Now the question we would like to ask the author is:
"Are the Sunnis in anyway, form or manner following the instructions of the one whom they hold dearest to them. Are you following the words of Rasulullah (s)?"
You see these are the words of Rasulullah (s):
"Loving Ali is the sign of belief, and hating Ali is the sign of hypocrisy"
1. Sahih Muslim, v1, p48;
2. Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643;
3. Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142;
4. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128
5. Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author of Sahih), v1, part 1, p202
6. Hilyatul Awliya'', by Abu Nu''aym, v4, p185
7. Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v14, p462
The Messenger of Allah said:
"Whoever hurts Ali, has hurt me"
Sunni references:
1. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, p483
2. Fada''il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p580, Tradition #981
3. Majma'' al-Zawa''id, by al-Haythami, v9, p129
4. al-Sawa''iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p263
5. Ibn Habban, Ibn Abd al-Barr, etc.
"Whoever reviles/curses Ali, has reviled/cursed me"
1. al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p121, who mentioned this tradition is Authentic -
2. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v6, p323
3. Fada''il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p594, Tradition #1011
4. Majma'' al-Zawa''id, by al-Haythami, v9, p130
5. Mishkat al-Masabih, English version, Tradition #6092
6. Tarikh al-Khulafa, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p173
7. and many others such as Tabarani, Abu Ya''la, etc.
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 he Hell-fire."
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v6, p33
Rasulullah (s) said:
"Whoever leaves Ali, leaves me, whoever leaves me, leaves Allah" [Kanz ul Ummal, hadith numbers 32974 - 32976, narrated by Abdullah ibne Umar {through two chains} and Abu Dharr Ghaffari (ra).
As we have already cited earlier, Rasulullah (s) also said:
"Whoever obeys ''Ali, obeys me, whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, whoever disobeys ''Ali, disobeys me, whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah" [Kanz ul Ummal, hadith numbers 32973]
So these hadith tell us:
1. The sign of a Munafiq is hatred of Ali (as)
2. Whoever leaves, disobeys and curses ''Ali - in fact leaves, disobeys and curses Allah (swt)
Now we would like to ask this writer:
1. Did Mu''awiya curse ''Ali?
2. Is an individual who leaves, disobeys and curses Allah (swt) a Muslim?
This being the case, could the author of this ''masterpiece'' kindly explain why it is that he (and his Ahl''ul Sunnah brethren) insist on giving Mu''awiya the title (ra)? Is Allah (swt) pleased with someone that curses him?
