ra where he said: "I have
not seen more applicable for Ruling (after khilafat of 4 Caliph) better than Muawiyah."

2. Then he quoted the marfu hadith P where Prophet Peace be upon him said " O Allah !
Teach Muawya Math, and protect him from the Punishment "

3. Then he quoted a Prayer of Prophet peace be upon him O Allah, make him (Muawiya
) guided, a guider, and guide people through him

4. Then he quoted a narration of Muawiyah ra that he said: he heard the Messenger of

Allah ( )say: A group of people from my Umma will continue to obey Allah's Command,
and those who desert or oppose them shall not be able to do them any harm. They will
be dominating the peeple until Allah's Command is executed (i. e. Resurrection is
established).

5. Then mentioned the saying of Umair bin Saeed ra that he said: 'Do not mentioned
Mu'awiyah except with good, for indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ( )saying: "O
Allah guide (others) by him."

6. Then he mentioned a hadith narrated by Mu'awiyah: The Prophet ( )said: Do not

ride on silk stuff and panther skins.

7. And then he mentioned the saying of Ibn Sireen that: Muawiya ra did not lie upon
Prophet peace be upon him in narrating ahadith. [see Tareekh al Kabeer no. 1405]

All of this proves Bukhari agreed with his fadheelah and he did not mentioned anything
which goes against Muawiyah ra.

3. The criticism of Ibn Hajr al Asqalani

See the quote by Ibn Hajr which they don't want to share.

Ibn Hajr al Asqalani said in its commentary of "Baab dhikar Muawiya ra"

:


Bukhari mentioned "dhikar" rather than Manaqib or Fadheelah because there is no
fadheelah in this (specific) hadith (quoted by Bukhari) but the apparent testimony of Ibn
Abbas are evidence of his great virtue (i.e. the words Ibn Abbas ra used for Muawiyah
ra) he is faqeeh and he was sahabi of Prophet peace be upon him. Ibn Abi Asim wrote a
(separate) Juzz in his (Muawiyah`s ra) Manaqib, Abu Umar Ghulam Tha`lab and Abu
Bakar Naqqash also (wrote juzz in Manaqib) [Fath al Bari under the chapter "Dhikar al
Muawiyah"]

He also said:

But with his (Bukhari's) deep understanding, He deduced the ruling (from the athar of Ibn
Abbas ra where he said Muawia ra was a sahabi and faqeeh), due to which the heads of
Rawafidh gets down. [Fath al Bari, Ibid]

Ibn Hajr himself authenticated the chain of narrators as he mentioned four ahadith in "al
Isaba" to prove the companionship of the Sahabi Abdul Rahman bin Abi Umaira ra.

1. " O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him from the Punishment "
and he mentioned its different routs as well
2. There will be bayh in bayt ul maqdas on hidayah
3. No one wants to come back in this world apart from shaheed, even if all the things of
this world are given to him.
4. There is no safr (i.e. no bad omen in safr)...
Then he said

.
Even though there is problem in the chain of these ahadith but all of them proves that
Abdul Rahman was a Sahabi. [ibid]

Then he said regarding the hadeeth where Prophet peace be upon him prayed for
Muawiya:

:
. .
.
With that THERE IS NO FAULT OF IDHTERAAB IN FIRST HADEETH AND ITS
NARRATORS ARE TRUSTWORTHY, so it is narrated by Waleed bin Muslim and Umar
bin Abdul wahid from Saeed bin Abdul Aziz... [Al Isaba vol 4 page 288]
So this proves according to Ibn Hajr and Imam Bukhari, not all the ahdeeth related to
Muawiya ra are weak.

5) Haters of Muawiyah ra says Muawiyah ra said regarding Umar ibn al Khattab ra and
Ibn Umar ra

"'If anybody wants to say anything in this matter of the Caliphate, he should show up and
not conceal himself, for we are more rightful to be a Caliph than he and his father."
[Sahih al-Bukhari 4108]

Response:

This is false interpretation that above words are for Umar ibn al Khattab ra, because
Muawiya ra Loved the era of Umar ra and Umar ra himself.

Ibn Hajr commented:

: :

It is said (Qeela, seegha Tamreed i.e. mostly used for weak opinions):He meant Umar
and his son Abdullah. (Ibn Hajar responded) It has a problem because Muawiyah had
EXTREME LOVE FOR UMAR. [Fath al Bari the commentary of hadith no. 4108]

az-Zuhri (the Tabiyee) said:

The practice of Muawiyah ra was on the way of Umar bin al Khattab, and he did not
reduced anything from it. [as-Sunnah by al Khallal no. 683, the Muhaqqiq said: The
chain is saheeh"]

one of the examples among the many, Where Muawiya ra showed his love for Umar ibn
al Khattab and his era.

Mu'awiya ra himself said:

Be cautious about ahadith except those which were current during the reign of Umar, for
he exhorted people to fear Allah, the Exalted and Majestic... [Sahih Muslim 1037]

an-Nawawi commented:

 :



i.e. In the era of Muawiya, many of the lands of Ahlul Kitab were in control and there
narrations were wide spread among the people. So He ordered to follow Ahadith which
were preserved in the era of Umar ra.. [Sharh Sahih Muslim]

So, the question is to whom Muawiya ra said this? The answer of this rely on which
occasion Muawiya ra said this. Ibn Hajr mentioned following opinions

1. It is regarding the last gathering which Muawiya ra and Hasan ra did (i.e. when they
both reconciled)

2. Muawiya ra said this on the place of Dawma tul Jandal

and some other opinions as well, whenever he said this, The thing is He did not say it
regarding Umar a and his son.

Now what about the reply Ibn Umar ra thought to give Muawiya ra? i.e.

