Hadith 23

tors from the people of Seerah are agreed upon is that the Revelation used to be written by Ali-asws, and Zayd Bin Sabit, and Zayd Bin Arqam, and that Hanzalah Bin Al-Rabie and Muawiya Bin Abu Sufyan used to write for him-saww to the kings, and to chiefs of the tribes, and write down his-saww needs in front of him-saww, and writing down whatever came from the charity monies what would be distributed for him-saww among its people. And Muawiya used to hate Ali-asws all the time, severely deviating from him, and how could he not hate him-asws, and he-asws killed his brother Hanzalah on the day of Badr, and his maternal uncle Al-Waleed Bin Utba, and participated his-asws uncle-as Hamza-as in (killing of) his grandfather, and he is Utba, or in his uncle, and he is Shayba upon the different reports, and he-asws had killed from the clan of his uncle, from the clan of Abd Shams, a lot of person, from their notables and their like. Then came the mighty calamity, event of Usman. They attributed all of it to him-asws, on suspicion of his-asws withholding from him, and they instigated most of his killers to him-asws, The hatred was emphasised, and the revolt of hatred, and mention that revolt first until the matter led to what it had led to. And Muawiya was with great evaluation of Ali-asws among the people, and the Arabs acknowledged his-asws bravery and he-asws was the champion who no one could stand to him-asws, threatening him-asws, and Usman had yet to live with the war, and he corresponded with him-asws with harsh messages from Syria’. Then he said, ‘And Muawiya was accused in his religion in the presence of our elders, accusing him with apostasy, and we have mentioned regarding breaking the Sufism upon our elder Abu Usman Al-Jahaz, what is reported by our companions in their books, the speech from him, from the apostasy, and the objections to Rasool-Allah-saww, and what appeared with him from the tyranny and the putting matters off. And if there had been nothing from that, he would be in war against the Imam-asws what would suffice as corruption of his state, principally upon the rules of our companions, and their being with the one big matter, cutting upon the destination to the Fire, and being eternally in it, if the repentance does not expiate it’. And he said in another place, ‘In the presence of our companions, he was accused regarding his religion to the apostasy. He had been accused regarding it by our elder Abu Abdullah Al Basry in the book ‘Naqa Al Sufyania’ upon Al Jahaz. And it is reported from him reports that point upon that’’. [71] (This is not a Hadeeth)
That is reported by Ahmad Bin Abu Tahir in the book ‘Akhbar Al Mulouk’ –
‘Muawiya heard the Muezzin (caller to Salat) saying, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj! ’. He said it (as well). He (Muezzin) said, ‘I testify that Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj! ’ He said, ‘For Allah-azwj’s Sake, O son-saww of Abdullah-as! You-saww were high in the mission. You-saww were not pleased for yourself-saww except you-saww paired your-saww own name with the Name of Lord-azwj of the worlds’’. [72]
He said, ‘And it is reported by Nasr Bin Muzahim,