Enmity with the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and his descendants leads a
person to the worst kind of life in this world and the hereafter. We wish to
introduce one such personality which deceived the whole world. He considered deception
to be his mastery but did not realise that it was shaitaan who deceving him.
He converted to Islam in 8 A.H. and had fought all the wars against
muslims prior to his conversion. He was one of the envoys towards Negus, the
ruler of Abyssinia. They tried to convince the king to turn away the muslim
migrants from his country. He even divorced his wife when she converted to
Islam.
Condemned by Holy
Quran
Amr ibn Aas (l.a) was a person of low self esteem and had such love of
this world that he did not want to compromise on it.
When Ibrahim the son
of the messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a) passed away Amr ibn Aas (l.a) stood and
said:
Muhammad has become ابتر i.e (he does not have a progeny), and I taunt him more than anyone else and I say the most evil about him.
(Asraar-e-Aale
Muhammad pg 404)
Allah revealed the following verse about him:
إِنَّ شانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَر
Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without
posterity.
(Surah Kausar: 3)
Mu’awiyah (l.a) seeks help from Amr ibn Aas (l.a)
Nasr narrates from Umar ibn Saad and Abdullah:
Mu’awiyah (l.a) wrote to Amr ibn Aas (l.a) when the later
was in Palestine:
The news of Talhah, Zubair and Ali (regarding Khilafat)
would have reached you. Marwan ibn Hakam with a group of people who oppose Ali
has come running to me and on the other hand Jurair ibn Abdullah has come to me
asking me to pledge allegiance to Ali. My breath is suffocating in my chest. Come
to me so that none is between us.
(Paykare-s-Siffeen pg 55)
This letter indicates that Mu’awiyah (l.a) was sure that
Amr ibn Aas would help him in his vicious plans against Ameerul Momeneen (a.s).
On receiving this letter Amr ibn Aas (l.a) consulted his
sons Abdullah and Muhammad. Abdullah advised him against helping Mu’awiyah
(l.a) and save his religion and hereafter whereas Muhammad advised him to help
Mu’awiyah (l.a). Amr ibn Aas (l.a) was blind with the love of the world and
accepted the advice of his son Muhammad.
(Paykare-s-Siffeen pg 56)
Amr ibn Aas (l.a) sells his faith
When
Mu’awiyah called Amr, he discussed about Hazrat Ali (a.s.) and the reason for
fighting him “I do not deny his capability. But he has given air to mischief
and encouraged the killers of ‘Uthman in their cruel deed. Therefore it is our
duty to claim qisas from him. I have called you to discuss about the
matter of claiming the qisas”
‘Amr realized that Mu’awiyah was not coming
out honestly with him and retorted, “You have called me to gather people under
your flag, but not being honest with me. Who will trust you that you want to
fight a war for avenging the blood of ‘Uthman? The world knows that during the siege ‘Uthman had pleaded you for
help. But you did not pay any heed to his call. Even I moved away to Palestine
leaving him to the mercy of the rebels. If you really want me to
cooperate with you, then you must talk openly to me. We know each other very
well. The truth is that Hazrat ‘Ali’s services to Islam, his superiority in
learning, his precedence in accepting the Faith and Migration are such that I
do not have the courage to fight with him. It will be the work of a person with
great courage.”
Mu’awiyah
knew ‘Amr would be looking for a huge compensation for his cooperation. When
asked, ‘Amr said: “Until you rule, the state of Egypt must be under me.”
When
Mu’awiyah heard this claim, he was stunned. The price asked was far more than
he expected. However, he was in no position to turn down his demand nor did he
wish to accept it. He stared at ‘Amr and said, “I can make a false promise, but
I do not want to take you up the garden path.” ‘Amr, “Try to cheat me. I have
the means of handling every trick.” Mu’awiyah said: “I suggest that you
reconsider your demand. If you remain insistent, people would say that to grab
the emirate of Egypt you have taken the step.”
‘Amr
replied, “What people will say does not bother me. No excuses from you will
work with me. If you agree to the demand I have made, I shall support you
wholeheartedly. Otherwise, you do what suits you.” Saying this ‘Amr got up as
if to leave.
When
‘Utbah ibn Abi-Sufyan heard about this conversation, he told Mu’awiyah: “We are
not willing to buy ‘Amr by parting with Egypt.”
Mu’awiyah
said, “I have not made any decision as yet. Tonight I shall think over it.” He
spent the night in deep thought and decided that to make use of the cunning and
shrewdness of ‘Amr he will have to promise parting away Egypt to him.
