One of the most common questions regarding ʿĀʾishah bt. Abī Bakr concerns her relationship with Imām ʿAlī (as). It is well known that she opposed him at the Battle of Jamal. However, after his victory, Imām ʿAlī (as) treated her with dignity, arranging for her safe return to Medina under armed escort. Just a few years later, she received news of his assassination at the hands of the Kharijite, Ibn Muljim (la). Her reaction to this news invites important reflection: did she

One of the praiseworthy characteristics given to Mu’awiyah is that he is addressed as ‘Katib al-Wahi’ which means writer of revelation. He is praised for this because he is argued as someone who preserved the Qur’an, which only a righteous muslim would God bestow such a role to! What is the reality of this matter in the views of Sunni scholars themselves? Moreover, what is the reality behind the hadith of the Prophet (SAW) allegedly praising him as a great muslim faction that

Mu'awiyah is claimed to have received the Prophet’s (saw) prayer as a guide, yet history shows only innovations, corruption and rejection...