In a booklet emanating for Qumm, the religious headquarters of Khomeini in Iran, some scandalous views regarding senior Sahaabah are expressed by the Shi`i theologian, Muhammad Amin Al-Antaaki. On page 12 of the booklet he states:

“What, do you not see what has bee innovated by the tyrannical Muawiyyah, Amr Ibnul A`as, Marwaan , Ziad, Ibn Ziad, Mugheerah Bin Shu`bah, Amr Bin Sa`ad, whose father is amongst the Ashara Mubash-sharah in their (i.e. the Sahaabah and the Ahlus Sunnah) opinion and Talhah and Zubair who pledged loyalty to Ali then renegedfrom the pledge and waged war against their Imaam with Aishah in Basrah. They introduced therein such crimes which a cultured person will not commit.”

In this statement, the Shiahs are branding some of the most illustrious Sahaabah as tyrannical, liars, disloyal and criminals. But Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) has declared emphatically:

“My Sahaabah are like the stars. Whomever (among them) you follow, you will attain Hidaayat.”

“All my Sahaabah are uprighteous.”

Commenting on Rasulullah’s (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) declaration that all his Sahaabah are uprighteous, the Shi`i priest states on page 13 of the booklet from Qumm:

“We have never heard that any Nabi among the Ambiya came to his nation and all of them became uprighteous. In fact, the reality in this regard is the opposite. The Kitaab and Sunnah confirm this.”

This is the type of Shiah onslaught against the authentic Ahaadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). To substantiate their belief that the overwhelming majority of the Sahaabah reneged from Islam (Nauthubillah!), the Shiahs have to refute the declaration of Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) proclaiming the uprighteousness and justice of ALL his Sahaabah.

HADHRAT MUAWIYYAH (radhiallahu anhu)

Among the greatest excellences of Ameerul Mu`mineen Hadhrat Ameer Muawiyyah (radhiallahu anhu) is the fact that he was one of Rasulullah’s (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) scribes who wrote the Wahi of the Qur`aan under the instructions of Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). This unique position of trust assigned to him by Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is sufficient to refute the crude and vulgar Shi`i slander and abuse directed against this noble and illustrious Sahaabi.

Another fact which bears out his proximity to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and his lofty rank among the Sahaabah is his appointment as commander of the Muslim army by Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Stressing the lofty rank of Ameerul Mu`mineen Hadhrat Muawiyyah radhiallahu anhu), Sheikh Waliyullah Muhaddith Dehlwi (rahmatullahi alayh) says in Izaalatul Khifaa:

“Know that Muawiyyah Bin Sufyaan (radhiallahu anhuma) was a Sahaabi of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). In the general group of the Sahaabah , he held a distinguished position and rank. He is a Sahaabi of outstanding virtue and excellence. Beware! Never revile him. Never commit the Haraam act of abusing him.”

Shiahs claim that if Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radhiallahu anhu) had possessed the qualities of leadership, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) would have appointed him commander of the army. This false assertion has already been rebutted earlier in the discussion on Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radhiallahu anhu). It was shown that Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radhiallahu anhu) was in fact made commander of the army in several battles.

If Shiahs honestly believe that only one who has been appointed commander possesses the qualifications of leadership, then let them accept the leadership of Hadhrat Muawiyyah (radhiallahu anhu) who was appointed commander of the army by Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam).

Bearing testimony to the rank of Hadhrat Muawiyyah (radhiallahu anhu), Hadhrat Ali (radhiallahu anhu) says: “O People! Do not revile the reign of Muawiyyah. I swear by Allah! When he lives no longer, anarchy will spread wildly on earth.” [Izaalatul Khifaa]

Hadhrat Ali (radhiallahu anhu) said:

“The best of the Ummah after its Nabi are Abu Bakr and Umar.” [Bukhaari]

This statement of Hadhrat Ali (radhiallahu anhu) has been narrated by eighty persons.

Ibn Umar (radhiallahu anhu) said:

“ During the lifetime of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) we used to say: ‘The noblest of the Ummah of Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) after the Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is Abu Bakr, then Umar and then Uthmaan.”

[Bukhaari]

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Then he (Ali) replaced it. Umar was scared and he lapsed into silence, for he knew that whenever Ali took an oath by Allah, he always fulfilled it. Then Ali recalled: “O Umar! Are you not the One whom the Messenger of Allah had decided to kill? He had sent for me and I came over with my sword hanging around my neck. Then I advanced towards you in order to put an end to your life....”

Similar stories of fabrications narrated by the Shiah enemies of Islam, proclaim the valour of Hadhrat Ali (radhiallahu anhu) and his fearless confrontations with Hadhrat Umar (radhiallahu anhu) and the latter’s mortal fear for him (Hadhrat Ali). Yet, they absurdly claim that Hadhrat Ali (radhiallahu anhu) submitted to the Khilaafat of the first three Khulafa out of fear, hence he had to swear allegiance in terms of the confounded evil doctrine of Taqiyah.

