Did Hazrat Ali (rta) And Ameer Muawiyah (rta) Forgave Each Other?
One should be aware of the fact that Rawayat or Khabr e wahid are not considered authentic and reliable at their face value. Especially when these belong to political matters, they are prone to be propaganda, the same we find in today’s political disputes. It is but the probability that may or may not decide whether a matter would be true or not, but one cannot be sure of it. Hazrat Ali might have done all this what is quoted. It is not improbable. It is quite understandable that Hazrat Ali regretted or felt sad for what was going on and he might have sought God’s help against the odds he was facing. However, it is not determined the case in favor of him or his opponents.
If you do not agree to it (at least) say: May Allah curse Abu Turab. Sahl said: There was no name dearer to Ali than Abu Turab (for it was given to him by the Prophet himself) and he felt delighted when he was called by this name. He (the governor) said to him, Narrate to us the story of his being named as Abu Turab. He said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came to the house of Fatima and he did not find Ali in the house; whereupon he said: Where is your uncle’s son? She said: (There cropped up something) between me and him which had annoyed him with me. He went out and did not rest here. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) asked a person to find out where he was. He came and said: Allah’s Messenger, he is sleeping in the mosque. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came to him and found him lying in the mosque and saw that his mantle had slipped from his back and his back was covered with dust and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) began to wipe it away from him (from the body of Hadrat `Ali) saying: Get up, covered with dust (Abu Turab); get up, covered with dust. There are the clear words of “la’anallahi abaturab” in this tradition. And it has been narrated with an authentic chain. Even, İmam Dhahabi (ra) considered it authentic. I have recently started watching the series of Ustad-e-Mohtaram (ha) on the rivalry between the two companions. But, even if we reject these traditions (and others such as, Bukhari 2812). There are still some historical facts that, make Amir Muawiyah (rta) dubious. Such as, the death of Hujr ibn Adı (ra), the regret of Abdullah ibn Umar (rta) over not supporting Hazrat Ali (rta), the sorrow of Muawiyah II (ra) over the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (rta) and the murder of his teacher by Umayyads, the martyrdom of the brothers of Hazrat Aisha (rta), etc. The history books (not akhbar e ahad) even says that the cursing of Hazrat Ali (rta) continued until the time of Umar b. Abd-al Aziz (ra), who abandoned this practice of Umayyads. Even the father of Hazrat Muawiyah (rta), Abu Sufyan (rta) is reported to have opposed Hazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (rta). Just, because, he was from the poor tribe of Quraysh. To which Hazrat Ali (rta) scolded him, even though Hazrat Ali (rta) himself, did not accepted the caliphate of Hazrat Abu Bakr (rta) at first. The thing which makes it more dubious is that, why there is no traditions supporting Hazrat Muawiyah (ra)? Why would people would only make traditions for Hazrat Ali (rta)? What is your opinion on that tradition sir? Thanks.