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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Muawiya The Callous Killing of Hujr Bin Adi (ra) Abu Sulaiman immediately begins this defence by seeking to deny that Hujr was a Sahabi (companion of the prophet), he states: Ansar.org states:"People disagreed on the companionship of Hijr bin Uday (the famous!). Al-Bukhari and others counted him as a follower (Tabe'ei), and some others as a companion".

Even if for arguments sake Abu Sulaiman is correct and Mu'awiya killed a Tabii, the fact of the matter is that he killed a MUSLIM, unless of course Abu Sulaiman is now also going to suggest that he had converted to Judaism at the time of his death!

The punishment for killing a Momin is Hell The killing of a mu'min is a clear violation of the Sharia, and Allah (swt) sets out the punishment for such an individual: "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense shall be hell, he shall abide therein and God's wrath (Ghazibullaho) shall be on him and his curse (lanato), and is prepared for him a great torment" (Surah Nisa, v 93) Was Hujr a troublemaker?

Abu Sulaiman then seeks to tactically select and water down the events behind Hujr's killing so as to prevent Hujr as a troublemaker. Ansar.org states:"Mu'awiyah did not kill Hijr because he refrained from insulting Ali, and this is calumniation. What the historians mentioned about the reason behind killing Hijr bin Uday was that Ziyad, the ruler of Al-Kufah appointed by Mu'awiyah, once gave a prolonged speech. So Hijr bin Uday called for the prayer, but Ziyad went along with his speech.

So, Hijr and his group threw stones at Ziyad. Ziyad wrote Mu'awiyah telling him what Hijr did and Ziyad reckoned that as corruption on earth. Hijr used to do this with the governor of Al-Kufah who preceded Ziyad. Mu'awiyah ordered that Hijr be sent to him. When Hijr reached there, Mu'awiyah ordered to kill Hijr. It is worthy to note that Abu Sulaiman fails to cite even a SINGLE reference to support this watered down event.

He of course does so intentionally for he knows that his version of events does NOT tally up with his self-defined version of history. Maulana Sayyid Abul A'la Maudoodi in his book "Khilafat wa Mulukiyyat" cites several classical sources providing the reason behind the murder of Hujr bin Adi. Under the chapter 4 "the elimination of freedom of speech", he states: "Hujr bin Adi was a pious companion of the Prophet (saws) and played a vital role in the correction of the Ummah.