"On that, Habib bin Maslama said (to Ibn Umar), "Why don't you reply to him?" Abdullah
bin Umar said, "I untied my garment that was going round my back and legs while I was
sitting, and was about to say, 'He who fought against you and against your father for the
sake of Islam, is more rightful to be a Khalifah,' but I was afraid that my statement might
produce differences amongst the people and cause bloodshed, and my statement might
be interpreted not as I intended. (So I kept quiet) remembering what Allah has prepared
in the Gardens of Paradise." Habib said, "You did what kept you safe and secure."
[Sahih Al Bukhari : 4108]

Fath al Bari has an explanation that

: : "
"



Ibn Umar talked about himself (not Ali ra) but he kept quiet due to the fitnah and that he
never thought about duniya before this day when he wanted to reply Muawiya ra, the
opinion of Muawiya ra was that the right of Caliphate is for the one who has more
knowledge and powerful opinions, rather than for the one who accepted Islam earlier
and better in deen. The Opinion of Ibn Umar ra was different, that he did not agree on
the Caliphate of the mafdhool unless there is the danger of fitnah.[Ibid]

As Ibn Hajr mentioned Ibn Umar ra had different opinion then Muawiyah ra, he wanted
him to tell Muawiyah ra his opinion that the one who is faadil and accepted Islam before
him is more capable. Muawiya ra had opinion that this is not the case rather the one who
has strong opinion should be the one. Ibn Umar ra himself said:

I have not seen Aswad after Prophet peace be upon him other than Muawiyah.

Imam Ahmad was asked the meaning of Aswad, He replied

It means Sakhi [as-Sunnah by al Khallal 679,680,681, The Muhaqqiq of the book said
the chain of saying of Ibn Umar is Hasan and the chain of the saying of Ahmad is
saheeh]
And Muawiyah ra himself praised Umar ibn al Khattab ra as mentioned above from
saheeh Muslim, and he also praised Ibn Umar ra that he is better than me.

And It should be cleared that whether he was talking about "right of Caliphate" or "right
of Taking Qisas"? Shaykh Kifaya tullah said (as Translated by brother Omar ibn Saleem)

"It is true that the word "Amr" used in the hadeeth is also used to denote Khilafah ,
however here in this scenario it seems that Mu`awiyah (r.a) is using it for the issue of
claiming the qisas against the killers of `Uthman (r.a) and thus he said that i am more
worthy of this claim than he and his father.

Imam al-`Ayni (rahimahullah) said :

Verily he (mu`awiyah) was the guardian (relative) of `Uthman ibn `Affan and was seeking
the blood (of the killers of Uthman) and he had the most right among the people (for this
claim ) [Ref: `Umdatul Qaari sharh saheeh Bukhaari 17/185]

The proof that Mu`awiyah (r.a) was not behind the caliphate but behind qisas is the
following narration wherein Yahya ibn Sulayman al-Ju`fi (D 238 A.H) narrated from

: :
:
. .
Ya`la Ibn Ubaid, from his father: Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani and a group of people entered
upon Mu`awiyah, and they asked, "Do you dispute `Ali? Are you his equal?" He replied,
"No, I am not, and I know that he is better than me, and deserves this (khilafa) more than
me, but don't you know that `Uthman was killed unjustly, and that I am his cousin, and
that I ask for his blood? So go to him (`Ali), and tell him to bring forth the killers of
`Uthman, and I will submit to him." So, they went to Ali, and spoke to him, but he didn't
hand them (the killers because of the chaos and deceptive unity of the khawarij that
made it almost impossible for `Ali to make out who exactly is guilty among the lot ) [Ref:
Kitaab as-sifeen of Ju`fi via the source of Siyar al-`Alam 3/140; Sanad Saheeh by
shaykh Kifayatullah]

This shows that Ameer Mu`awiyah (r.a) didn't even contest `Ali (r.a) in caliphate , who is
a smaller khalifah or the 4th khalifah then how can it be even thought of that Mu`aiywah
(r.a) would contest the second and the most powerful of Khulafah the Muslim Ummah
had i.e `Umar Farooq (r.a)?!!!" (end quote of Shaykh Kifayatullah)

6) Haters of Muawiyah ra quote the following against Muawiya ra from Ibn Hajr al
Asqalani

:
:

Ibn al Jawzi mentioned from Abdullah bin Ahmad asked from his father what do you say
regarding Muawiya ra and Ali ra? He remained silent and then said, There were many
enemies of Ali ra who used to criticize him, and they used to find any criticism over him.

When they did not find any, then they started showing extravagance against Ali for a
man who had some fights with him. [Fath al Bari]

Response:

Yes there are many fabricated ahadith for Muawiya ra and there are many fabricated
ahadith against Muawiya ra, Ibn Kathir mentioned Many of them and criticised the chain
of narrators in al Bidaya wal Nihaya under the biography of Muawiyah ra.

Shaykh Muhammad Ameen shanqeeti said:

"This narration is ajeeb, I am not able to find its chain... Khallal said in as-Sunnah 2/60
"Imam Ahmad also said, after it was said to him: What do you say about what happened
between Ali and Muaawiyah (May Allaah be pleased with them)? He said: I do not say
anything about them except what is best. May Allah have mercy on all of them. The
Chain is saheeh" [al Ahadeeth al Nabawiyah fe Fadail Muawiyah bin abi Sufiyan by
shaykh Shanqeeti page 51]

Imam Ahmad mentioned authentic ahadith in praise of Muawiya ra, He wrote a book
Fadail as-Sahaba in which he made a Chapter "Fadaail al Muawiyah" and quoted three
ahadith, so, to say according to Imam Ahmad there is no authentic hadith on virtues of
Muawiya ra is wrong.

Following are the two out of three narrations quoted by Imam Ahmad in Fadail al
Muawiyah ra

Fadail e Sahaba of Imam Ahmad no: 1748

- -
) : - -
( ) : ( .
Al-Aarbad bin Sariyah as-Sulamee ra reported that he heard the Prophet Peace be upon
him saying as a du'aa : "O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him
from the Punishment ". [Muhaqqiq of Fadail e Sahaba said Chain is Hasan Lighairihi]

Mursal Shahid of this hadith

- - :
( ) : .
Shareeh bin Obaid said ( O Allah ! Teach Muawya the Book and Math, and protect him
from the Punishment ) .[Fadail e Sahaba of Imam Ahmad hadeeth no: 1749 Muhaqqiq of
The book said chain is weak because of Irsaal and Narrators are trustworthy, This is
making previous hadith more powerful and strength makes it Hasan Laghirihi]

Imam Ahmad also quoted some athaar including praise of Ibn Abbas ra in Musnad
Ahmad as well see Musnad Ahmad.

