Did Mu'awiya apostatize and then return to Islam through money, thus becoming one of "those whose hearts are to be reconciled"?

The claim of Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan's apostasy is a heinous lie with no evidence. He was a scribe of revelation, and his Islam, which superseded what came before it, was firmly established. He remained steadfast in Islam until his death, and there is no reliable narrator who mentions anything about his apostasy. Rather, he was excellent in his Islam, and among the "Muslims of the Conquest" whose hearts were reconciled [to Islam].