Unscrupulous politicians and their followers fabricated a large number of traditions – some of which are against reason and logic. For example: Exaggeration of Hanafites that Abu Hanifah was more knowledgeable than the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.).
Sometimes traditions are fabricated to decrease the status of prophethood.
But love is something, which makes a person blind and deaf. To talk of the impossible is not impossible, but piety and shame restrain man from saying what is beyond the circle of reason.
It is amazing that in Saheeh Muslim and Saheeh Bukhari, a large number of lies and fabricated points are mentioned; and the existence of such reports in these two books should not burden you; because these two books are large vessels of debased and valueless statements and a treasure of mistakes and errors.
There are so many shameless points and lies in these two books that it has sullied the fame of authorship and has weakened the arm of the science of traditions.
As if the pivot of worldly politics in its six directions is falsehood and deception.
Muawiyah squandered a lot of money for fabricating traditions regarding excellence of the sons of his debased family, that is the accursed (family) tree in Quran – Bani Umayyah, generally and clan of Abil Aas, especially.
Paying careful attention to history and traditions make us aware that the usual habit of the fabricators and liars is that they attribute such qualities to a fellow, who is absolutely bereft of any such thing, and which is opposed and belied by every history and biography concerning him.
In this connection for example, they have exaggerated the valor of Abu Bakr so much that they pose him to be the most valiant of companions, whereas the fact is that though he was present in all the battles of the Prophet, he did not wield a sword even once and never stood at the war front. He never faced any archers. And on no day was he seen as a combatant in the battlefields; that is why they fabricated excessive reports about his bravery and narrated meaningless and funny traditions about his valor with the hope that some of them would prove against what is known through perception and sight; and what is known to all.
They exaggerate about his piety and religiosity and say that such intense was his fear of God that his liver burnt in terror and smoke came out of his mouth; whereas the fact is that he had no precedence in worship and nothing is reported about him praying or fasting in excess or doing what makes one proximate to the Almighty Allah.
They have exaggerated the knowledge of Umar and posed him to be the wisest person of his time; and attributed nine out of ten parts of knowledge to him. In the pan of balance, his wisdom is regarded as heavier than that of all Arabs!
They have narrated a large number of traditional reports regarding this nonsense, while the fact was that preoccupation in the market made this fellow forgetful of Quran and Sunnah; and according to his own confession – which is proved true – all the people, even the women in their houses, are wiser than him.
They have exaggerated about him regarding denial of falsehood and his hatred to music, while it is proved that he regularly committed unlawful acts and regarded music lawful.
When they found that authentic history and what is proved from the biography of Uthman negates modesty, and which shows him to be a shameless fellow, they fabricated blatant statements about him and narrated shameless traditional report and placed these fabricated points in his biography till he was posed as the most modest person of the Ummah of Muhammad; such that even the angels were ashamed before him!
Thus, modesty of Uthman, like the valor of Abu Bakr and wisdom of Umar is complete negation of facts.
And these qualities of theirs are like ‘honesty’ and ‘wisdom’ of Muawiyah as mentioned in traditional reports attributed to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.):
“Such is the wisdom and honesty of Muawiyah regarding the words of my Lord that he was almost appointed as a prophet.”!
Also:
“Seven persons are trustworthy: Tablet (Lauh), Pen (Qalam), Israfeel, Mikaeel, Jibraeel, Muhammad and Muawiyah.”!
A report that Abu Bakr Hazali has narrated exposes the trustworthiness of Muawiyah and his actual worth regarding this quality.
He says: One day, Abul Aswad Duali was speaking to Muawiyah when the former shifted his posture and passed flatulence. He told Muawiyah: “Don’t tell anyone about this.” “All right,” said Muawiyah.
When Abul Aswad went away, Muawiyah mentioned this to Amr Aas and Marwan bin Hakam. When Abul Aswad came to Muawiyah the following day, Amr asked: “O Abul Aswad, what did the gas do yesterday?”
He replied: “Gases come and go, and that too from an old man, whom age has weakened.”
Then he turned to Muawiyah and said: “One, who has no trustworthiness to even conceal intestinal gas cannot be trusted regarding the Muslim community!”