So some of them cursed him openly...

So some of them cursed him openly; some of them regarded him as a wicked person; some of them blamed him face to face; some of them abandoned him; some of them said concerning him: "By Allah, he (i.e., Mu'awiya) was traitorous"; and some of them said concerning him: "Mu'awiya had four qualities. If he had only one of them, it would have been a grave sin."'[^2] Besides many men and women treated him in such a way. Now we do not intend to mention their number and their words.

He made some classes oppose Mu'awiya. That is because the items of the Peace Treaty included them whether concerning the security…