Imam Ahmad narrated in his Kitab az-Zuhd

:"
Abi Hamlah said: I saw Muawiyah on the Minbar in Damishq giving Khutbah to people,
and his shirt was patched with other cloth. [az-Zuhad no. 965]

Now see two Fatawa of Imam Ahmad against these haters of Muawiyah ra

a) Imam Ahmad was asked

: .
Should we pray behind a person who is shatim al Muawiyah?
He replied: NO. There is no respect for him. [Masail Imam Ahmad li Ibn Haani page 160]

b) It was narrated that Abu Bakr al-Marwadhi said: I said to Abu 'Abd-Allaah Ahmad ibn
Hanbal Who is better, Mu'aawiyah or 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Azeez? He said: Mu'aawiyah is
better; we do not compare the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) to anyone. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: "The best of mankind are my generation among whom I was
sent."[Al-Sunnah by al-Khallaal (2/434).]

c) al Khallal mentioned

: :
:
:

Ibraheem al Harbee said: a person asked Abu Abdullah (Ahmad), My uncle criticize
Muawiya and sometimes i eat with him, He replied immediately, do not eat with him. [asSunnah al Khallal 693, The Muhaqqiq of the book said the chain is authentic.]

7) Haters of Muawiyah ra quote Ibn Maja narrated from Sa`d bin Waqqas said:
"Mu`awiyah came on one of his pilgrimages and Sa`d entered upon him. They
mentioned `Ali, and Mu`awiyah criticized him. Sa`d became angry and said: 'Are you
saying this of a man of whom I heard the Messenger of Allah ( )say: "If I am a
person's close friend, `Ali is also his close friend." And I heard him say: "You are to me
like Harun was to Musa, except that there will be no Prophet after me." And I heard him
say: "I will give the banner today to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger."
English reference : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 121

Response:

a) Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said:

) ( 197 )
( 2404) ( 4416 ,3706
The chain is Da`if
Abdul Rahman bin Sabit did not hear from S`ad May Allah be pleased with him (see
Tohfatul Tahseel page 197).. [Anwar as-Saheefa by sh Zubair under Daif Ibn Maja hadith
no. 121, page 380]

Note: Dar us salam mentioned under this hadith its saheeh, but Shaykh did bara`at from

his gradings printed by dar us salam.

b) Shaykh Muqbil bin Hadee al Wad`ee said

:
" " .
When we see the chain of this hadeeth, it looks (it has) trustworthy (narrators), but
Yahya bin Maeen said: Abdul Rahman bin Sabit did not hear from Sad bin abi waqas as
it is mentioned in "Jame at-Tahseel" [Ahadeeth al Muallah 1/146 shamela]

c) Shaykh Abdul Rahman Damashqi said

. .
( 17/124 )
(1/222 ) .

: . : :
(361 6/180 ) : : . : .
(5/228 340 3867 ) .
(5/228 ) .
The narration is faulty because of Irsaal, because Abdul rahman bin Sabit is trustworthy
but he makes katheer Irsaal from a group of Sahaba, This is what Hafidh al Mizzi
pointed out in (Tahdeeb al Kamal 17/124)
and Yahya bin Maeen said it with certainity that Ibn Sabit did not hear from Sad bin abi
Waqas (see Jame at-Tahseel 1/222).
Hafidh said in Tahdeeb "It was asked to Yahya bin Maeen: Did Abdul rahman hear from
Sad bin abi waqas? He replied: No, he was asked, Abu Umama? he said no, he was
asked: what about Jabir? he said no, its Mursal. [Tahdeeb at-Tahdeeb 6/180 no 261]
He mentioned in at-Taqreeb: "Trustworthy katheer al-Irsaal" [Taqreeb at-Tahdeeb no.
3867 page 340, al Isaba 5/228]
Rather Hafidh mentioned from him "It is not proven that he heard from a sahabi" [al
Isaba 5/228]

[From the book of Shaykh Damashiqya "Ahadeeth Yahtaj biha alShiya" 1/343]

If this hadeeth is authentic then why Sad bin Abi Waqas ra praised Muawiyah ra? He
said:

:-


"I Have not seen anyone who ruled according to the truth better than Muawiya ra after
Uthman ra" [Tareekh Damishq Ibn Asaakir 59/161 authenticated by Hafiz Abu Yahya
Noorpoori]

Now even if we say for an argument this athar is Saheeh then what was the criticism of
Muawiya ra? He used to say:

"I know he is better than I am, and he has the right to rule, but do not you know that
Uthman was killed as an innocent? And I am his cousin and the seeker of his revenge."
[Reference quoted above]

Comment: This is the only thing he had against Ali ra which is not cursing or Abusing
naudhubillah, How can he abuse Ali ra when he himself used to ask questions from
him? [the athar is quoted above from "Muwatta Imam Malik Book 36, Hadith 18"

Now take the response from Sad bin Abi waqas ra himself:
Imam Ahmad narrated

: : :
: " .
Tariq bin Shihab said: There was a dispute between Khalid ibn waleed and Sad bin abi
waqas, a person spoke against Khalid (in favor of Sad), Sad said (to the one who was
speaking against Khalid): Whatever is in between us (Sahaba) that does not affect our
deen. [Fadail as-Sahaba by Ahmad no. 1311, The Muhaqqiq said: "The chain is saheeh"]

Meaning is clear, STOP do not speak against Sahaba even if we have disputes, that
does not have any impact on our deen, we will still be in jannah inshaAllah.

8) Haters of Muawiyah ra quote Amir b. Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas reported on the authority of
his father that Muawiya b. Abi Sufyan appointed Sa'd as the Governor and said:
What prevents you from Abu Turab (Hadrat 'Ali), whereupon be said: It is because of
three things which I remember Allah's Messenger ( )having said about him that I
would not him and even if I find one of those three things for me, it would be more
dear to me than the red camels. I heard Allah's Messenger ( )say about 'Ali as he left
him behind in one of his campaigns (that was Tabuk). 'Ali said to him: Allah's Messenger,
you leave me behind along with women and children. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ()
said to him: Aren't you satisfied with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses but with
this exception that there is no prophethood after me. And I (also) heard him say on the
Day of Khaibar: I would certainly give this standard to a person who loves Allah and his
Messenger, and Allah and his Messenger love him too. He (the narrator) said: We had
been anxiously waiting for it, when he (the Holy Prophet) said: Call 'Ali. He was called
and his eyes were inflamed. He applied saliva to his eyes and handed over the standard
to him, and Allah gave him victory. (The third occasion is this) when the (following) verse
was revealed: "Let us summon our children and your children." Allah's Messenger ()
called 'Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husain and said: O Allah, they are my family.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2404

Response:

Here these people translate the word " "into "curse", But the scholars mentioned ""
means "to denounce the opinion of other" or to "criticize" as mentioned by an-Nawawi ra.

a) Imam an-Nawawi answered in three ways:

:
.

