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Allâhu wejheh’ and his Ahl-i-Bayt in the time of a person accursed
by Allah, namely Mu’âwiya the son of Sufyân.” This statement of
theirs is not only false, but also vulgarly ignorant and idiotic.
People called Alevî in Turkey should not believe these lies. The
Islamic history does not contain any event in the name of Sünnî-
Alevî conflict. What took place in the name of Sunnite-Shiite
conflict was a result of provocations done for political and
imperialistic considerations. Sunnites have proven in their books
that Shiites are wrong. In these books of theirs they have shown
their respect and love for Alevîs. They have borne the name Alevî
like a crown on their heads. For Alevî means Sayyeds and Sherîfs.
In other words, our noble Prophet’s descendants were called
Alevî. Who would not love these Alevîs? Certainly we all love
them. Enemies of Islam, upon seeing that Muslims loved Alevîs
very much, called Hurûfîs Alevî in order to dupe Muslims. Hurûfîs
curse the four Khalîfas and hadrat Mu’âwiya. Hadrat Mu’âwiya
‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ is one of the As-hâb of our master the Prophet.
At the same time, he is the Prophet’s brother-in-law. That is, he is
one of the Ahl-i-Bayt of our master the Prophet. He is a champion
of Islam who served as the governor of Damascus and performed
Jihâd against the Byzantine Greek armies during the caliphates of
hadrat ’Umar, hadrat ’Uthmân and hadrat Alî. Hadrat Hasan
relinquished his right of caliphate to hadrat Mu’âwiya of his own
volition. He would not have yielded his right to him if he had not
thought he would be worthy of it. On the contrary, he would have
fought him. To say that hadrat Hasan waived his right of caliphate
to someone who did not deserve it would mean to vilify hadrat
Hasan.
Our master the Prophet stated, “Love my As-hâb! He who is
hostile to my As-hâb, is hostile to me.” It is for this reason that we
true Muslims love hadrat Mu’âwiya very much. For we true
Muslims love Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ Ahl-i-Bayt very much.
People without a certain Madh-hab claim that they love hadrat
Alî’s Ahl-i-Bayt. They love the Ahl-i-Bayt for the sake of hadrat
Alî. On the other hand, we true Muslims call them Muhammad’s
‘alaihis-salâm’ Ahl-i-Bayt. We love the Ahl-i-Bayt for the sake of
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’. And we love hadrat Alî because he is
one of the Ahl-i-Bayt.
No Muslim has slandered or would slander Muhammad’s
‘alaihis-salâm’ Ahl-i-Bayt. A few of the Umayyad Khalîfas and
most of the Abbasid Khalîfas did not recognize the value of some
of the descendants of the Ahl-i-Bayt. They hurt those blessed
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