In her letter, Umm Salama, the wife
of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) wrote to
Muawiyah: "...You are cursing Allah
and His messenger on your minbar,
and that is because you are cursing
Ali Ibn Abi Talib and whomever
loves him, and I am a witness that
Allah and His messenger loved
him." But no one paid any attention
to what she said.
Sunni reference: al-Aqd al-Fareed,
v2, p300
"That it was in the days of Bani
Umayyah, more than seventy
thousand minbar (in mosques) upon
which they cursed Ali Ibn Abi-Talib,
in some of what Muawiyah made a
Sunnah for them."
Sunni references:
- Rabeea' al-Abrar, al-Zamakhshari
- al-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti
And the Hadith go on... When we
have debated hardened followers of
the oppressors of Ahlul Bayt a.s, we
always get the same response, "We
reject this Hadith! We reject that
Hadith!" Well, I ask, how many
Hadith from your own books will
you reject? Eventually all you will
be left with will be the two covers
and no pages in between.
We also often hear that Imam Ali a.s
did not speak out against the the
ones that stole the Caliphate from
him, so why do we? Well, Imam Ali
a.s spoke about it himself. I suggest
those that doubt, read "Nahjul
Balagha". Even non Muslims know
about this book of Imam Ali a.s
called, "Nahjul Balagha" and
describe it as one of the most
beautifully written books that they
have ever read. In this book, which
consists of the Sermons of Imam Ali
a.s, there is a heartbreaking Sermon
called, "Khutbah al Shiqshiqiyyah"
in which he speaks about how his
right was stolen.
"Beware! By Allah the son of Abu
Quhafah (Abu Bakr) dressed himself
with it (the caliphate) and he
certainly knew that my position in
relation to it was the same as the
position of the axis in relation to
the hand-mill. The flood water
flows down from me and the bird
cannot fly upto me. I put a curtain
against the caliphate and kept
myself detached from it. Then I
began to think whether I should
assault or endure calmly the
blinding darkness of tribulations
wherein the grown up are made
feeble and the young grow old and
the true believer acts under strain
till he meets Allah (on his death). I
found that endurance thereon was
wiser. So I adopted patience
although there was pricking in the
eye and suffocation (of
mortification) in the throat. I
watched the plundering of my
inheritance till the first one went
his way but handed over the
Caliphate to Ibn al-Khattab after
himself. (Then he quoted al-A`sha's
verse). My days are now passed on
the camel's back (in difficulty)
while there were days (of ease)
when I enjoyed the company of
Jabir's brother Hayyan. It is strange
that during his lifetime he wished to
be released from the caliphate but
he confirmed it for the other one
after his death. No doubt these two
shared its udders strictly among
themselves. This one put the
Caliphate in a tough enclosure
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