.
:
.

(The meaning of it is)

1. (First Answer) Muawiyah did not order Sad to criticize Ali, rather he was inquiring him
about this, i.e. He asked Sad, whether you don't criticize Ali due to any shariee evidence
or his fear or is there any other thing? (then Sad mentioned ahadith that because of
shar`iee evidence I don't criticize not because i fear him) If you do not criticize him due to
evidence then you are doing the right thing and if you are doing it because of other thing
then the answer is different.
2, (Second answer) It might have been that Sad was among a group who used to
criticize Ali, but he was not doing it with them, That is why Muawiyah asked him, you live
among those who criticize him but i see you are different then them, i.e. you don't
criticize him even when you are living among them?
3. (Third answer) Criticizing means why don't you mention his mistake in Ijtihad? i.e. why
don't you mention that his Ijtihad is wrong regarding not giving the killers of Uthman to
Muawiyah? [Sahih Muslim under the Commentary of the hadith in discussion]

Before going further I want to clarify one thing, these Raafidah lied against an-Nawawi
rahimahullah that he said after mentioning the above answers:

"But the falsehood of this interpretation is clear, and a very unlikely interpretation. What
is clear, is that Mu'awiyah ordered to insult Alee (a.s), and he (i.e. Mu'awiyah) was not
infallible, so he could make mistakes. But we should refrain from abusing any of the
companions of the Prophet (saw), and insulting Alee (a.s) in the reign of Mu'awiyah is
clear in our ninth narration.

Source: Saheeh Muslim Sharh Al-Nawawi. Vol. 2, Pg. # 322.

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Comment: I was shocked how these Rafidah are using Imam an-Nawawis name and his
sharah? LIARS.

No where Imam an-Nawawi said this rather it is said by in his Sharah of

Saheeh Muslim with the name of "Fath al Mun`im be sharah Saheeh Muslim" and The
joke is after attributing abive quote to an-Nawawi and his Sharah they gave scan of Fath
al Mun`im be sharah Saheeh Muslim.
How ignorant are they? Now who is , He is Man who lived 1920-2009 ,
he is not among our Salaf, WALLAH RAFIDAH ARE LIARS.

Coming back to the answer, In Saheeh Muslim no 706, Prophet

commanded people during ghazwa of tabook that tomorrow you'll reach fountain of
tabook and no one should touch water until i touched it. But two men reached that
fountain first and when prophet asked them did you touch water, they said yes. (Then
the wordings are)

Now if we go by the translation of HATERS, we should translate it as, Prophet "cursed"
them. Naudhubillah, And No sane Muslim would ever translate like that.

b) Abul Abbas al Qurtubi's commentary on the hadith of Sad bin Abi Waqas and
Muawiyah.

al Qurtubi mentioned

Muawiyah ra said to Dhiraar ra when he mentioned good qualities of Ali ra in front of

Muawiyah ra.

May Allah have mercy on the father of Al-Hasan (Ali bin Abu Talib ra), for he was, by
Allah, just as you described him to be"

al Qurtubi said


: .

: .




Rough translation
"This hadith is a proof that Muawiya ra knew the virtues of Ali ra and his status, great
right and position... Muawiyah ra was the man of intellect, religion, tolerance, generosity,
Morality and what has been narrated from him regarding this issue is a lie and not
proven mostly. The most authentic narration used is his saying to Sad bin Abi Waqas ra:
What prevented you from criticizing Abu Turab?
And this is not a declaration that he asked him to criticize [him], rather it just was an
inquiry about the reason why he didnt or it is opposite as it is apparent from his answer
than after hearing his answer Muawiyah ra remained silent and accepted the truth. We
agree that the criticism of asking to provide the killers of Uthman ra was based on his
ijtihad, or fighting among the Muslimeen and the like which happened to the people of
virtues. as for cursing? then its a weak saying.. Muawiyah ra was far from cursing as he
remained in companionship, he knew the religion, He had virtues, patience and
knowledge. And Allah knows best." [al Mufhim 6/278-279]

c) Sad bin Abi Waqas ra himself praised Muawiya ra

If we take their meaning that above hadith means Muawiyah ra ordered Sad ra to
CURSE Ali ra, naudhubillah then why Sad bin abi waqas ra praised Muawiyah ra? as He
himself said

:-


"I Have not seen anyone who ruled according to the truth better than Muawiya ra after
Uthman ra" [Tareekh Damishq Ibn Asaakir 59/161]

It clearly shows the meaning taken from this athar by these haters of Sahaba is SELF
MADE, Muawiyah ra himself praised Ali ra.

Some of the examples where Muawiyah ra praised Ali ra

a) He used ask questions from Ali ra and other sahaba.

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibn al-Musayyab that a Syrian man
called Ibn Khaybari found a man with his wife and killed him, or killed them both.
Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan found it difficult to make a decision and he wrote to Abu Musa
al-Ashari to ask Ali ibn Abi Talib for him about that. So Abu Musa asked Ali ibn Abi Talib
and AIi said to him, "Is this thing in my land? I adjure you, you must tell me." Abu Musa
explained to him how Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan had written him to ask Ali about it. Ali said,
"I am Abu Hasan. If he does not bring four witnesses, then let him be completely handed
over," (to the relatives of the murdered man). [Muwatta Imam Malik Book 36, Hadith 18]

b) Muawiyah ra himself said Ali ra is better then me

He said
"I know he is better than I am, and he has the right to rule, but do not you know that
Uthman was killed as an innocent? And I am his cousin and the seeker of his revenge."
[Authenticated by Ibn Hajr in Fath al Bari (13/ 92)]

c) When the news of 'Ali's death reached Mu`awiya

It is mentioned by Ibn Abi Duniyah with his chain

.
Muawiyah said "To Allah we belong and to him we shall return. They have lost a great
amount of wisdom and knowledge and virtue."
His wife said: "yesterday you were criticizing him (i.e. his criticism was only that Ali ra
should hand over the killers of Uthman to him and nothing else) and now you praise
him?"
He said: "Woe to you! you have no idea what they've lost from his knowledge and virtue
and early accomplishments (In Islam)." [Maqtal Ali ibn Abi Talib by Ibn Abi Duniya no.

