The Baha'i Studies Listserv I've read sunni accounts which would > agree that Uthman engaged in a certain amount of nepotism but he was a > Companion so Sunnis aren't going to want to slander him.
It is slander only if what I said was false, but what I described in regards to 'Uthman is largely taken from at-Tabari's account, hardly Shi'ite propaganda. Similarly > with Muawiya. Sunnis would generally admit that he was wrong in > opposing Ali (ra) and in what came afterwards but he was a Companion How exactly is the son of Abu Sufyan and Hind the Liver-eater a Companion? Simply by virtue of the fact that he converted (at his father's urging) before Muhammad died? In what sense was he ever the Prophet's companion. He never lived in Medina. They definitely weren't perfect but > they died as believing Muslims How do you know that? __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-533432-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
