Discussion on Historical Islamic Events

This is in Fath al-Bari, Ibn Hajar's commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari.

Volume thirteen, page sixty-three.

Al-Tabari narrated with an authentic chain from Yunus, from

Yazid, from al-Zuhri, who said, “Ali appointed

over the vanguard of the people of Iraq—this was at Siffin— Qays ibn Sa'd

ibn Ubadah. They were forty thousand

who pledged to him to die, so Ali was killed.”

Where? At Siffin, Sheikh. So Hasan

ibn Ali was pledged allegiance as caliph,

and he did not like fighting, but he wanted to

set conditions for himself with Muawiyah. He knew that Qays ibn Sa'd

would not comply with peace, so he dismissed him. This is the end of the narration.

So Ali was killed at Siffin. Is this evidence enough? No, it is not

enough. Let us go to Sahih al-Bukhari and explain what happened after

the arbitration. From Ibn Umar—

of course, this is on page two hundred and eighty-three.

Ibn Umar said, “I entered upon Hafsa while her braids

were dripping. I said, ‘You have seen what has happened among the people,

and I have not been given any share in the matter.’ She said, ‘Join them, for they

are waiting for you,

and I fear that your holding back from them may cause division.’

She did not leave him alone until he went. Then, when the people dispersed

Muawiya delivered a sermon and said, "Whoever wishes to speak about

this matter—that is, the caliphate—let him show us his strength,

for we have more right to it than he and his father." So the speech was addressed

to Hasan. Ali is not mentioned. Right?

Right.

Good. So Ali had been killed. Okay. Now let us go to

Ibn Abi Shaybah's Musannaf, with an authentic chain of transmission.

Ali said from his pulpit in Kufa: "I am the one who put out the eye

of sedition. Had I not been among you, so-and-so, so-and-so,

and so-and-so, and the people of the river would not have been killed."

So he did not mention the Battle of Siffin.

So he was killed before it. And the river was—look, Sheikh.

First, the Battle of Zabouq took place.

After the Battle of Zabouq came the Battle of the Camel, then Lesser

Siffin, then Nahrawan, then Greater

Siffin. Ali was killed in Greater Siffin. Therefore, he did not

mention it here, he only said, "the people of the river." He had

been killed. Okay. Now let us go to the Western spies

who were writing reports for their countries

when the disagreement among the Companions occurred. This is

the Armenian historian named Sebeos.

This is his account.

This is the translation we did. If you want, I'll send you the original with the translation.

It says: “Then God sent strife among the army of Banu Ishmael—

meaning the Arabs—so their unity fell apart,

and the forces that were in Egypt united with

those in the Tajik region,

and they killed their king, Uthman, and took the many

treasures as spoils. Then they installed another

king named Ali,

and returned to their places. When Emir

Muawiya

saw what had happened, he united his forces and also went to

the desert, where he killed the king they had placed on

the throne, Ali,

destroyed his forces utterly, and returned victorious.”

This was at Siffin, Sheikh. Now let us turn to the Syriac historian

Mar Michael. He mentions it in his book here, saying:

“But the Muslims stormed the house and killed their emir,

Uthman, in the city of Yathrib, while

Muawiya sent an army led by Habib to aid the emir.

When they arrived in Basra, they learned of Uthman’s killing,

may God be pleased with him, so they turned back and informed Muawiya.

Thus the Muslims became divided, and those in

Yathrib and Babylon pursued—who?

Ali. That is, they joined Ali's army. In 967,

both Muawiya's group

and Ali's group prepared to fight. After

several people were killed on both sides, Muawiya returned

without meeting Ali. This was the first Siffin,

Sheikh.

The sacred month began—

Sorry, the month of Muharram.

The fighting stopped. This was the first Siffin.

Then both sides prepared to fight again. The greater

Siffin.

After much bloodshed, three

men resolved to kill the three who had caused the Muslims' war.

The second went to Muawiya's camp, where he was captured

and killed. The third entered Ali's camp

and stabbed him with a spear, killing him. Where was this?

All of this took place at Siffin. Now let us bring the account relied upon

by Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama'a. They have no other.

Weak: The History of al-Tabari, The Rightly Guided Caliphate.

Okay? Who told us? Isma'il ibn al-Rashid.

