As he was the one intended in the verse of:
ۚإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ لِيَصُدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
“Surely those who disbelieve spend their wealth to hinder (people) from the way of Allah.”1
As if he and his companions are not implied in the verse:
قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَنتَهُوا۟ يُغْفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَإِن يَعُودُوا۟ فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (٣٨)
“Say to those who disbelieve, if they desist, that which is past
shall be forgiven to them; and if they return, then what
happened to the ancients has already passed.”2
As if he was not among the people who came to Abu Talib and said:
“Indeed, your nephew abuses our gods, condemns our religion, regards our
sensible ones as fools, and imagines that our ancestors were deviated; so keep
him away from us, or leave us to deal with him.”3
As if he was not the one, whom the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) cursed on
seven occasions, and Imam Hasan (a.s.), grandson of the Prophet, has enumerated
those seven occasions.4
As if he was not one, who hit at His Eminence, Hamza with the dagger
saying: “Taste this, tormentor!”5
As if he was not the one, who told Uthman when he became the caliph:
“Now that after the Teem and Adi tribes, the Caliphate has come to you, play
with it like a ball, and make Bani Umayyah as the tent pegs of Caliphate; and this
Caliphate is nothing, except rulership; and I know nothing about Paradise or
hell.6
As if he was not the one, who after becoming blind, came to Uthman and
said: “Is there anyone else other than you and I?” “No,” replied Uthman. He said:
“O God, make the circumstances revert to the period of Ignorance and make the
rulership an usurped rulership and make firm the tent pegs and pillars Bani
Umayyah.”7
As if he was not the one whom Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) described in his
letter to Muawiyah, saying: “The Prophet was from us and the denier was from
you;” Ibne Abil Hadid has written in his Sharh:8 “It implies, Abu Sufyan Ibne
Harb, who was inimical to Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), who denied the Prophet
and who had mobilized armies against him.”
As if he was not one, regarding whom Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) wrote in his
letter to Muhammad Ibne Abu Bakr: “I read the letter of the criminal and
transgressor son of criminal and transgressor; that is Muawiyah.”
As if he was not the one, whom Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) mentioned in his
letter to his son, Muawiyah and said: “O son of Sakhr, O son of the accursed.”
And the Holy Imam (a.s.) has emulated the Prophet in this cursing; since he
had heard His Eminence curse him on numerous occasions.
As if he was not the one, regarding whom Umar bin Khattab said: “Abu
Sufyan is the enemy of Allah that Almighty Allah has allowed us to dominate
him, without is having any alliance with us, so O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.)
allow me to strike off his head.”9
As if he was not one, whose biography was mentioned before.10
This was in gist, the biography of this fellow, during the period of Jahiliyya
and after the advent of Islam; now can the religion be assisted by this man, before
he converted to Islam and after his conversion? Can such a one be the dispenser
of water to Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) on Judgment Day when he comes near
the owner of Arsh? And whether the area of Arsh is the place of Abu Sufyan and
his compatriots? If it is as such we must say farewell to all who are at the Arsh
and in the divine court!
6. Ibne Asakir has narrated directly from Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin
Ahmad Qarmisini from Anas bin Malik that: “One, who wants to see Ibrahim
(a.s.) in his friendship, he should look at Abu Bakr in his generosity; one who
wants to see Nuh (a.s.) in his strength, should look at Umar bin Khattab in his
valor; one who wants to see Idris (a.s.) in his lofty rank, he should see Uthman in his kindness; and whoever wants to see Yahya (a.s.) in his efforts and abstemiousness should see Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) in his chastity.”11