Re: The Four Imams and their opinions on shias...please help...
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Do you have any proof to what you're saying...or is it just one of those lies, which you people churn out so perfectly.
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For your satisfaction I will not give you one but many references...and even references of sunni ulemas who accepted this fact.
1-Muawiyah, the son of Abu Sufyan, gave order to Sa'd, and told him: "What prevents you that you are refraining from cursing Abu Turab (nickname of Ali)?" Sa'd replied: "Don't you remember that the Prophet said three things about (the virtue of) Ali? So I will never curse Ali."
Sahih Muslim, Chapter of Virtues of Companions, Section of Virtues of Ali - see Chapter p1284, Tradition #5916
2-"Mu'awiya issued an order to curse Hadhrath 'Ali. Upon hearing this Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas said "Even if you place a sword over my head and demand that I curse 'Ali, I will refuse to do so".
Fathul Bari, Vol. 7, Page 74, "Bab Manaqib 'Ali"
3-Ibn Kathir records that:
"Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas said to Mu'awiya you have sat me next to you on your throne and begun to curse Hadhrath 'Ali"
Al Bidayah al Nihayah" page 341 Volume 7 the Chapter "The virtues of 'Ali"
5-When Mu'awiya was proceeding to Hajj he saw Sad, grabbed him by the hand and sat him next to his pulpit. Thereafter he proceeded to curse Ali, Sad got angry stating you have sat me next to you and began to indulge in the awful act!
Tarikh ul Islam Volume 1 page 38
6-"Mu'awiya ordered the people and Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas to curse 'Ali, this angered Sa'd and fearing Allah (swt) he refused to do so, not caring what anyone else thought".
Sibt Ibn Jauzi al Hanafi in His Tadhkiratul Khawass page 113
7-"At the end of the Friday sermon Mu'awiya would say 'O Allah, curse Abu Turab, he opposed your Deen and path, curse him and punish him in the fire.' He introduced this bidah during his reign, his Governors acted upon it, this bidah continued until the reign of Umar bin Abdul Aziz"
Ibn Abi al Hadeed in his commentary of Nahjul Balagha Volume 1 page 464
8-"Upon the orders of Mu'awiya, 'Ali was cursed during the reign of Banu Umayya from Mashrik (east) to Mughrib (west) from the Mosque Puplits".
In Mu'jam al Buldan, Volume 1 page 191 Allamah Yaqoot Hamawi states
9-"Following the deaths of 'Ali and Hasan, Mu'awiya issued an order to all Mosques including Masjidun Nabi that the people curse 'Ali".
In Iqd al Fareed Volume 1 page 246
10-"It is indeed unfortunate that this bidah was introduced that cut the nose of the cities, this bidah even reached the pulpits and even shamelessly reached the ears of those present in the Mosque of Rasulullah (s). This bidah was introduced by Amir Mu'awiya".
Pakistani Hanafi scholar Maulana Raghib Rahmani in "Hadhrath Umar bin Abdul Aziz" page 246, Khalifatul Zahid, Page 246
11-"When Umar bin Abdul Aziz came to power be put an end to the bidah introduced by Mu'awiya, namely of swearing at 'Ali and cursing the family of the Prophet at the end of the Juma Khutba".
In Tarikh Khamis Volume 2 page 316
12-"Traditions were first formed in book form in the days of Ummayads, who, for about 90 years, throughout their vast dominions stretching from the Indus in India to Asia Minor and Spain, insulted the descendants of Fatima and got Ali openly censured in Friday sermons at the mosques. They had hundreds of saying coined to eulogise Amir Muawiya."
Allamah Shibli Numani ,Siratun Nabi Vol.1 page 60
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