Remember this name. That Ibn Muljam— There is no Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam,

only Ibn Muljam. It could be Khalid ibn Muljam. That Ibn Muljam,

al-Burak ibn Ubayd Allah, and Amr ibn al-Bakr al-Tamimi met.

They discussed the people's affairs and found fault with their governors.

Ali was killed the following morning, in the year 40.

Ibn Muljam struck him on the head

with a sword. So, what does this report say? Scroll

down. Its chain is mu‘dal. The hadith scholar

al-Albani said, “This is a weak,

mu‘dal chain, for Ismail ibn al-Rashid, who narrated this report,

was al-Sulami al-Kufi, one of the Followers of the Followers,

and his status is unknown.” So, the report of Ali’s killing

in Kufa is fabricated, Sheikh. He prayed

the dawn prayer, then Abd al-Rahman came and struck him on the head.

It was narrated by an unknown person, and its chain is weak, in fact, its chain is

crippled, afflicted with an incurable flaw. So, what is the authentic report?

Here is the authentic report in Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala,

with a golden chain whose narrators are reliable.

On the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: Three

men from Iraq made a pact, since the Kharijites were from Iraq.

Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam was from Egypt. What did he have to do with killing whom?

Look, Sheikh, killing whom? Muawiya,

Amr ibn al-As, and Habib ibn Maslama. They removed

Habib ibn Maslama and inserted Ali ibn Abi Talib.

You see the fabrication, you see how it was fabricated. They came

after pledging allegiance, meaning after pledging allegiance to Muawiya

as caliph. Muawiya was caliph, and the people of Kufa wanted

to kill Muawiya, may God be pleased with him, until

they arrived in Iliya, Jerusalem, and prayed before dawn in the mosque.

When Muawiya came out for the dawn prayer, he said “God is greatest.” When he prostrated,

one of them threw himself onto the back of the prostrating guard between him and

Muawiya, then stabbed Muawiya in his buttocks.

Muawiya left and said, “Complete your prayer and detain

the man.” The doctor said, “If the dagger is not poisoned,

then there is nothing wrong with you.” The doctor prepared his medications, then

licked the dagger and found that it was not poisoned, so he said, “God is greatest,”

and those with him said it too. It was said, “The Commander

of the Faithful is all right.” This account

was stolen by the people of Kufa, copy-paste, and they fabricated this account for you,

removing the name Habib ibn

Maslama and replacing it with Ali ibn Abi Talib.

The killing of Ali ibn Abi Talib was in the year 40. Now,

the authentic account that we produced was narrated by al-Bukhari.

Yes, Sheikh, in Imam al-Bukhari’s Middle History, on page

194. Listen, three men made a pact.

to kill Muawiya after he had been pledged allegiance

as caliph. Amr ibn al-As and Habib ibn

Maslama. They removed Habib ibn Maslama from al-Tabari's history

and replaced him with Ali ibn Abi Talib. So one of them killed

Kharija ibn Hudhafa of Banu Adi ibn Ka'b, and he said,

"I thought he was Amr."

He wanted to kill Amr ibn al-As, may God Almighty be pleased with him, but he killed

Kharija ibn Hudhafa, who was praying, because Amr ibn al-As was ill

in his bed. So these are the lies

put forth by the people of Kufa.

They said that Ali ibn Abi Talib was killed in Kufa while

he was praying. Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam loved a woman

named Qutam, and she said, "My dowry is

the head of Ali ibn Abi Talib." Now let's speak rationally

after discussing the sources, Sheikh Bandar. In the year 37 AH,

Muawiya was pledged allegiance as caliph over

the Muslims by consensus. Ali ibn Abi Talib

lived, according to the distorted Abbasid accounts that

we have just presented to you. He lived from the year 37 AH until

40, until the year 40. He was killed in the year 40.

Ali's history is from 37 to 40.

Where was he, and what was he doing? He was governor of Kufa and Muawiya became caliph

over the Muslims. Would Muawiya leave him to form a new army

and return to fighting him? Fine, Hasan abdicated in the year

forty. He abdicated while his father was alive. Hasan abdicated while his father was alive.

So the words of the people of Kufa are flawed in reason and logic

and in their chain of transmission. Now the truth is clear before you.