106, The chain is Ibn Abi Duniya the author who was trustworthy, Yusaf bin Musa al
Qattan who was teacher of Bukhari and trustworthy, Jareer Abdul Hameed ad-Dabbi
who was trustworthy]

There are other examples as well.

9) Haters of Muawiyah ra quoteIt has been narrated on the authority of 'Abd al-Rahman
b. Abd Rabb al-Ka'ba said that Abdullah bin Amr bin al Aas said:

The Prophet peace be upon him said... He who swears allegiance to a Caliph should
give him the piedge of his hand and the sincerity of his heart (i. e. submit to him both
outwardly as well as inwardly). He should obey him to the best of his capacity. It another
man comes forward (as a claimant to Caliphate), disputing his authority, they (the
Muslims) should behead the latter. The narrator says: I came close to him ('Abdullah b.
'Amr b. al-'As) and said to him: Can you say on oath that you heard it from the
Messenger of Allah ( ?)He pointed with his hands to his ears and his heart and said:
My ears heard it and my mind retained it. I said to him: This cousin of yours, Mu'awiya,
orders us to unjustly consume our wealth among ourselves and to kill one another, while
Allah says:" O ye who believe, do not consume your wealth among yourselves unjustly,
unless it be trade based on mutual agreement, and do not kill yourselves. Verily, God is
Merciful to you" (iv. 29). The narrator says that (hearing this) Abdullah b. 'Amr b. al-As
kept quiet for a while and then said: Obey him in so far as he is obedient to God; and
diqobey him in matters involving disobedience to God.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1844

Response:

First of all When Abdul Rahman (Tabiyee) heard a hadith of Following a Caliph and if
another man comes forward (as a claimant to Caliphate), disputing his authority, they
(the Muslims) should behead the latter.

The tabiyee wrongly understood the meaning of hadith because Muawiya ra was not
claiming the Caliphate rather he was just claiming the Killers of Uthman ra to hand over
to him, as he himself said:

"I know that Ali is better than me, and deserves this (khilafa) more than
me"[Authenticated by Ibn Hajr in Fath al Bari (13/ 92)]

Imam Nawawi writes in his commentary:

.
The meaning of this saying is that when the listener (The Tabiyee) heard the words of
Abdullah bin Amr bin al Aas regarding the prohibition of fighting for the Caliphate of the
current Caliph and that the one who fights the Caliph and claims it for himself is to be
killed,

- He thought that this would apply to Muawiya in his conflict with `Ali (ra) because the
latter received his Bay`ah first,

- so he saw that the money that Mu`awiyah spent on his troops and followers during the
war is like unjustly consuming the wealth and their fighting is like killing one another
because they were not upon truth, so none of them deserve money for fighting. [Sharah
Saheeh Muslim under the athar discussed]

It is not strange that a Tabiyee could understand the meaning of hadith wrong, as it is
mentioned in Saheeh al Bukhari when Adi bin Hatim accepted Islam, even he concluded
the meaning of hadith wrongly.

Narrated `Adi bin Hatim:

When the above verses were revealed: 'Until the white thread appears to you, distinct
from the black thread,' I took two (hair) strings, one black and the other white, and kept
them under my pillow and went on looking at them throughout the night but could not
make anything out of it. So, the next morning I went to Allah's Messenger ( )and told
him the whole story. He explained to me, "That verse means the darkness of the night
and the whiteness of the dawn." [Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1916]

Now see what Sahaba and Tabiyeen said regarding Muawiyah ra

1.Umm ul Momineen Aisha ra said

When i saw the matters of people at the time of fitna, I wished that May Allah increase
the age of Muawiya with my age. [alTabqaat Ibn Arooba alHarraani page 41]

2. Ibn Abbas ra Said

I have not seen more applicable for Ruling (after khilafat of 4 Caliph) better than
Muawiyah. [Tareekh Damishq 62/161 with authentic chain as Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said
in Majallah Al Hadeeth no: 29 page 62,Musannif Abdul Razzaq vol 11 page 453 no:
20985]

3. Ibn Umar ra said:

I have not seen Aswad after Prophet peace be upon him other than Muawiyah.
Imam Ahmad was asked the meaning of Aswad, He replied
It means Sakhi [as-Sunnah by al Khallal 679,680,681, The Muhaqqiq of the book said
the chain of saying of Ibn Umar is Hasan and the chain of the saying of Ahmad is
saheeh]

4. Saad bin Abi Waqas ra said:

:-


I Have not seen anyone who ruled according to the truth better than Muawiya ra after
Uthman ra [Tareekh Damishq Ibn Asaakir 59/161]

5. Abu Darda ra said:

I have not seen anyone who prayed like Prophet peace be upon him after Prophet peace
be upon him other than Muawiyah [ hadith no: 67, Al
Haythamee said in Majma az-Zawaid 4/285: "Narrated by at-Tabrani and its narrators
are the narrators of Saheeh other than Qaus bin al Hars al Munhaji, and he is
trustworthy]

And there are Many other evidences where Sahaba and Tabiyeen Praised Muawiya ra
who knew Muawiyah ra is ruling according to Quran and Sunnah.

10. Haters of Muawiya ra quote

"It was narrated that Khalid said: "Al-Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib, 'Amr bin Al-Aswad, and a
man from Banu Asad came from QinnasrIn to Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan. Muawiyah said
to Al-Miqdam: 'Do you know that Al-Hasan bin Ali has died?' Al-Miqdam said: 'Indeed we
are Allah's, and to Him we shall return. (Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'oon)'Someone (In
Ahmad's narration: Muawiyah) said to him: 'Do you regard it as a calamity?' He said:
'Why shouldn't I regard it as a calamity, when the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to
take him in his lap and say: "He is from me, and Husain is from Ali." The Asadi man said:
'A live coal that has been extinguished by Allah.' Al-Miqdam said: 'As for me, I will not
move today, until I say something to annoy you, and make you hear what you dislike.'
Then he said: 'O Muawiyah, if I tell the truth, then confirm it, and if I tell lies, then tell me I
am lying.' He said: 'Go ahead.' He said: 'I adjure you by Allah, did you hear the
Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbid wearing gold?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I adjure you by
Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade wearing silk?' He said:
'Yes.' He said: 'I adjure you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah forbade
wearing and riding on the skins of predators?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'By Allah, I have
seen all of that in your house, O Muawiyah! Muawiyah said: 'I knew that I could not be
safe from you, O Miqdam."
Khalid said: "Muawiyah ordered that he be given something that he did not order for his
two companions, and he allocated a stipend of two hundred to his son. Al-Miqdam
divided it among his companions, but the Asadi man did not give anyone anything of
what he took. News of that reached Muawiyah, and he said: 'As for Al-Miqdam, he is a
generous man who gives freely, and as for the Asadi man he is a man who holds on well
to his possessions." [SUNAN ABU DAWUD: 4131, MUSNAD AHMAD: 17288]""

