Mu‘awiya ke nazdeek Sahaba-e-Kiram رضوان اللہ علیہم اجمعین ka wajood fitna ka sabab tha, is liye unhein qatl kar dene mein hi ummat ki bhalai thi.
Dekhiye Imam Bayhaqi ki kitaab Dala’il an-Nubuwwah ki yeh riwayat:
Ek mauqe par jab Mu‘awiya Madina gaye aur Ummul Momineen Hazrat Aisha Siddiqah رضي اللہ عنها ke huzoor haazir hue, to Ummul Momineen ne poocha:
“Hujr bin ‘Adi jo ek jaleel-ul-qadr Sahabi the, unhein tumne kyun qatl karwaya? Kya unke qatl ke waqt tumhein Allah ka khauf nahi aaya?”
To Mu‘awiya ne jawab diya:
“Main ne unke qatl mein hi ummat ki bhalai samjhi, aur unka zinda rehna ummat mein fasad ka sabab samjha, is liye qatl karwa diya.”
(Dala’il an-Nubuwwah, Imam Bayhaqi, Bab: Ma ruwiya fi akhbar bi qatl nafar min al-muslimeen zulman bi ‘Azra…, jild 6, safha 457)
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 