Hasan al-Basri about Muawiya. Refuting the doubt

[Abdullah Efendi]

Salam alaikum.

Salam alaikum.

This quote that attributed to Hasan al-Basri could be seen at many shia sites:

al-Hasan al-Basri said:
Muawiyah had four flaws, and any one of them would have been a serious
offense:
1. His appointment of trouble makers for this community so that he
stole its rule without consultation with its members, while there
was a remnant of the Companions and possessors of virtue among
them.
2. His appointment of his son as his successor after him, a drunkard
and a winebibber who wears silk and plays tunburs
3. His claim about Ziyad (as his son), while the Messenger of God
(PBUH&HF) has said: 'The child belongs to the bed, and the
adulterer should be stoned.'
4. His killing of Hujr and his companions. Woe unto him twice for Hujr
and his companions.

Refuted here:
http://gift2shias.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/hasan-al-basri-about-muawiya-refuting-the-doubtw/

[Ansari]

:salam:

Mufti Taqi Usmani commented about this narration in his book about Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah at p. 97 and stated that in the sanad there is a person called Abu Mukhannaf who is a Shia narrator and no doubt ascribed this lie to Hasan al-Basri.

Then Mufti Taqi Usmani narrates the reliable saying of Hasan al-Basri when he was asked about the Sahaba and the wars between them. It totally contradicts the previous statement and states that we should remain silent about them. It was narrated by Imam Qurtubi under verse 49:9:

وقد سئل الحسن البصري عن قتالهم فقال: قتال شهده أصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وغِبْنا، وعلموا وجهلنا، وٱجتمعوا فٱتبعنا، وٱختلفوا فوقفنا. قال المحاسبي: فنحن نقول كما قال الحسن،

http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=1&tTafsirNo=5&tSoraNo=49&tAyahNo=9&tDisplay=yes&Page=6&Size=1&LanguageId=1