Muawiyah (LA) and abusing Imam Ali (A.S) - Maulana Syed Muhammed Rizvi [ENG SUBS]

Muawiyah (LA) and abusing Imam Ali (A.S) explained by Maulana Syed Muhammed Rizvi with English Subtitles.

Original Video: https://youtu.be/yhy8gug5c6U
Al Zahra Centre - Watford


(Extra information):
From the time the Caliphate fell into the hands of the Umayyad, they strove hard to distort the truth and turn everything head over heels. Thus, they elevated to the height of power and people who were, during the life of the Prophet (PBUH) were ordinary, with no special standing, while they ignored
others who were at the peak of honor and nobility during the lifetime of
the Prophet (PBUH).

Their sole criterion in for honor and dishonor, was their intense enmity and excessive hatred for Muhammad (PBUH) and the members of his household, Imam Ali, Lady Fatimah, Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Hussain, peace be upon them. The
Umayyad elevated the status, and fabricated false traditions, on the merits
of every person who opposed the Prophet (PBUH) and his Ahlul-Bayt whom
Allah has purified and from whom He removed all abomination in Qur'an. They
sought nearness to those who opposed the Prophet, accorded them high
positions and grants so that they enjoyed favors and respect among the
populace. They sought to denigrate, fabricate defects, falsify reports that
denied the superiority and merits of anyone who used to love the Prophet
(A.S) and would defend him.

Hence, Maulana Syed Muhammed Rizvi in his lecture mentions about a verse in the Qur'an. The verse states:

Surah Al-Hujraat, Verse 6:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَن تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ

O you who believe! if an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you have done.
(English - Shakir)


Henceforth, Umar Ibn al-Khattab, who used to dispute every command of the Prophet
of Allah (PBUH), even accusing the latter of hallucination in his last days, became the hero of Islam amongst the Muslims during the time of the
Umayyad dynasty.

On the other hand, Ali Ibn Abi Talib who was, to Prophet Muhammad, what Aaron was to
Moses, and who loved him, and who was loved by Allah and His Prophet, he
who was the guardian of every believer, was cursed from the pulpits for
eighty years. The effect of false propaganda reached to the point that when
the news of assassination of Imam Ali (AS) during the Fajr prayer in Mosque
reached to the people of Syria, they were surprised and asked if Ali used
to pray!


The Messenger of Allah (S) 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."
Sunni reference: al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, p357 who said this tradition is authentic.

Also:
The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever curses (or verbally abuses) ‘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 the Hell-fire."
Sunni reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v6, p33

Thus Muawiyah and his associates were, in fact, cursing the Prophet (S), and by cursing the Prophet, they were cursing Allah (SWT), and by cursing Allah, they shall enter the hellfire! By Allah, they will be asked to account for what they’ve said! That is a promise by Allah (SWT) which He shall not break!