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Kufi Shias Versus Companions of Prophet [s] & Uthman

 There is no doubt that the greatest allegation imposed on Kufan Shia is the fact they themselves acknowledge d their failure to come His [as] aid and sacrifice their lives for Him [as]. Whilst this was mainly on account of the difficulties that they were confronted with, that we have evidenced earlier; but still let us for arguments sake accept this allegation. Can this crime be compared to that performed by: he Sahaba that abandoned the Prophet [s] in battle? The Sahaba of Prophet [s] and friends of Uthman who left him alone in the capital and watched quietly as men frequenting from Egypt surrounded the confines of his residence? The annals of history testify to the fact that: When the Makkan Kuffar launched their assault, there were not even three men alongside the Holy Prophet during the battle of Uhud. Allah (swt) testifies to the Sahaba fleeing during the battle of Hunain, and history informs us that during this testing time only twelve men remained by the side of the Prophe

The Shia of Uthman [Nawasib] killed Imam Hussain (as)

Imam Husain(a.s.) 's infant killed by an arrow in Karbala History lifts the lid and exposes the true killers of Imam Hussain (as). On route to Kufa Imam Hussain (as) met Al Farazdaq and asked him about the situation in Kufa, he assessed the matter saying; “The people’s hearts are with you but their swords are with the Banu Ummayya”. Tabari English translation Volume 19 pages 70-71) When the people had swords raised against Imam Hussain (as) there is then no basis to conclude that these individuals were Shi’a, rather they were Nasibi hiding in the midst of the people. As mentioned earlier Shia Aama may have switched sides in light of their assessing the situation at the time, but when it comes to locating those with the blood of Imam Hussain (as) on their hands then another group of the Shia of Uthman were proud that they had committed such a deed, a fact that Nawasib always suppress from their adherents. We have the example of Nafi bin Hilal who entered the battlefield of Ka

The participation of the Sahaba and their sons in killing Muslim bin Aqeel (as)

Let us  cite a summary of the events recorded by Ibn Kathir records in Al- Bidayah [Arabic], Volume 7 page 154 and Volume 8 page 1002 of Urdu version published by Nafees Academy Karachi: Upon returning to Makka he [Hussain] received letters from the people of Kufa, He sent Muslim bin Aqeel to go and assess the situation. Outwardly the people portrayed their support for Muslim bin Aqeel and in turn for Hussain – a thousand people gave bayya. Spies notified Nauman bin Basheer, he did not openly adopt tough measures, but in this regard gave a sermon warning people against sedition and urged the people to remain loyal in the bayya that been given to Yazid. One man stood up and said to Nauman ‘This matter cannot be curtailed without adopting force, the approach that you have adopted is like that of weak people”. …Yazid said to Ibn Ziyad ‘When in Kufa find Muslim bin Aqeel and then kill him. Ibn Ziyad arrived in Kufa with seventeen men, having assessed the situation he spoke to the nobles

The Nasibi objections towards the Sahabi Suleman bin Sard (ra) and the Tawabun

Muslim ibn Aqeel Killed in Kufa The main objection that the hypocritical Nasibis have against the Sahabi Suleman bin Sard (ra) and those who repented along with him is that their repentance evidences their involvement in the murder of Imam Hussain (as) and the real murderers like Ibn Ziyad and Umar ibn Saad are innocent of this crime. These Nasibis quote Qazi Noorullah Shostari from his book 'Majalis Momineen': Nawasib quote: "(The Tawabun gathered and said) We are sorry for what we did and we want to repent, may Allah have mercy on us and forgive us, and those amongst this group that had gone to Karbala began to repent, Suleman bin Surd said that there is no other way for us but to raise swords in the same way that the Bani Israel killed each other. Like it is mentioned in Quran: ‘We did injustice on ourselves….’. After saying this, all the Shia came down on their knees in order to seek repentance.  There is no doubt that the Sahabi Suleiman ibn Surd was not involv

Was Ibn Ziyad Shia al-Khasa??

The Nasibi accusation that Ibn Ziyad was Shia al-Khasa and not a Shia of Muawiya It is interesting that some present day Nawasib claim that Ibn Ziyad was amongst the Shias of Imam Hussain [as] i.e. was Shia al-Khasa as a method to cover the sins of their ancestors. The unbiased readers of history should know that besides believing in the caliphate of Shaykhayn, he also believed in the caliphate of Uthman. He is a narrators of Sunni hadith literature, no Sunni scholar of Hadith has declared him Shia. Yazid in his views about Ibn Ziyad stated: O cup-bearer, make me such a drink that shall quench the thrust of each joint of my body. Then stand up and give a similar drink to Ibn Ziyad.Who is a pure friend, who is honest, who supports me, who is the investment of my life and my hand during a war. Murooj al-Dahab, Volume 1 page 377 The deviation of Ibn Ziyad from the path of Allah and his apostle was well known amongst the people of Kufa. That is why we read that when Muslim bin Aqe

The letters written to Hussain [as] by the Shias who believed in Shaykhayn’s caliphate

In previous posts we proved that during the twenty-year long reign of Muawiya, three groups resided in Kufa: 1) Shia of Uthman – mainly comprised of the Banu Ummayah, who openly cursed and abused Ahlulbayt and used to aid Yazid. They believed in the caliphate of the first three caliphs but did not believed in the caliphate of Maula Ali bin Abi Talib [as].  Ibn Taimiyah stated in Minhaj al-Sunnah, Volume 1 page 174: “The Shias of Uthman used to openly curse Ali from the pulpits” 2) Common dwellers of Kufa who to distinguish or oppose from the Shias of Uthman were called as Shias of Ali. Contrary to the first group [Shias of Uthman], this group affirmed belief in the four caliphs. This group was in majority in Kufa. 3) Those Shias that believed Imam Ali (as) was the divinely appointed legitimate Caliph after the Prophet (s). This group was the Kufan minority. The disliking and frustration of the majority Kufans from the oppressions of Bani Umayah The common people of Kufa were inc

Was Yazid chosen to uphold the values of Islam?

We will present some historical facts to understand how this despot attained power. Dr.Zakir Naik supported Yazid ibn Muawiyah in one of his Speech Certainly not preserving the Deen did not even come into the equation. The truth was one of Muawiya’s cohorts Mughira bin Shuba nominated his name in order to gain favor from his father to save his own seat of power. Ibn Jareer quotes from Shubi that when Mughira bin Shuba caught wind of plans to have him relieved of his governorship:- "al-Mughirah then went to see Yazid, and proposed the acknowledgement to him. When Yazid conveyed that to his father, Muawiyah reappointed al-Mughira to al-Kufah ordering him to work for Yazid’s acknowledgement". History of Tabari, Volume 18 page 184 The beginning of this allegiance was through bribery Prominent personalities were offered bribes as Ibn Katheer writes: According to Zaid bin Bakkar, Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin AbdulAziz Az Zahari quotes from his father who quotes from his fathe