Shia View of Muawiyah I - Merits

Merits

Shi'a scholars write:

In his Al-Fawa'id al-Majmu'a Fil Ahadith al-Mawdu'a, Ashawkani, who proves falsity and unauthenticity of the entire (hadiths) regarding praising or mentioning Muawiya's credits, says:
"Having reckoned hadiths appertained to Muawiya's virtues with the forged ones, Ibn al-Jawzi excused that Isaaq ibn Rahawayih, al-Bukhari's most authentic narrator, confessed of the fact that none of the hadiths respecting Muawiya's virtues had been authentic at all."
al-Nasa'i had that famous story pertaining Muawiya's virtues. al-Darqutni relates:
al-Nisa']'s companions asked him about Muawiya's preference. He answered: “How come is it not sufficient for him to be equated with any, that he seeks preference?” For this reason, he was pushed out of the mosque. (Mahmud Abu-Raya's Sheikhul-Madhira, pages 183.)

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