the contract was finalised and agreed between the two sides.

the contract was finalised and agreed between the two sides. ba’ya as in exchange, now if Imam Hassan (as) was giving his ba’ya as in pledge, then why do Ahl’ul Sunnah not regard Mu’awiya as a rightly guided khalifa as well? After all as Clarke in his translation of Suyuti’s ‘The Khalifas who took the right way’ admits:(5) “I have continued beyond the first four khulafa to include Hassan ibn ‘Ali because as Suyuti saw him as the fifth of the khulafa”.

It is clear that the bayya was an agreement surrounding the peace treaty, nothing more. Thus the pathetic arguments of ‘Abu Sulaiman are baseless.

Reply Two – Nawasib have stupidly assumed that peace means bayya Ibn Katheer states in Al Bidaya:(6) ۔۔۔فصالحه‏۔۔۔ وهو في ذلك هو البار الراشد الممدوح “Verily Hassan made peace with Mu’awiya, and this peace is a praise worthy act” Ibn Hajar Makki stated in his anti-Shia book Sawaiqh al Muhriqa: ولما تصالحا كتب به الحسن كتابا لمعاوية صورته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هذا ما صالح عليه الحسن بن علي رضي الله عنهما معاوية بن أبي سفيان When they made peace treaty, Hassan wrote a message to Mu’awyia the content of which was: ‘In the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful, this is what Hassan son of Ali made peace on with Mu’awyia son of Abi Sufyan’ Allamah Ibn Abdul Barr records in al Istiab: عن الشعبي قال لما جرى الصلح بين الحسن بن علي ومعاوية “Shaybi narrates when Hassan and Mu’awiya made peace treaty..” Ibn Hajar Asqalani in Tahdeeb al Tahdeeb stated: “Peace treay took place between Muawiyah and Hassan in 41 Hijri during the month of Rabi al-Awwal” Imam of Salafies Ibn Tamiyah while explaining a hadith stated: والخبر الثاني اجتماع الناس لما اصطلح الحسن ومعاوية لكن كان صلحا على دخن “The second news is about the people who gathered when al-Hassan and Mu’awiya made treaty, but the treaty was based on malice” We appeal to justice.

Imam Hassan made peace with Mu’awiya but the nation of Muawiyah gave it the colour of an allegiance (bayah) and they did this propaganda to the extent that some historians while admitting it as a peace treaty gave it the touch of bayah also. The scholars have recorded the fact that peace was made between the parties.

It is not necessary that you recognize the legitimacy and right to rule of one that you make peace with, otherwise we will have to believe that the Prophet (s.a.w.a) believed in the legitimacy of the Makkan Kuffar when making peace with them. At the time of the peace, Mu’awiya was not on the path of truth.