Therefore, he called ‘Amr and finalized the deal with him. He wrote out a
formal agreement and handed over to him. Taking the document, ‘Amr came back to
his residence happily and mentioned about it to a cousin of his. The cousin
knit his brows and said, “I wonder what face you will show to the Quraysh? How
will you spend an honorable life with your tribe when you are already infamous
for your habit of selling your faith?” ‘Amr said, “If I was with Hazrat ‘Ali
(a.s.), the four walls of my house would be sufficient for me. Now I am with
Mu’awiyah and cannot sit content with the four walls of my house. “His cousin
said, “Mu’awiyah has certainly bought your faith. You are after him for worldly
gains.” (The Battle of Siffin pg 13)
Amr ibn Aas (l.a) speaks lie against Ameerul Momeneen
(a.s) in Syria:
He spoke the following sermon:
The messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a) made me the leader of an
army which included Abu Bakr and Umar and I thought that he chose me because of
his respect to me. On return I asked him (s.a.w.a):
O Messenger of Allah, who is the most beloved to you?
He said: Ayesha
I asked: Who among the men
He replied: Her father.
Then Amr
ibn Aas (l.a) continued:
O People: This is Ali who speaks bad about Abu Bakr and
Umar and Uthman even though he has heard from the messenger of Allah that Allah
has put truth on the tongue and the heart of Umar and about Uthman that angels
are ashamed of him and I have heard from Ali that Abu Bakr and Umar are the
leaders of the elders of the paradise.
(Asraar-e-Aale-Muhammad pg 403)
When Ameerul Momeneen (a.s) was informed of this he said:
It is strange that the rebellious people from Syria
accept the words of Amr ibn Aas (l.a) whereas they know he has attributed lie
to him (s.a.w.a) and that he (s.a.w.a) cursed him seventy times and also his
friend Mu’awiyah (l.a).
He wrote seventy couplets insulting Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.a) and then he (s.a.w.a) said:
O Allah! I neither say poetry nor consider it Halaal. You
and your angels curse him for all his seventy couplets so that it falls on his
progeny till Qayamat.
(Asraar-e-Aale-Muhammad pg 404)
In a tradition we find that
Ameerul Momeneen (a.s) cursed Mu’awiyah (l.a), Amr ibn Aas (l.a), Abu Musa
(l.a) and Abu Awar Sulami (l.a) in his morning prayers.
(Behaar al Anwaar vol 8 pg 566)
Raise the Quran on Spears
When Mu’awiyah (l.a) was about to be defeated in the
battle of Siffeen he told Amr ibn Aas (l.a):
O Amr !
You have only one night (to turn my defeat in victory).
Amr ibn Aas (l.a) said:
Your army has reduced in number and the ones remaining do
not have the strength to fight and also you are not like Ali. He is fighting
you for a cause (religion) and you have a different cause (world). You desire
life and safety whereas he seeks martyrdom. You create such a problem for them
that whether they reject or accept it, a dispute will break amongst them. Raise
the Quran on spears which will take you to your purpose and I chose this way
for you.
(Asraar-e-Aale-Muhammad pg 404)
Deception and Cowardness of Amr Al
Aas
In
the battle of Siffin, Amir al-Mu’minin called out Mu’awiyah and said “O Mu’awiyah. You are shedding the blood of people unnecessarily.
Come let us both fight each other and the one who wins shall be deemed to have
won the battle and occupy the seat of the caliphate.” ‘Amr said, “Hazrat
Ali (a.s.) has said the truth. Both of you are the nucleus of the conflict. You
may fight and come to a decision yourself.” Mu’awiyah told ‘Amr: “You are not
being just. You know it pretty well that whoever has fought him has always been
killed.”
‘Amr said, “I do not want that you avoid
combat and fall in the estimation of the people. “Mu’awiyah said, “Do you think
that you will tempt me to lose my life? Do you wish that I get killed and you
become the ruler?” Saying this, Mu’awiyah turned back and slowly went towards
the last row of his troops. Mu’awiyah was already angry at the impertinence of
‘Amr. To cool his temper ‘Amr said, “If you do not want to fight with Hazrat
Ali (a.s.), I shall do that. Therefore, he decided to go for the combat. At one
point of time he went to the arena and challenged Hazrat Ali (a.s.) for a
combat. The Imam (a.s.) spurred his horse and came fast to the arena. When he
raised his sword, ‘Amr Aas purposely fell down from his horse and put his legs
up. Thus, his private parts were exposed. When the Imam (a.s.) saw this contemptible
act of ‘Amr, he turned away his face. ‘Amr got up dusting his cloak and ran
towards his people. When Mu’awiyah heard about this episode, he chided ‘Amr: “O
‘Amr. Thanks to Allah your life was saved because of your private parts.” (The
Battle of Siffin pg 47).
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