Re: Abdullah ibn Saba - The Myth Exposed
salam hypnotix-2000
Salam bro BOY-NICE,
First off, Khawariji was a general term used by the Umayyads to label all those who were resisting the dynasty. In my opinion, this included several groups with varying opinions and ideologies.
Yes, but here when we use the term Khawarij, it refers to those who rebelled, hated, faught and eventually killed Ali bin Abi Talib [as].
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Second, according to tradition, Umayyads themselves used to curse Ali after congregation prayers. This is further (seemingly) evident according to Sah'l bin Sa'd as narrated in Sahih Muslim. But then, "Ali" cannot be the bone-of-contention between the Kawarijites and Umayyads to begin with...
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Sorry, I could'nt follow.
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Third, if a group cursed Ali, that does not make them "munaafiq" since they were doing it openly... how else (supposedly) would there be a record of it?
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I think you have a small misconception here. Dear, The abuser of Ali [as] being Munafiq doesnt have to do with the nature of abuse/curse i.e hidden or public, rather it was a bounty that has been bestowed on Ali bin Abi Talib [as] by Allah [swt] that whoever abuse/curse Ali bin Abi Talib [as] is Munafiq, or you can say that its other way round, Allah [swt] has made the hatred for Ali [as] as a sign of Munafiqeen, and thats what Sahaba used to say:
Abu Said al Khudri:
*"We recognized the hypocrites by their hatred of Ali." *
1. Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, volume 2 page 639 Tradition 1086
2. al-Isti'ab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr, volume 3 page 47
3. Al-Estidkar, by ibn Abdulbar, volume 8 page 446 (narrated from Jabir)
4. Muwadeh awham al-Jame wa al-Tafriq, by al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, volume 1 page 41
5. Al-Manaqib, by al-Khawarezmi page 232
6. Dakhaer al-Uqba, by al-Tabari page 91
7. Tarikh al-Khulafa, Imam-Suyuti page 66
8. Meftah al-Naja, by Allamah al-Bedakhsi, page 43
9. Al-Qaul al-Fasl, by Alawy al-Hadhrami , volume 1 page 448
10. Arjah al-Matalib, by Allamah Ubaidallah Amrtsri, page 513
11. al-Riyad al-Nadirah, by al-Muhibb al-Tabari, volume 3 page 242
**"Loving Ali is the sign of belief, and hating Ali is the sign of hypocrisy"
**Sahih Muslim, v1, p48;
Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643;Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142;
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128
Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author of Sahih), v1, part 1, p202
Hilyatul Awliya', by Abu Nu'aym, v4, p185
Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v14, p462
I hope I have made my point.
Thank you.