In the Shi`i Kitaab of Salim bin Qaisul Amr appears:

“Ali possessed such power that once he hit the ground with his foot, there was an earthquake.”

When a strike of Hadhrat Ali’s foot caused an earthquake, how can we accept that he feared the first three Khulafa so much that he offered his allegiance to them and submitted to their alleged baatil, kufr, hypocrisy, fraud and deception? ----Nauthubillah!

SHIAHS AND JIHAAD

That Shiahs are the enemies of Islam, enemies of the Sahaabah and the enemies of the Muslims who follow the Sunnah, there is no doubt. The history of Shi`ism demonstrates this fact without ambiguity. Inspite of their vociferous slogans laying claim to Islam, they are perpetually involved in bloody conspiracies to undermine Muslims.

The Irani priests clamour much about Jihaad. But, Shi`ism has not waged a single Jihaad under the banner of Islam for the sake of Islam and Allah Ta`ala in all the centuries of Islam’s history. Their salient features have always been schemes, plots conspiracies and intrigues of strife, fitnah and murder directed against the people of the Sunnah. Even the anarchy which the Shi`i priests unleashed in Iran in these times was not Jihaad in the Path of Allah. It was a plain political struggle to wrest power from the Shah. Religion is always used by Shi`i’s for worldly political ends. In fact, according to Khomeini the goal and ultimate purpose of religion is politics. Shiahs are thus grounded to this ephemeral material abode.

A people whose minds are blocked with kufr and hatred for the Beloved Sahaabah of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) cannever be expected to wage Jihaad in the Path of Allah Ta`ala. There is no affinity whatever between Shi`ism and Jihaad. Jihaad is exclusive to the People of the Sunnah notwithstanding the present neglect of this vital Pillar by the People of the Sunnah of these times. Islamic history bears ample testimony that the Standard-Bearers if Islamic Jihaad have always been the Ahlus Sunnah, never the Shiahs. In this regard Ibn Taymia (rahmatullahi alayh) states in Minhaajus Sunnah:

“The Shiahs do not wage Jihaad against the Kuffaar. The enemies of the Deen. On the contrary, numerous among them befriend the enemies of Allah. In their hatred for Muslims, they aid the Kuffaar. They have hatred for the Auliyaa of Allah and the Mu`mineen. They become the allies of Allah’s enemies, the Mushrikeen and the Ahl-e-Kitaab just as they have become the enemies of the noblest of creation, viz. The Muhaajireen, the Ansaar and their followers.”

This is the Shi`i stance even today. While slating America as the ‘Satan’, Iran has joined hands with the kuffaar of America, India, Russia and Israel against the Taalibaan of Afghanistan. All these kuffaar, whether American kuffaar, Indian kuffaar, Israeli kuffaar, Russian kuffaar or Iranian Shi`i kuffaar, are of the same breed and ilk. They have joined forces in their conspiracy to eliminate the Islamic government of Afghanistan, hence they all support the un-Islamic alliance lined against Taalibaan. It is said Kufr is a single breed!

The natural consequence of hatred for the Muhaajireen and Ansaar is love for the Mushrikeen, Yahood and Nasaara. It is therefore not possible for Shiahs to wage Jihaad against the Kuffaar. Their claims are hollow and lack any factual basis. To this day, against which Kuffaar did the Shiahs ever wage Jihaad? In the past their hatred was vented only on Muslims, never Kuffaar. And, in present times their hatred is likewise vented against Muslims – the Iraqis and Palestinians – never the Kuffaar. Further on in this book is explained the Shiah discrimination, oppression and torture of the Ahlus Sunnah citizens of Iran. Shi`i epithets hurled against America in womanish style are not representative of Islamic Jihaad. Verbal vituperation gorged out against the other Fussaaq rulers and governments of Muslim lands is not the Jihaad which Islam exhorts. About Jihaad, Allaama Anwar Shah Kashmiri wrote:

“Most certainly, besides the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama`ah, Allah Ta`ala has not granted the Tawfeeq of Jihaad to any other group. Most Islamic states were ruined by the machinations of the Shiahs. May Allah Ta`ala destroy them.” [Faidhul Baari]

Ameerul Mu`mineen Uthmaan (radhiallahu anhu) was murdered by the forerunners of the Shi`i movement. The last Khalifah of the Abbaasi Khilaafat in Baghdaad, Al-Mu`tasim Bil-Laah was murdered by the Shiahs. Shiah conspiracy accomplished the rape of Baghdaad. Such murderers cannever embark on Jihaad in the Path of Allah. They are adepts in conspiracy and intrigue. Cruelty and brutality are their methods. The pillage of Baghdaad during the time of Al-Mu`tasim Bil-Laah is glaring evidence of the villainy of Shi`ism. Describing some of these heart-rending episodes enacted by the Shiahs, Ibn Qayyim writes in Ighaathatul Luhfaan:

“.......They murdered the Ulama of Islam – The Qaadhis, the Fuqaha and the Muhadditheen – and befriended the philosophers, astrologers and sorcerers. They transferred the auqaaf funds of the Musaajid, Madaaris and Maraabit to these atheists. They erected institutions for these atheists. Abu Ja`far Tusi (the Shi`i) endeavoured to substitute the Qur`aan with Ishaaraat, the book of Ibn Sinaa, the leader of the atheists, but he did not succeed. He said that the book Ishaaraat is the Qur`aan of the elite. He tampered with Salaat and attempted to fix it (Salaat) at two, but he did not succeed.”