Response:

There is a dispute on the authenticity of this narration,

The chain of the narration

a) al Munzari said:

Nisaai narrated it with short words, and in the chain the narrator Baqiyat bin al Waleed
has a problem. [Awn al Mabood]

b) Shaykh Shuaib al Aranoot said:

"The chain is weak due to weakness of Baqiyat [Tahqeeq of Sunan Abu Dawood under
4131]

He said in the Tahqiq of Musnad al Imam Ahmad:

- -
The chain is weak, Baqiyat ibn Waleed used to do Tadlees Taswiyat, and this narration
has his (AnAn). [Tahqeeq of al
Musnad (4/132)]

In short, according to these scholars Baqiyat is weak and he used to do Tadlees

Taswiyat (Worst type of Tadlees). And he MUST narrate his sama from his teacher, and
all the narrators in the chain must narrate sama from there teachers to the end of the
chain, its unlike other tadlees where, a Mudallis have to narrate his hearing from his
teacher.

Note: There is another group of scholars who said Baqiyat is Mudallis and it is proven
but he is Baree from Tadlees Taswiya, This is the opinion of al Albani Rahimaullah and
Zubair Ali Zai Rahimaullah. [see al Fath al Mubeen fe Tahqeeq Tabqaat al Mudalliseen
fourth Tabqa of Mudalliseen, That is why they have authenticated the chain as well]

Note 2: He is same Baqiyat who narrated the following words from Prophet peace be
upon him

Tooba is for the one who saw me (in the state of eeman), and Tooba is for the one who
saw the companions, Tooba and the best place is for them. [al Ahadeeth al Mukhtara
9/99, Shaykh Zubair said the chain is hasan in his tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba page 134,
as he did not considered him the one who did Tadlees Taswiyah]

In short, they don't take Baqiyat in his one narration, and accept him in other one. We
the Ahlus sunnah say, whatever happened between sahaba does not concern us, as the
hadeeth says "Tooba is for the one who saw me", and Muawiya ra is a sahabi according
to consensus. Now let us see the text of the narration in Abu Dawud.

The text of the narration

a) Ibn Katheer said regarding same chain and the hadeeth

: : :
. .
Baqiyat said from Baheer bin Saeed from Khalid bin M`adan from Al-Miqdam bin
Ma'dikarib, He said I heard from Prophet peace be upon him "al Hasan is from me, and
Husain is from Ali." There is Nakarat in these words and the meaning. [al Bidaya wal
Nihaya vol 8 under "The death of al Hasan"]

Note: These words (i.e. "al Hasan is from me, and Husain is from Ali.") are against the
authentic hadeeth as well which states: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) said: Husayn is part of me and I am part of him. May Allaah love
those who love Husayn. Husayn is one of my grandsons. al-Tirmidhi (3775), Ibn Maajah
(144) and Ahmad (17111)

Muawiya ra said Punishment can not touch Hasan ibn Ali ra

And the words "'Do you regard it as a calamity?" are the words or Muawiyah ra or not?
there is a problem in it as well because Muawiya ra himself said regarding al Hasan ra


"

Punishment will not touch the tongue or lips of the one which were kissed by Prophet
peace be upon him. [Musnad Ahmad 28/62, Authenticated by Shoaib Arnaoot in his
tahqiq, Al Haythamee said in Majma az-Zawaid 9/177 Narrators are the narrators of
Saheeh except Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Awf who was trustworthy]

Veneration of Muawiyah for Ahlul Bayt of Prophet peace be upon him and his respect for
them

Authentic narrations from Ash-Shariya al Ajurry "Chapter "Tazeem of Muawiyah ra for

Ahlul Bayt" according to the Muhaqqiq of the book "Dr. Abdullah bin Umar bin Suleman
ad-Dameeji"

No. 1959

: ,

:
,

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Yaqub said: When Muawiyah ra met al Hasan bin Ali ra, He
said: Marhaba, O son of Messenger of Allah peace be upon him welcome, and he
ordered to give 3 lakh dirham as a gift. [The Muhaqqiq of the book said the chain is
authentic, . (59/194) ( 5/370) ) (
(35) ]

no. 1961

:
:

Zuhri said: After the Shahadah of Ali ibn Abi Talib ra, al Hasan bin Ali Ra met Muawiyah
and Muawiyah said to him: It was sufficient for you to be better than Yazeed that your
mother is a woman from Quraysh and his mother is a woman from [the tribe of] Kalb, But
here your mother is (Quraishi as well as) Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah
(Salah Allah Alaihi wa Salam). (i.e. You (Hasan) are far better than my son (yazeed).)
[The Muhaqqiq said: The chain is hasan]

no. 1963

Hasan and Husayn RadhiAllahanhuma used to accept the gifts from Muawiyah
RadhiAllahanho. [The Muhaqqiq said: Chain is Hasan"]

There are many other narrations where Muawiya ra praised Hasan ibn Ali ra but these
are from the chapter made by al Ajurry in ash-Shariya.

Muawiya ra forbade people to wear gold and silk.

And the narration states "'By Allah, I have seen all of that (i.e. wearing silk and gold) in
your (Muawiyah's) house"

Having these things in the HOUSE is no Sin at all!! First two are even allowed for the
women. Most importantly, he did not say that you wear these things! He said, you have
them in your HOUSE!!

If these people who accuse Muawiyah ra say he used to wear it? then This is
problematic because Muawiyah ra used to FORBID these things, as it is mentioned in
the books of hadith, for example

a) Imam Ahmad Narrated

:
:

: "
"
Once Muawiyah did Khitab at the place of Hamas and said: I see these things among
you, and I forbid you from this because Prophet peace be upon him forbade: .. the
wearing of the skins of beasts of prey.. wearing of silk [Musnad Ahmad 28/131, The
Muhaqqiq Shuaib al Arnaoot said: Saheeh Lighayrihee]

b) Abu Shaikh Al-Huna'i said:

"I heard Mu'awiyah say to a group of Muhajirun and Ansar who were around him: 'Do
you know that the Messenger of Allah [SAW] forbade wearing silk?' They said: 'By Allah,
yes.' He said 'And (he forbade) wearing gold unless it was broken (into smaller pieces)?'
They said: 'Yes.'" Sunan an-Nasa'i 5159

Imam Nasai mentioned above saying in "Chapter: Prohibition of Gold for Men"

This is a proof that Muawiyah ra himself forbade people from these things and he used
to quote hadith of Prophet peace be upon him.

