Muawiyah instructed to verbally abuse ‘Ali
Muawiyah instructed to verbally abuse ‘Ali
إن معاوية أمر بسب علي
Muawiyah instructed to verbally abuse ‘Ali.
Ibn Majah reported this in his Sunan.
This narration is da’if. ‘Abdul Rahman ibn Sabit narrates with plenty irsal.
The scholars have criticised the narration of Abu Muawiyah from al A’mash.
Abu Muawiyah
- Ibn ‘Adi comments, “Extremist Shia. He has such narrations which I do not like mentioning.”
- Ibn Hajar remarks, “A ruined ikhbari. Unreliable.”
- Abu Hatim al Razi says in al Jarh wa al Ta’dil, “ Matruk al hadith (suspected of hadith forgery).”[1]
[1] Al Kamil fi al Du’afa’ vol. 6 pg. 93; Mizan al I’tidal vol. 3 pg. 419; Lisan al Mizan vol. 4 pg. 584; al Jarh wa al Ta’dil vol. 7 pg. 182; Siyar A’lam al Nubala’ vol. 7 pg. 301, 302.