In cursing 'Ali you are cursing God and the Prophet from the pulpit.

In cursing 'Ali you are cursing God and the Prophet from the pulpit. Umm Salamah The governors and administrators of the Umayyad caliphate's organization id ot onfine hemselves o his tep. hey Iso ordered the Prophet's friends, who, in addition to their superior knowledge of Islam, had a deeper attachment to it, to follow the ways of these innovators. Sahl ibn Sa'd says: A man of Marwan's house(373) ruled Medina. One day he summoned me and ordered me to abuse. 'Ali, but I refused.

He said:"Now that you refuse to Abuse 'Ali, at least say: May God curse Abu Turab." I said: "Imam 'Ali could not have chosen a better name than Abu Turab for himself, and when they addressed him by that name, he was very pleased." The governor said: "Tell us the story of this name and the reason for his gladness." I said: "One day the great Prophet of Islam went to visit his daughter, Fatimah, and did not find 'Ali there.

He said to his noble daughter: 'Where is your cousin?' She said: 'Something has occurred between us that made both of us uneasy. So he left the house without taking his afternoon nap.'(374) The Prophet asked a man to go and search for 'Ali. The man returned after some time and reported that 'Ali was asleep in the mosque. The Prophet went to the mosque and saw 'All asleep on his side while his robe, which covered him, had slipped away and his body was on the earth.

The Prophet with utmost kindness and affection wiped the dust from 'Ali's body and said: 'Get up, O Abu Turab! Get up, O AbuTurab!' "(375) (Turab means "earth", and Abu Turab' means A friend of the earth! The Umayyads supposed that this nickname was humiliating or Ali, whereas it was a proof of the Prophet's utmost affection for 'Ali.

Thus the Umayyads ordered the people to curse Abu Turab!) 'Amir son of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas who was a witness of the following incident says: One day Mu'awiyah summoned my father, Sa'd, and asked: "Why do you abstain from reproaching and abusing Abu Turab?" Sa'd answered: "As long as I remember three remarks of the Prophet about 'Ali I shall never abuse him, since those words of the Prophet are more precious to me than the best property of the Arab people, namely; red-haired camels!

When the Prophet decided not to let 'Ali accompany him in one of the wars (battle of Tabuk), and left him in charge of the city of Medina against the malicious deeds of hypocrites, 'Ali came to the Prophet with tearful eyes and said: 'O Prophet of God!