Amir Muwiya's conversion to Islam

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Re: Muawiya Sahab

@mAd_ScIeNtIsT

Saying that he founded monarchy is actually a factually misleading, loaded statement.

Can you describe monarchy ? It was definitely not Anarchy but effectively a kingdom where absolute bloodline gets preference.

What he did was to secure succession before his death, by having the leader amongst the Muslims pledge to make his son khalif after his death. Given how close the Muslim world came to civil war after Hazrat Ali’s (RA) murder because Hazrat Ali (RA) did not have his succession clearly established and agreed during his lifetime, this can only be described as good government.

Of course, the problem is that Hazrat Muawiya (RA) and the Muslim leadership made the mistake of selecting and agreeing on one of the worst amongst the ummah to lead. But most fathers do tend to try and ignore and overlook the faults of their children. If anything, the greater fault lay with those Muslim leaders who agreed to accept Yazid as khalif.

Hazrat Abu Bakar and Hazrat Umar both had options in the form of Muhammad bin Abu Bakar and Abdullah bin Umar, respectively. They preferred opinions of shura , merit and ruled out monarchy.