Most people cant handle the truth and that is the story of Maulana Maududi. He wrote what majority of the people would rather not read, i.e. REALITY. He exposed the facts on Muawiyah, Aisha, and the other sahabahs and instantly found himself in the wrong books of the other people including his own fellow ulema friends.
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that being said his criticism is a far cry from the general criticism of the vast majority of sahaba as done by 12ers
nor does he criticize the first 2 caliphs for whom the 12ers reserve most of their venom