At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Civil wars and revoltsFactions, splits and schisms
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موجز
بعد مبايعة علي بالخلافة، أشار المغيرة بن شعبة بإبقاء معاوية في الشام مؤقتاً، فرفض علي وقال إنه لا يستعمل معاوية يومين 1.
المشورة
الامتناع
حكم العقاد
ما لم يُحسم
لم يقدّم الكتاب دليلاً على أن الإقرار كان سيدفع الخلاف، ولا على أن العزل كان سيُنهيه. وهذا بابٌ يبقى مفتوحاً، ويعرض المتحف فيه الرأيين بوصفهما رأي المشيرين، ورأي المؤلف، دون ترجيح.
Opinions on the question
The question: Would keeping Muawiya in office have been safer, or was dismissal right?
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
Not yet set out from a named Sunni source
More opinions (1)
Other viewOther opinion
Al-Aqqad's judgement: refusal was the sounder course
Connections
- Had participant
- Ali ibn Abi Talib· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Abdullah ibn Abbas
- Led to
- Battle of Siffin
People and things also explored
Letters between Ali and Muawiya after the Camel· Reported advice to Ali by Ibn Abbas and al-Mughira on keeping or removing Uthman's governors· Qays ibn Sa'd's governorship of Egypt and Ali's letter to him· Ali appoints the sons of al-Abbas and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr as governors· Ali burns people in Kufa who claimed he was God· the truce between ʿAli and Muʿāwiya (40 AH)· Ali spares Amr ibn al-As after he was exposed· The burial of the Prophet
Sources
- The Genius of Imam Ali (Abqariyyat al-Imam Ali) , p.94
- The Genius of Imam Ali (Abqariyyat al-Imam Ali) , p.96
- The Genius of Imam Ali (Abqariyyat al-Imam Ali) , p.95
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ali declines to keep Muawiya in office”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ali-declines-to-retain-muawiya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.