I swear to God that if I possessed only one of his virtues and fine qualities...

I swear to God that if I possessed only one of his virtues and fine qualities, it would be more precious to me than anything else." After quoting the above remark, al-Mas'udi narrates the story with a slight difference from what we said, and then concludes by quoting the following words of Sa'd: "By God!

I shall never enter your house as long as lam alive!" Then he rose and left Mu'awiyah's gathering.378 Ibn 'Abd Rabbih al-Andulisi quotes the following story from his book in his account of Mu'awiyah: When Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba departed this world, Mu'awiyah came on pilgrimage as a caliph, and then visited Medina. He 376. The Qur'an, Chapter Al 'Imran, Verse 61. Muslim 7/120, and at-Tirmidhi 13/171, and al-Mustadrak 3/108-109: and al-Isabah 2/509, and al-Khasa'is of an-Nisa'i 15. 378.

Muruj adh-dhahab 3/24 the time of Mu'awiyah. intended in this journey to curse the Imam from the Prophet's pulpit in Medina. His companions said to him: "In this town there is Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, the victor of Iran and an old influential companion of the Prophet. He will not approve of your action. You had better summon him and ask his view." Mu'awiyah sent for Sa'd and informed him of his intention.

Sa'd said: "If you do so, I will leave the mosque and will not return there." (Meaning that he refuses to go to a mosque where 'Ali has been cursed. The significance of this remark becomes clear when we remember that the mosque referred to, have been the mosque of the Prophet.) Mu'awiyah who was apprehensive of Sa'd's great influence, abandoned his intention, and waited until Sa'd died.379 It was then that Mu'awiyah was able to curse the Imam of the chaste from the Prophet's pulpit in Medina.

It was also in these times that he wrote to all his agents to abuse the Imam from pulpits. After some time a letter was sent by Umm Salamah to Mu'awiyah, saying: "O Mu'awiyah! In cursing 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and his friends, you are cursing God and His Prophet from your pulpits! I take God to witness that God and His Prophet love him." But the letter of Umm Salamah had no effect on Mu'awiyah, and he did not pay the least attention to it.380 The ultimate goal of Mu'awiyah No!

By God, I shall not rest until! Bury the name of the Prophet! Mu'awiyah suffered from irremediable complexes which were formed within him owing both to the lineage which had been attributed to him and also to the defects heaped on him and his family concerning their resistance and opposition to Islam.