How Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan came to Power? POSTED BY ABDULLAH ON 3:03 AM 20 COMMENTS How Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan one of the staunchest enemies of Prophet Mohammad (P) and of Islam came to power? Muawiya was a staunch follower of the pre-Islamic polytheism like his known father Abu Sufyan. He was after the Battle of Badr the heir-apparent to the pagan throne of Mecca which was occupied in effect by his father Abu Sofyan and mother Hind. After the defeat of his family following the fall of Mecca in 8 AH Muawiya, and most of the Meccans, including the Abd-Shams, formally submitted to Prophet Muhammad (P) and accepted Islam. General consensus among early Islamic historians is that Muawiyah, along with his father Abu Sufyan, became Muslims at the conquest of Mecca when further resistance to Muslims became an impossibility. In the year 640, Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed Muawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan as governor of Syria when his brother died in an outbreak of plague. Muawiyah gradually gained mastery over the other areas of Syria, building wealth and politically instilling personal loyalty among his troops and the people of the region. All these campaigns came to a halt with the accession of Imam Ali (AS) to the caliphate and removed Muawiyahs governorship of Syria. This resulted in Muawiyah refusing to acknowledge Imam Alis caliphate and engaged him at the Battle of Siffin. Muawiyah proposed a cease-fire which Imam agreed to and it was decided to end the conflict through peaceful talks. After Imam Ali (as) was assassinated in 661, Muawiyah signed a truce with Imam Alis son Imam Hasan ibn Ali(as) and took over as the commander of the largest force in the Muslim Empire. Imam Hasan deemed Muawiya an unjust thief We will prove this from the following Sunni works: Matalib al Seul, Volume 2 page 17, Dhikr Hasan Nazal al Abrar, page 81 Dhikr Hasan by Allamah Badkashani al-Harithi Tadhkirathul Khawwas al Ummah, page 113 Nasa al Kifaya, page 58 Sawaiqh al Muhriqa, page 81 Chapter 10, Part 1 al Istiab, page 372 Dhikr Hasan Fusl al Muhimma, page 146 Dhikr Hasan
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