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Muawiya

معاوية

An MBC series on Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan and the first fitna; its broadcast drew wide controversy over the depiction of Companions and early Islamic civil strife.

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Screening Room

Format
Series · About Islam
Countries
SA
Languages
ar (original)
Approach
historical drama
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not shown · Companions: Shown · Imams: Shown (Depicts Companions including Muawiya and members of the Prophet's household — the subject of public controversy at release.)
Titles in other languages
معاويةMuawiya

Reception

  • Objection — public and scholarly debate in 2025 over depicting CompanionsDebated
  • Fatwa. Al-Azhar's Senior Scholars Authority called viewing religiously unacceptable; Iraq's media regulator banned broadcast citing sectarian tension; Iran also banned it.
  • Objection. Coverage framed the series as stoking Sunni-Shia tensions by dramatising the first fitna.

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Check it against the record:Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

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About
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
Set in
The Umayyad Period· Damascus
Features
Lojain Ismail· Eyad Nassar· Souhir Ben Amara· Wael Sharaf· Yazan Khalil· Aïcha Ben Ahmed· Jamila Chihi· Asmaa Galal
Directed by
Tarek Alarian
Written by
Khaled Salah
Broadcast by
MBC 1

People and things also explored

Muawiya, Hassan and Hussein· The Death of Habib ibn Maslama at Damascus· وفاة معاوية بن أبي سفيان· Mokhtarnameh· Saqr Quraish· Amr ibn al-As· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • IMDb
  • elCinema
  • Dhliz
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islam.museum contributors. “Muawiya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/muawiya-2025/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Muawiya, Hassan and Hussein

A major Arabic co-production dramatising the first fitna — from Hasan's caliphate and abdication to Muawiya's rule and Karbala; contested for depicting the Prophet's household.