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Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz Ends the Cursing of Ali from the Pulpits

ترك عمر بن عبد العزيز سب علي على المنابر

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz stopped what the Umayyads had done, cursing Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) from the pulpits; he wrote to the provinces to abandon it and put in its place the Qur'anic verse on justice and beneficence (16:90) 1. The book reports that this came after Ubayd Allah ibn Utba ibn Mas'ud had alerted him, and that Kuthayyir Azza praised him for it 1.

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Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ended the practice of the Umayyads of cursing Ali ibn Abi Talib from the pulpits, and wrote to the provinces to abandon it. 1

The replacement

In its place he put a verse of justice and beneficence: al-Nahl 16:90. 1

The accompanying reports

The book says that this followed the warning of Ubayd Allah ibn Utba ibn Mas'ud, and that Kuthayyir Azza praised him for it. 1

The book does not give a date for the act within his caliphate (99–101 AH).

Sources

  1. Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari , p.330
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