Hazrat Ameer Maviya (RA) A Revolter
Muawiyah ibn e Abi Sufyaan, Amr ibn Al-Aas and their Allies revolted against the Khilafat of Ali ibn e Abi Talib in the same way Muhammad ibn e Abi Bakr, Malik Al-Ashtar and their Allies revolted against the Khilafat of Usman ibn e Affan. There is no doubt that indeed both groups were Rebellious against a legitimate Government and succeeded in overthrowing it at the cost of hundreds of thousands of innocent Muslim lives. Anarchy and bloodshed was used to achieve political goals. Though the revolt of the Syrian Governor Muawiyah was a reaction against the violent overthrow of Govt and assassination of Caliph Usman which caused anarchy, rape and looting in the Prophetic City of Medina. Where his relative and cousin Caliph Usman preferred to get murdered by Rebels instead of raising swords to shed the blood of Muslims in the City of Medina. in hindsight, It was a personal war for Power and Revenge among two powerful Tribes of Arabia namely Banu Hashim & Banu Ummaiya in which innocent companions like Ammar ibn Yasir fell prey to the hostilities of War. The Prophetic hadith is explaining the attitude of Ammar during the War of Siffeen. Indeed Muawiyaah’s Army was calling Ammar to broke away his principled loyalty and allegiance to Ali ibn e abi talib. But Ammar refused this offer based on his principled stance and refused to betray Ali for attraction of wealth and power belonging to Syrian Governor. The Prophecy was fulfilled and Ammar indeed was successful in his trial and tribulations during times of Fitna.
السلام عليكم Irfan Bhai, usually people have been biased towards Ali رضي الله عنه without pondering over the whole event because of his propinquity with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. Can you recommend a good book on the events which ensued during the caliphate of Usman رضي الله عنه and Ali رضي الله عنه which led to these unfortunate events? A book which inquires into this. This post has gotten old, so I am also making a new post for this question. Please reply to whichever you find first.