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> Susan said that Muawiyyah wasn't a pious man and questioned the
> sincerity of his conversion and therefore his status as a companion.
> Those certainly aren't Sunni positions.
Well, here is what a Sunni ahadith states:
The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever curses Ali, he has, in fact,
cursed me, and whoever has cursed me, he has cursed Allah, and
whoever has cursed Allah, then Allah will throw him into he
Hell-fire."
: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v6, p33
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) said: If one while praying between
the Rukn and Maqam (near Ka'bah) and fasting, dies but with the hate
of the family of Muhammad, he will enter the Fire. And he who
abuses
my Ahlul-Bayt is verily an apostate and is driven out of Islam. And he
who inflicts pain on my progeny upon him is the curse of
Allah. And he who hurts me by hurting my progeny has verily
hurt/angered Allah.
Certainly Allah has made Paradise forbidden to he who does injustice
to my Ahlul-Bayt, or kills them, or assists against them, or abuses
them.
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11,
p357.
Here is one which is found in four Sunni sources:
"We recognized the hypocrites by their hatred of Ali."
- Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p639, Tradition #1086
- al-Istiab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr, v3, p47
- al-Riyad al-Nadirah, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, v3, p242
- Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p91
Ali said: By him who split up the seed and created something
living, the Apostle (may peace and blessing be upon him) gave me a
promise that no one but a believer would love me, and none but a
hypocrite would nurse grudge against me.
- Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter XXXIV, p46, Tradition #141
This hadith is found in no less than 13 Sunni sources which I won't
list since it would make this post too long:
The Prophet looked toward Ali, al-Hasan, al-Husain, and
Fatimah, and said: "I am in the state of war with those who will fight
you, and in the state of peace with those who are peaceful to you."
Now is there any question that the Umayyads fought against Ali,
poisoned Hasan and killed Husayn?
As for cursing Ali, he not only did it but forced others to do it as
well. We have the following:
"Ali Ibn Abi Talib was cursed on the pulpits (manabir) of the
east and west...", during the time of Muawiyah.
Mu'jam al-Buldan, al-Hamawi, v5, p38
In her letter, Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet ) 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
messengerloved him."
But no one paid any attention to what she said.
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."
- Rabeea' al-Abrar, al-Zamakhshari
- al-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti
al-Shaikh Ahmad al-Hafdhi al-Shafi'i, composed the following about this report:
And Shaikh al-Suyuti told:
That it was what they made into a "Sunnah".
Seventy thousand mibar plus ten
from the top of which they cursed Haydara (Ali).
And next to this the greatest (sins) look small,
but blame ought to be directed.
Note I have quoted only Sunni sources here.
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