What is the ruling on reviling Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, and what is the Sharia evidence for that?
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Reviling the Companions, including Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), is forbidden, an abominable act among the forbidden deeds, and one of the major sins that necessitates disciplinary punishment and chastisement. Some Maliki scholars may even consider its punishment to be execution.
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