In short,

1. This hadeeth is disputed among the ahlul ilm.

2. Even if we consider the chain to be authentic, there are lots of problems in the text as
Imam Ibn Katheer pointed out.
3. Muawiya ra said Punishment can not touch Hasan ra.
4. Muawiyah ra used to forbid people from wearing gold and other things which are
forbidden in Islam.

11. Did Ibn Abbas RadhiAllahanho cursed Muawiyah RadhiAllahanho?

Haters of Muawiyah says It is mentioned in Sunan al Kubra al Bayhaqi that Ibn Abbas ra
said "Thus ibn Abbas went out from his tent saying: Labyak Allah huma Labayk in
defiance of Muawyiah, may Allah curse them, they abandon the Sunnah due to their
hatred of Ali.

Response:

The chain of narrators

Cursing is not narrated by anyone other than al Bayhaqi, The narrator is Khalid ibn
Mukhlid al-Qatwani who was trustworthy but a ghali shia [Ibn Sa`ad page 283, Vol. 6]

According to some scholars He is trustworthy Mutlaqan, while others states if he is

ALONE in narrating then he is not authority, and he narrated many manakeer for
example

Imam Ahmad said:

.
He narrated manakeer
(1403 / 18 :2 )

Ibn Abi Hatim said

His father was asked regarding Khalid bin Makhlad, he said he narrated munkir
ahadeeth (2/18)

It is mentioned in Sawalaat al Ajury 1/103

: "
Abu Dawud mentions him saying: "He is truthful; but he follows Shi`ism."

In short he is trustworthy but he was shia and narrated manakeer, Especially when this
narration supports his innovation.

The text of the narration

We should see the text of this narration as well.

1. Athar no. 1 Ibn Abbas ra going against cursing sahaba,

: : :

" :

" .
Abu Muawiyah narrated from a person (Rajul) from Mujahid that Ibn Abbas ra said: ""Do
not criticize the companions of Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), for indeed
Allaah (azza wa jall) has commanded us to seek forgiveness for them and He (the
Supreme) knew that there will be fighting amongst them"..

[Fadail as-Sahaba Ahmad no. 18, The Muhaqqiq Waseeullah Abbas said: "The chain is
weak due to the teacher of Abu Muawiya is Mubham and other narrators are
trustworthy.. Ibn Taymiyah said in Minhaj as-Sunnah, Narrated by Ibn Batta with
authentic chain from Abdullah bin Ahmad from Abu Muawiyah from Reja (rather than
rajul) from Mujahid from Ibn Abbas, (sh Waseeullah Abbas said) If this is Reja rather
then Rajul then the chain is Authentic.. Reja is Ibn Hewat who was trustworthy]

Athar no. 2
Abu Muawiya narrated from his another teacher Hisham bin Urwa who narrated from
'Urwa and he reported on the authority of his father that 'A'isha said to him:
O, the son of my sister, the Muslims were commanded to seek forgiveness for the
Companions of Allah's Apostle ( )but they reviled them.[Sahih Muslim 3022]

Athar no. 3
Ibn Umar ra said
'Do not revile the Companions of Muhammed, for the stay of anyone of them for a brief
period (with the Prophet) is better than all the good deeds that anyone of you does in his
lifetime.'" [Ibn Maja Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 162 authenticated by sh Zubair Ali Zai, he
used to consider it weak but he did ruju in Anwar as-Saheefa where he mentioned this
saying "Numbers of ahadeeth which are saheeh or hasan after research" and he
mentioned hadeeth no. 162. This is also authenticated by sh Wasee ullah Abbas in
Tahqiq of Fadail as-Sahaba no. 15]

Here it is very important to note that Ibn Abbas ra considered Muawiya ra a Sahabi.

Narrated Ibn Abu Mulaika:

Muawiya offered one rak`a witr prayer after the `Isha prayer, and at that time a freed
slave of Ibn `Abbas was present. He (i.e. the slave) went to Ibn `Abbas (and told him that
Muawiya offered one rak`a witr prayer). Ibn `Abbas said, "Leave him, for he was in the
company of Allah's Messenger ()."

When it is proven that Ibn Abbas ra himself and other sahaba said Do not revile the
companions of Prophet peace be upon him, and it is also proven that Ibn Abbas ra
himself considered him a Sahabi, then how can Ibn Abbas ra curse Muawiyah ra?

Especially when it is proven that Ibn Abbas radhiAllahanho himself praised Muawiyah ra.

1. Ibn 'Abbas said, "He (Muawiyah) is a faqih (i.e. a learned man who can give religious
verdicts) .[Bukhari Book #57, Hadith #109]

2. Imam ash-Shafiee narrated

:

:

Kurayb saw Muawiya ra praying Isha and he prayed one witr, he told Ibn Abbas, and he
replied: O my son he did a right thing, no one among us was more knowledgable (in this
issue) than Muawiyah. [al Umm 1/330]

3. Ibn Abbas ( ) reported that the Prophet ( ) told him : " Go

bring Muawya to Me ", because he wrote down Allah's Revelation (Wahy) for the Prophet
[Recorded by Imam Ahmad 2651 , Dalail Al Nabuwwah of Behaqi vol 6 page 243 and
verified to be authentic by Albani in Silsilat as-Saheehah 1-164 and It is mentioned in al
Hadith of Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai that "Chain is Hasan" see Majallah Al Hadith no: 29 page
5]

4. Ibn Abbas ra Said

I have not seen more applicable for Ruling (after khilafat of 4 Caliph) better than
Muawiyah. [Tareekh Damishq 62/161 with authentic chain as mentioned inMajallah Al
Hadeeth of Shaykh Zubair Ali zai no: 29 page 62,Musannif Abdul Razzaq vol 11 page
453 no: 20985]
5. Ibn Abbas ra said:
"

Muawiyah can not lie upon Prophet peace be upon him. [Musnad Ahmad 16863, Sh
Shoaib Arnaut said its saheeh]

IBN ABBAS RA DID TAWAF WITH MUAWIYAH RA AND HE DID NOT SEE ANY
WRONG THING IN HIS TAWAF.

