Sayyidunā Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān رضي الله عنه was among the noble Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, a man distinguished by intelligence, forbearance, and statesmanship. He was Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb al-Umawī al-Qurashī, from the illustrious clan of Banū Umayyah,

Crimes of the Abbasid Revolution: The Massacre of Mosul Among the most disturbing reports from the Abbasid rise to power is what occurred in Mosul under Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad. After resistance from the people of Mosul, al-Saffāḥ sent Yaḥyā to subdue the city. He initially

My grandfather keeps a portrait of the different blessed relics attributed to the Prophet ﷺ in the living room. Since it hangs directly opposite the door, the first thing my eyes fall upon whenever I visit is always the na'l al-Sharif and has been the case since I was a child.

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According to Ibn Hajar al-Haythami and al-‘Iraqi, it is permissible to love someone and ‘Ali more than the first three caliphs for secular reasons, however it isn't permissible to love ‘Ali above ‘Uthman, ‘Umar and Abu Bakr for religious and liturgical reasons according to

Imam Malik simply couldn't have supported al-Nafs al-Zakiyya and he wasn't punished because of that. He was flogged two years after the death of al-Nafs al-Zakiyya because he used to report the tradition of the divorce of one who's coerced.