1. Bani Umayyah are the accursed tree mentioned in Quran.
2. Statement of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.):
“When the number of Bani Umayyah reaches forty, they would enslave the people, distribute the property of Allah among themselves and cheat through the Book of Allah.”
3. One day, when the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) saw Abu Sufyan with Muawiyah: he said:
“May God curse the leading one and the following one.”
4. One day the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) saw Abu Sufyan mounted and Muawiyah and his brother accompanying him: one of them held the reins and the other was driving from behind. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said:
“May God curse the rider, the one leading the mount and the one driving it from behind.”
5. Abu Sufyan is the chief of the clans, who in the Battle of Uhad fought the Prophet and slain seventy best men of the Prophet from Muhajireen and Ansar, especially Hamza, the lion of Allah.
6. Amr Aas – his mother, Laila, was a well known wanton female in Mecca. When she became pregnant with Amr Aas, five persons, who had copulated with her, claimed that Amr was their child.
Abu Bakr
1. He used to gamble during the period of Ignorance (Jahiliyya).
2. He drank liquor even after the revelation of the verse of alcohol in Surah Baqarah.
3. We do not find any evidence that during the period of his being a Muslim, he displayed any prominence in knowledge, initiative in Jihad, prominence in manners and morals, interest in worship or steadfastness on Islamic beliefs.
4. Nothing remarkable is related regarding his expertise in the science of exegesis (Tafseer).
5. His rank in knowledge of Sunnah and narrating of traditional reports: All that Imam Ahmad Hanbal has narrated from him in Musnad comprises of eighty traditions. And the paucity of narrations from him is due to his lack of access to traditions and incapability in memorizing them.
6. Some examples of his ignorance: His ignorance regarding the terms of Abbun, kalala and laws of inheritance of the grandmother and two grandmothers.
7. Some of his heresies: His viewpoint about the leadership of the inferior, his viewpoint about destiny and free will, his viewpoint in the incident of Malik bin Nuwairah.
8. The burden of Caliphate was heavy on his shoulders, and he was unable to solve difficult problems; he often mentioned the excuse that: “I would mention my opinion soon.” Or: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) opined on the basis of divine revelation and he was accompanied by an angel; but I have a satan, who deceives me. Thus, when I am angry, leave me alone.”
9. Since he had meager share of knowledge of Quran and Sunnah, whatever he said regarding them was on the basis of his personal views, which opened the door of personal deductions.
10. His ignoring the claim of Fatima (s.a.): Along with Bani Hashim ladies, Fatima protested, lamented and called out:
“O Abu Bakr, how soon have besieged the Ahle Bayt of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.)…” and she said: “O father, O Messenger of Allah, what all we had to bear at the hands of the son of Khattab and son of Abu Qahafa!”
Thus, Fatima was infuriated on and she kept aloof from Abu Bakr till she passed away
Umar
1. Some of his heresies and conjectures: Regarding one, who has no water to make ablution; regarding recitation (Qirat) in prayers; regarding inheritance of aged father; regarding tree of Rizwan; regarding relics of prophets; regarding weeping on the dead; regarding puberty; regarding three divorces; regarding non-Arabs; regarding Hajj Tamatto and temporary marriages; regarding precedence (Awl) in inheritance; regarding Baitul Maqdas; regarding fasting in month of Rajab; regarding questions about the difficult portions of Quran; prohibition of narrating traditions; prohibition of writing down the Sunnah; destruction of books during conquests of other places; regarding names and agnomens (kunniyat).
2. Some examples of his ignorance: His ignorance about doubts in prayers; his order regarding the amount of dower; his command about the mentally challenged woman, who committed fornication; interpretation of Quran; method of divorcing a slave girl; his order about a pregnant woman, who confessed to adultery; his command regarding a woman, who married during the waiting period; his command regarding a black couple, who give birth to a red-skinned child; regarding penalty for drinking liquor; regarding a woman, who tried to snare a youth; regarding the command of Kalala; command regarding those slain from People of Book; command regarding human fingers; regarding a thief, whose one hand and leg is already cut off; command of Majus, meanings of terms.
3. Umar was so terrifying that when the cupper was cupping him and he (Umar) coughed, his cough frightened the cupper, who passed flatulence; so Umar tipped him forty dirhams for that.
4. He has a remarkable statement about marriage, which informs of his excessive lust.
5. He believed that music was lawful and he listened to it.
6. Anger of Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.) on him. The beloved of Prophet came out of the house lamenting and saying: “O my father, O Messenger of Allah, what all we had to bear at the hands of the son of Khattab and son of Abu Qahafa.” And she said: “By God, I will not speak to Umar till I meet God.”
7. Umar was hard-hearted and nasty; wherever he went, he carried his lash and people feared it more than a sword; and very few senior companions were safe from it.