These vile perpetrations continue in Iran to this day against the Ahlus Sunnah.

The rape, pillage and destruction of Baghdaad with Shi`i connivance cannot be adequately described in words. Approximately a quarter of the Muslim population was murdered in cold blood. Streams of Muslim blood flowed. Copies of the Qur`aan and Books of Ahaadith were burnt. Those who loudly claim to be lovers of the Ahl-e-Bait (the Family of Rasulullah - sallallahu alayhi wasallam) initiated a witch-hunt for the children of Hadhrat Abbaas (radhiallahu anhu), the uncle of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). They all were mercilessly murdered by the Shiahs. These acts of injustice were perpetrated with the connivance, instigation and advices of Ibn Alqami and Nasruddin Tusi, both Shiahs. These enemies of the Deen cooled the fire of their hatred in this brutal way with the aid of the Tartar barbarians. How can we ever accept the slogan: “NO Shi`ism, NO Sunni`ism.”?

SHI`I ADL

According to the Shi`i concept of Adl (justice) it is incumbent on Allah Ta`ala to reward good deeds and punish evil deeds. This is an obligatory principle which Allah Ta`ala has to incumbently follow according to the Shi`i belief of Adl. The imposition of this principle of Shi`ism on Allah Ta`ala implies the curtailment of the Freedom and Power of The Creator. The belief of Islam is that while Allah Ta`ala will reward good deeds and punish evil deeds, He is under no obligation to do so. There will be countless people on the day of Qiyaamah who will enter Jannat without having been punished for sins which they committed. The Attribute of Rahmat (Mercy) of Allah Ta`ala will dictate such matters, not the Baatil Shi`i concept of Adl.

The following narration of Hadhrat Ubai Bin Ka`b (radhiallahu anhu) sufficiently negates the Shi`i concept of Adl:

“Verily, if Allah Azza Wa Jal punishes the inhabitants of all the heavens and the inhabitants of His earth, He can punish them and in doing so, He will not be acting unjustly. And, if He wishes to have Mercy on them (thus forgiving them), then His Rahmat will be better for them than their good deeds.” [Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maajah]

SAHAABAH - THE TRUEST MU’MINEEN

The Qur`aan Majeed states the nobility, piety and truth of the Sahaabah in the following Aayat:

“THOSE WHO ACCEPTED IMAAN, MADE HIJRAT AND WAGED JIHAAD IN THE PATH OF ALLAH (I.E. THE MUHAAJIREEN) AND THOSE WHO GAVE ASYLUM (I.E. THE ANSAAR) AND ASSISTED (THEM) , UNDOUBTEDLY THEY ARE THE TREU MU’MINOON. FOR THEM IS MAGHFIRAH (FORGIVENESS) AND A GRACIOUS RIZQ.” [SURAH ANFAAL]

SHI`I SLANDER

A brother from Australia writing about the pernicious propaganda efforts of the Shiahs in Australia, says:

“The Shiah make light jokes about the Sahaabah and crack dirty jokes about Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (radhiallahu anhu). They claim that he was a fabricator of Hadith. One Shiah got hold of a copy of Riyaadus Saaliheen (a Hadith Book) and wrote on its cover: THE NEW TESTAMENT ACCORDING TO ABU HURAIRAH. This mocking and slandering goes on and on.

Shiahs teach Muslims to recite the Shi`i Tashahhud; to pray on wood; to do Sajdah on stone and they say that to say ‘Ameen’ in Salaat violates the Salaat. They say to fold the hands in Salaat is the way of women.

They claim that Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullahi alayh)poisoned the grandson of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). They say that the Hanafis are Kaafirs. They claim that Maghrib Salaat is valid until midnight. They condemn the practice of washing the feet and say that it is a Jewish custom to wear a topi under the turban. Their campaign grows worse by the day.”

These false claims are not surprising. Abuse and slander are salient features of the Shiahs. Their most important target of criticism and vilification is the beloved Sahaabah of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Their propaganda campaign against the Ahlus Sunnah is part of the political conspiracy of Khomeini who himself is an arch-enemy of the Sahaabah. Khomeini himself has singled out Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (radhiallahu anhu) for his vile comments of falsehood. They put up an external show of ‘brotherhood’ and ‘unity’ with the People of the Sunnah, but their hearts are filled with poison and daggers for the Mu`mineen who love the Sahaabah of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Muslims should be on their guard and not allow themselves to be duped by the slogans and propaganda of Khomeini and his agents.