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Muawiya was prayed upon by prophet (saw). Imam Tirmizi narrated in his Sunnan 4213: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمِيرَةَ، وَكَانَ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (saw) عَنِ النَّبِيِّ (saw) أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا وَاهْدِ بِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏ Prophet (saws) said to Muawiya: "Allah, make him (Muawiya ) guided, a guider and guide people through him".  The hadith is minimally good with Tirmizi having said: Hadith hasan gharib. Muhammed Shinqiti authenticated a chain of similar report from Tarih al-Kabir of imam Bukhari. All narrators are thiqah, there is one objection to the chain, that probably Abdurrahman ibn Abi Umayrah wasn't companion. But it is an incorrect assumption.Tirmizi said he was from companions. Ibn Hajar in "Isaba" wrote: ذَكَرَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَاِبْنُ سَعْدٍ وَاِبْنُ الْبَرْقِيِ وَاِبْنُ حُبَّانَ وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فِي الصَّحَابَةِ وَذَكَرَهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَمِيعٍ فِي الطَّبَقَةِ الْأوْلَى مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ الَّذِينً نَزَلُوا حُمُّصَ "Bukhari, ibn Sad, ibn al-Barqi, ibn Hibban, Abdussamad ibn Sayed mentioned him as companion, Abul Hasan ibn Sumay mentioned him in 1-st generations of companions which settled in Hums".  And he also said: فَعَجَبَ مِنْ قَوْلِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْبَرِّ حَدِيثُهُ مُنْقَطِعُ الْإِسْنادِ مُرْسَلُُ لَا تَثْبُتْ أَحادِيثُهُ وَلَا تَصِحُّ صُحْبَتُهُ "And opinion of ibn abd-Al-Bar is amazing, (he claimed) that his narrations are broken, chain is disconnected and his narrations are not established and it's not proven his talks with the prophet(saw).  Hafidh Alaatdin al-Mughlutai in "al-Ibanah ila marifat al-mukhtalif fihim min as sahaba" (2/24) said that Abu Nuaym, ibn Ghani, ibn Hibban, ibn Mandah mentioned him amongst companions.  Ibn Athakir said in "Tareekh madinatul dimashq" (59/106): وأَصَحُّ مَا رُوِيَ فِي فَضْلِ مُعاوِيَةَ حَديثِ أُبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ اِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ كَاتِبُ النبيِّ مُنْذُ أسْلَمَ ، أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ . وَبَعْدَهُ حَديثُ العَرْبَاضِ : اللَّهُمُّ عَلِّمْهُ الْكِتَابَ . وَبَعْدَ حَديثِ اِبْنٍ أَبِي عُمَيرَةَ : اللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا "And most authentic that was narrated in merits of Muawiya narration of Abu Hamza from ibn Abbas that he was scribe of prophet (saw) after he embraced Islam,it was reported by Muslim in his Sahih and after that narration of al-Irbad: O Allah teach him the book and after that narration of ibn Abu Umeyrah: O Allah make him guided, a guider".  Mizzi in "Tahzib al-kamal" (vol 1, number 48) wrote:رَوَى بِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلِيٌّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَابِسِيِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ يَقُولُ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ عَنْ مُعاوِيَةٍ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيانَ صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ( saw ) فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الْإِسْلامُ كَدَارٍ لَهَا بَابٌ فَبَابُ الْإِسْلامِ الصَّحَابَةُ فَمَنْ آذَى الصَّحَابَةُ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ الْإِسْلامَ كَمَنْ نَقَرَ الْبَابَ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ دُخُولَ الدَّارَ قَالَ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ مُعاوِيَةَ فَإِنَّمَا أُرَادَ الصَّحَابَةَ "Abu Abdurrahman an-Nasai was asked about Mu'awiyah. His reply was: "Islam is like a house with a door. The door of Islam is the Sahaba. Whoever speaks ill of the Sahaba seeks but to harm Islam, just like one who knocks a door to enter a house. As for Mu'awiyah, whoever speaks ill of him seeks to find a way to speak ill of the Sahaba."  The scholars however are not in unanimity on this issue however. Mubarakpuri in his commentary of this tradition cited the comments of Ibn Abdul Barr: 'The hafiz ibn Abdulbarr said: "His companionship is not true and his chain (isnad) is not Sahih."  In 'Tanaqudat al-Albani' volume 2 page 228 by Allamah Hassan Saqaaf: "The Marfu Hadith from Abdulrahman bin Abi Umaira (Oh Allah guide him and make let him guide) referring to Mu'awiya, this hadith cannot be Sahih in any way"  Razi records in 'Elal al-Hadith' Volume 2 page 362: "Verily Abdulrahman bin Abi Umaria didn't hear this hadith from the prophet (s)"  Imam Dhahabi records in 'Siar alam al-Nubala' Volume 3 page 126: "The (chain) is disconnected"

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