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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Preface by the Esteemed Shaykh and Muhaddith `Abd Allah ibn `Abd al-Rahman al-Sa`d   All praise belongs to Allah; we praise Him and seek His divine aid and forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the wickedness of our souls and the evils of our actions. He whom Allah has guided none shall misguide; and he whom Allah has misguided there shall […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Regarding the Authentic Hadith, “The Rebellious Party Will Kill `Ammar,” and Relating it to Other Texts   Al-Bukhari narrates in his Sahih (2657) with his chain to `Ikrimah who said that Ibn `Abbas radiya Llahu `anhu instructed him and `Ali ibn `Abd Allah to go to Abu Sa’id and listen to some of his narrations; so they both went (and saw) Abu Sa’id […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Authors Preface   All praise is due to Allah who has prepared for every era — after the interval of succession of Messengers — a few who remain from the people of [Islamic] learning who call those who have strayed, towards guidance; and who remain patient against trouble and harm. Who bring life to the deceased through the Book of Allah; and who […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter One   Responding to Those Ahadith Which Have Been Quoted in Criticism of Mu`awiyah   Know well that the narrations that have been mentioned in criticism of Mu`awiyah radiya Llahu `anhu are either authentic but do not give the meaning inferred by the people who quote them as criticism, or they are clear in criticism of Mu`awiyah but are unreliable. Imam al-Nawawi[1] […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The First Narration   The narration of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri radiya Llahu `anhu from the Messenger salla Llahu `alayhi wa sallam:   If you see Mu`awiyah on my pulpit, kill him!   This has been narrated by Ibn `Adi in al-Kamil[1] (2/146), (5/200), (5/314) as well as by Ibn al-Jowzi in al-Mowdu`at[2] (2/265) with the wording, “stone him,” and by Ibn `Asakir [3] […]