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1042: 56: 885:, to regularly curse Ali and harass his followers, while praising Uthman and empowering his followers, as reported by al-Tabari. A tradition attributed to al-Mughira's son describes how the governor failed to convince Mu'awiya to abandon this policy and leave behind a legacy of reconciliation. Mua'wiya refused, saying that there would be no lasting fame after Muhammad, referring to the prophet by his nickname of Ibn Abi Kabsha among the 587: 1057:, who was appointed in 671 to govern Kufa. Ziyad arrested Hujr and sent him to Mu'awiya, who put Hujr on trial for high treason and then executed him and a few others. Before death, he was given the opportunity to save his life by cursing Ali, which he refused. This was probably the first judicial execution of Muslims for high treason and was widely condemned at the time, even by 800:
to avoid defeat. The strong peace sentiments in Ali's army compelled him to accept the offer, and an ill-fated arbitration committee was thus set up with representatives from Ali and Mu'awiya with a mandate to settle the dispute in the spirit of the Quran. Soon after the collapse of the arbitration
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suggests that the rule of Mu'awiya was largely legitimized by his revenge for the assassination of Uthman, for which Mu'awiya publicly blamed Ali after the latter dismissed the former as the governor of Syria. In a tradition cited by the Sunni historians
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process, Mu'awiya received the Syrians' pledge as caliph in 659, and began dispatching military units to raid and harass the civilian population loyal to Ali. In the meantime, a group that became known as the
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and the dissidents. There Ali received a nearly unanimous pledge of allegiance, gathering various underprivileged groups around himself. By contrast, Ali found limited support among the powerful
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in 661, which paved the way for the caliphate of Mu'awiya in the same year. The public cursing of Ali continued after Mu'awiya and was finally abandoned some sixty years later by the pious
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in Medina was exempted from this policy, where Ali and other relatives of Muhammad were cursed next to his grave and in the presence of the descendants of Ali. The historian
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deserted Ali, denounced him for agreeing to arbitration, and declared him, his followers, and the Syrians as infidels. They considered the blood of such infidels to be
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That this practice was widespread is also the Shia view, while its existence is usually rejected by Sunni scholars, perhaps with the notable exception of
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After his accession, Mu'awiya mandated cursing Ali as part of the communal prayers in the Islamic territories. Among others, this is reported by the
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Hujr was a companion of Muhammad and an ardent supporter of Ali. Respected for his piety, Hujr was in Kufa a distinguished elder of his tribe, the
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infidels. The governor then confessed to his son that he henceforth considered Mu'awiya as such, an infidel, as reported by the Sunni historian
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Under the Umayyads, some Shias were forced to curse Ali to save their lives. One instance is the hadith traditionist
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tribe, some of whom aspired to the title of caliph. Among the Quraysh, the caliphate of Ali was soon challenged by
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by order of al-Hajjaj, who also demanded that Atiya curse Ali. He refused and was beaten but likely survived.
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The practice of cursing Ali continued for some sixty years, and the Umayyad caliphs did so also on the
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against Mu'awiya in 657 resulted in a stalemate when the latter called for arbitration by the
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also denounced the accession of Ali when he was dismissed from his post as the governor of
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to Ali. Later the execution of Hujr was called a pernicious crime by the Sunni theologian
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pilgrimage. The curse was also apparently extended to Ali's wife
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that his grandfather Ali ibn Abi Talib was the most temperate (
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Ali defeated the rebellion of Aisha, Talha, and Zubayr in the
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Index

Cursing Ali
a series
Shia Islam

Monotheism
Holy Books
Prophethood
Succession to Muhammad
Imamate
Ismaili
Twelver
Zaydi
Angels
Judgment Day
Mourning of Muharram
Intercession
Clergy
The Four Companions
Arbaʽeen Pilgrimage
Days of remembrance
Ashura
Arba'een
Mawlid
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Ghadir
Mourning of Muharram
Omar Koshan
History
Verse of purification

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