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Did the Prophet (PBUH) curse Muawiyah, based on the narration in Nahj al-Balagha which states: "May Allah curse the rider, the leader, and the driver," and then described them as: "These are murderers, and they are evil for Islam, and they are the husband and sons of the liver-eater of my uncle Hamza"?

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The book "Nahj al-Balagha" is not considered among the accredited books of narration, and its authors are not trustworthy. العلامة Muhibb al-Din al-Khatib mentioned that most of it is from the words of al-Radi and al-Murtada, and not from the words of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him.

As for the , "May Allah curse the rider, the leader, and the driver," it was mentioned in Nahj al-Balagha without a chain of transmission, and it appeared ambiguously in the books of , without specifying the name of the cursed one.

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