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Reply Four: All the narrators of this tradition are Syrian Ibn Hajr Asqalani and al Aini in their analysis of this hadith commented that its narrators are all Syrians that constitutes sufficient grounds to reject it, since any hadith devoid of narrators from Makka, Medina makes that hadith worthless.

Bukhari narrated this from Ishaq bin Yazeed who narrated the tradition from Bukhari's own teacher Abu Abdu'Rahman bin Yahya bin Hamza, who was the Qadhi of Damascus, this was the heart of the Yazeedi / Nasibi homeland.

Reply Five: the narrators of this hadith are enemies of Ahl'ul bayt (as) If we consult Sahih al Bukhari Volume 1 page 409 Kitab Jihad Rasheedeya Publishers Delhi 1377 Hijri and the commentary by Shaykh ul Hadith Ahmad 'Ali Shahranpuri we read: "The tradition relating to Caesar's City was narrated by Sawaar binte Yazeed he was an enemy of Commander of the Faithful 'Ali".

If this doesn't convince these Nasibi then we shall cite Tadheeb al Tadheeb Volume 2 page 33, Dhikr Sawaar binte Yazeed: Sawar binte Yazeed bin Ziyad was an irreligious man, his grandfather sided with Mu'awiya in Sifeen, and he was killed in this battle. When he referred to 'Ali, he would say 'I do not deem a person that killed my grandfather to be my friend'. These so called defenders of Ahl'ul Sunnah are trying to get us to accept a hadith narrated by this Nasibi!

Reply Six The people of Syria in the eyes of the Qur'an, Hadith, the Sahaba and Ahl'ul Sunnah Ulema We read in Sunan al Kabir Volume 8 page 174 Do not say that the people of Syria committed kufr; rather say they committed Fisq (transgression). Tareekh al Damishq "Umar bin Ubayd was asked when we read this verse 'Those that rule against the orders of Allah are Fasiq, does this refer to the people of Syria' he replied 'yes'.

This proves that the people of Syria were fasiq and we shall now cite from Tareekh Damishq proof that the Syrians did not deserve to be deemed Imams of Shari'a that could narrate traditions When Umar would be angered with someone he would expel that person to Syria Abu Hurayra narrated, in Syria there is a Devil that calls out loudly in a manner that leads people astray [This voice was raised in 60 Hijri with the bayya to Yazeed].

Amr bin Aas stated the people of Syria are different from all others; they disobey Allah (swt). Sheeba urged that people refrain from taking hadith from a Syrian. Abdur Rahman bin Hadi was asked 'which people's hadith are most reliable?