O Muawiyah! In cursing
'Ali you are cursing God and the Prophet from the
pulpit.
Umm Salamah
The governors and administrators
of the Umayyad caliphate's organization id ot onfine
hemselves o his tep. hey Iso ordered the Prophet's
friends, who, in addition to their superior knowledge
of Islam, had a deeper attachment to it, to follow
the ways of these innovators.
Sahl ibn Sa'd says: A man of Marwan's house(373) ruled
Medina. One day he summoned me and ordered me to abuse.
'Ali, but I refused. He said:"Now that you refuse
to Abuse 'Ali, at least say: May God curse Abu Turab."
I said: "Imam 'Ali could not have chosen a better
name than Abu Turab for himself, and when they addressed
him by that name, he was very pleased." The governor
said: "Tell us the story of this name and the
reason for his gladness." I said: "One day
the great Prophet of Islam went to visit his daughter,
Fatimah, and did not find 'Ali there. He said to his
noble daughter: 'Where is your cousin?' She said:
'Something has occurred between us that made both
of us uneasy. So he left the house without taking
his afternoon nap.'(374)
The Prophet asked a man to go and search for 'Ali.
The man returned after some time and reported that
'Ali was asleep in the mosque. The Prophet went to
the mosque and saw 'All asleep on his side while his
robe, which covered him, had slipped away and his
body was on the earth. The Prophet with utmost kindness
and affection wiped the dust from 'Ali's body and
said: 'Get up, O Abu Turab! Get up, O AbuTurab!' "(375)
(Turab means "earth", and Abu Turab' means
A friend of the earth! The Umayyads supposed that
this nickname was humiliating or Ali, whereas it was
a proof of the Prophet's utmost affection for 'Ali.
Thus the Umayyads ordered the people to curse Abu
Turab!)
'Amir son of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas who was a witness
of the following incident says: One day Mu'awiyah
summoned my father, Sa'd, and asked: "Why do
you abstain from reproaching