Imam Ahmad narrated

Ibn Abbas said he did tawaf of Baytullah with Muawiyah. Muawiyah kissed all the
corners of the Kaba. Ibn Abbas said why are you kissing these corners when Prophet
peace be upon him did not kissed? Muawiyah replied nothing in Baytullah should be left.
Ibn Abbas replied The life of Prophet peace be upon him is moral for you. Muawiyah
said: you are truthful". [MUSNAD AHMAD HADITH 1880]

Above narration proves Ibn Abbas ra did not see any wrong thing in tawaf of Muawiyah
other then his kissing, Muawiyah ra would accept what Ibn Abbas ra narrated regarding
TAWAF, then how can Ibn Abbas radhiAllahanho curse Muawiyah ra?

In short,

1. The words of Cursing are odd.

2. Ibn Abbas ra and other sahaba himself said do not revile sahaba.

3. He himself said Muawiyah ra is faqqeh and a Sahabi.

?4. Then how can he curse Muawiyah ra
5. Ibn Abbas praised Muawiyah and his Hakoomat.
6. Muawiyah ra and Ibn Abbas ra did tawaf together and Ibn Abbas ra did not see any
wrong thing apart from his kissing, which Muawiyah ra accepted that Ibn Abbas ra is
saying right thing.

Beautiful response by Muawiya RadhiAllahanho on the PROPAGANDA against him.

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)Miswar bin Makhrama ra went to Muawiyah ra in a delegation, and He (Muawiyah

helped him in his (Miswar`s) need, then met him alone and asked him,

What is your issue with criticizing the rulers? (i.e. Muawiyah ra)

Miswar said: Leave it, and do good.

Muawiya said: No By Allah you have to tell me about yourself, why do you criticize me?

Miswar said: Then i mentioned all the problematic issues.

Muawiyah replied: No one is free from sins, O Miswar do you know how i tried to do
Islah of people? ONE GOOD DEED WILL BE REWARDED (MINIMUM AS) TEN GOOD
DEEDS, OR YOU JUST SEE THE WRONG THINGS AND LEAVE THE GOOD
THINGS?

Miswar said: No. we just mention those sins which we see.

Muawiyah replied: We accept our shortcomings before Allah, O Miswar do you have any
sins which you fear, If Allah will not forgive then you will be doomed?

Miswar said: yes:

Muawiyah replied: Then what is the matter with you? do you think you will be forgiven
and I Will not be forgiven? By Allah i am trying my best to do islah even more than you,
but I choose one thing between the two.
I CHOOSE ALLAH AGAINST GHAYR ALLAH, I AM ON THAT DEEN WHERE ALLAH
ACCEPTS THE AMAL, ALLAH GIVES REWARD OF GOOD AND PUNISH THE SINS
APART FROM THOSE WHICH HE FORGIVE. I HOPE THAT ALLAH WILL REWARD
ABUNDANTLY AGAINST A SINGLE GOOD DEED, I AM FACING THOSE GREAT
PROBLEMS WHICH YOU AND ME CAN NOT EVEN COUNT. I HAVE ESTABLISHED
THE SYSTEM OF IQAMAT AL SALAH, JIHAD FI SABEELALLAH AND THE AHKAM
WHICH ALLAH REVEALED. AND THERE ARE OTHER WORKS WHICH IF I TELL YOU
THEN YOU CAN NOT EVEN COUNT, think something about it.

Miswar said: I came to know Muawiyah won the discussion, Urwa said after that it was
NEVER heard that Miswar said something against Muawiyah, he always prayed for him.

[Tareekh Baghdad 1/208, It is mentioned in Majallah al Hadith 29 page 61 that its chain
is authentic, Seyar Ailam an Nubala 3/151 and the Muhaqqiqeen said the narrators are
trustworthy]

Umar bin Abdul Aziz ra Lashing the haters of Muawiyah ra

These are the reasons, If you (Haters) were at the time of Umar bin Abdul Aziz or If he
comes today, he would lash you because you speak against Muawiya ra that he started
innovation.

Ibraheem bin Maysara said I have never seen Umar bin abdul Aziz beating anyone with
the exception of the one who insulted Muawiyah RadhiAllahanho, He would hit him
many lashes [Tareekh Damishq 39/211, Chain is authentic according to Shaykh Zubair
Ali Zai in Fadaail al Sahaba according to authentic ahadeeth page 129]

Recommended Readings

1. For Urdu Readers.

a) Majallah Al Hadith of Shaykh Al Muhaddith Zubair Ali Zai no: 26 page no 27 to 28 and
Majallah Al Hadith no: 29 page no 59 to 63(a must see article)

download from here: http://ircpk.com/mujallat_2.html

b) And a book of Mufti Taqi Uthmani in defense of Muawiyah RA download from here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/47715420/32939165/Ameer_Muawiyah_Aur_Tareekhi_Haq
aiq_-_Mufti_M_Taqi_Usmani.html?s=1&showComments=true

2. For English Readers

a) Sahih hadith in praise of Muawiyah http://gift2shias.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/sahihhadith-in-praise-of-muawiyah-2/

b) The Virtues of The Great Sahabee Muawya Bin Abee Sufyan ()

http://www.ahlalhdeeth.com/vbe/showthread.php?t=2721

c) Accusation that Imam Nisaee went against Muawiyah ra

http://www.albalagh.net/qa/amir_muawiyah_muhaditheen.shtml

d) http://www.fahmalhadeeth.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-issues-of-muawiyah-vs-ibnumar.html

e) Necessity of refraining from discussion of the disagreements that occurred among the
Companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)

http://islamqa.info/en/127028

e) Refuting Arguments Made by Shias Against Muawiya

http://www.ahlalhdeeth.com/vbe/showthread.php?t=3481

3. For Arabic Readers

a) http://www.mutair.ws/vb/showthread.php?t=620

b) extract from the Article by Shaykh Muhammad Ameen Shanqiti (a Must see, it has
reply of all the objections on the hadith Allah, make him (Muawiya ) guided, a guider,
and guide people through him.) http://www.sahab.net/forums/showthread.php?t=344255

c) http://www.saaid.net/Doat/Althahabi/7.htm#(1)