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بسم الله و الحمد لله

al-Salamu 'Aleykum,

You all know the famous battles that took place after the fall of the Umayyad Caliph Yazid between these three sides: 'Abdul-Malik bin Marwan al-Umawi, 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubair bin al-'Awwam (ra) and al-Mukhtar bin abi 'Ubeid al-Thaqafi.

al-Mukhtar is the one who used the death of al-Husein ibn 'Ali bin abi Talib (ra) as a stepping stone to acquire much power and wealth and territories, he called for the blood of Husein (ra) at first and killed some of his killers to receive the trust and loyalty of the Kufans but soon he started using them to fighting his own battles and expand his own empire. His title was "Kaysan" and he fabricated lies and said that the Khilafah must be with Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyah (ra) the son of the fourth rightly guided Caliph, then he started claiming his own Prophethood and called for himself and those who followed him were called "al-Shia al-Kaysaniyyah", it is an extinct Shia sect Alhamdulillah.

The Kufr and lies of this character called al-Mukhtar is famous and recorded in all Islamic history books, we site a few narrations from the Books of the Muslims as examples.

(1) - When al-Mukhtar's empire was about to crumble, his follower asked what the best course of action was thinking that his master was actually a Prophet, but soon he was disappointed:

فقال له السائب: الرأي لك؟ قال: أنا أرى أم الله يرى؟ قال: الله يرى, قال: ويحك أحمق أنت! إنما أنا رجل من العرب رأيت ابن الزبير انتزى على الحجاز, ورأيت نجدة انتزى على اليمامة, ومروان على الشام, فلم أكن دون أحد من رجال العرب, فأخذت هذه البلاد, فكنت كأحدهم إلا أني قد طلبت وبالغت في ذلك إلى يومي هذا, فقاتل على حسبك إن لم تكن لك نية, فقال السائب: إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
al-Mukhtar told al-Saeb bin Malik al-Asha'ari: What do you think? ibn Malek said: The opinion is yours, al-Mukhtar said: My opinion or the opinion of Allah? al-Saeb said: That of Allah, al-Mukhtar said: Are you an idiot!? I am only a man from the Arabs, I saw ibn al-Zuabair rule the land of al-Hijaz and I saw Najdah rule the land of al-Yamamah and Marwan ruled al-Sham, I was not lower in status than any of these Arabs so I claimed these lands for myself although I exaggerated and I am not greater than any ordinary man among you, so if you wish to fight then fight for yourself. al-Saeb said: ... to Allah we belong and to him we shall return.

source: Tareekh al-Tabari 6/677.

(2) - When one of his close followers and body-guards learned of his deceit he abandoned him:

رفاعة بن شداد قال: كنت أقوم على رأس المختار, فلما عرفت كذبه هممت أن أسُلَّ سيفي فأضرب عنقه, فذكرت حديثًا حدثناه عمرو بن الحمق قال: سمعت رسول الله يقول: «من أمَّن رجلاً على نفسه فقتله, أعطي لواء غدر يوم القيامة»
Rifa'ah bin Shaddad narrated: I used to stand guard near the head of al-Mukhtar (as he sleeps), when I learned of his lies and deciet I intended to cut it off but then I remembered the narration of Rassul-Allah SAWS: "If a man asks another for his safety then he kills him, he shall hold the flag of treachery on the day of judgement."

source: Sunan ibn Majah 2688, Hadith-Sahih.

(3) - Ibn al-Hanafiyyah (ra) himself abandonned al-Mukhtar, he stood on the doors of the Ka'abah and exposed him:

إنه كان كذابًا يكذب على الله ورسوله
"He was a liar, he would lie on Allah and his Messenger SAWS."

source: Tabaqat ibn Sa'ad al-Kubra 5/158.

This is enough to prove the Sunni position with regards to al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi but what about the Twelver Shia?

We all saw how the Iranian Rafidhah made a weak and inaccurate historical TV show called "Mukhtar-Nameh" It has 42 episodes and produced by Sima Film but as far as how historically accurate and how authentic the information they provided their viewers, let's just say the Show is beyond worthless and tries to portray al-Mukhtar as a righteous Shia Hero and the Sunnies (like ibn al-Zubair (ra)) as fat ugly evil schemers, sadly the shia viewers are clueless about history and Islam altogether so they believed them.

Little do they know that al-Mukhtar is a proven liar in their own books and their own authentic narration, here is an article written to expose him by one of the moderate knowledgeable Shia and I shall quote him but I may subtract some irrelevant information:

Here is a Ṣaḥīḥ or Hasan (Authentic or Good) ḥadīth that says al-Mukhtār al-Thaqafī used to lie against (or, about) `Alī bin al-Ḥussayn (عليه السلام).

I was under the impression that all of the ḥadīth in condemnation of al-Mukhtār were da`īf (weak). I was unfortunately relying on al-Khoei’s grading, but after careful research I was wrong.

When you research the life of al-Mukhtār bin Abī `Ubaydah al-Thaqafī you will see that he was one of the leaders of the Kaysāniyyah sect. The Kaysāniyyahs were those who believed that Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah was the Imām after his father. The sect was called Kaysāniyyah because al-Mukhtār’s laqab (nickname) was Kaysān. (For more information on this see: al-Nawabakhtī, Firaq al-Shī`ah, pg. 33, # 55).

According to the al-Mukhtāriyyah (sub-sect of the Kaysāniyyah) sect: "Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah is Imām al-Mahdi, and he was the successor of Imām `Ali. And no one from the Ahl al-Bayt can oppose him, and no one can rise up against his (Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah's) Imāmate, and no one can use his sword except with his (Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah's) permission."

Source:
1. Al-Nawabakhti, Firaq al-Shi'a, Chapter: "Imamate of Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyya", pg. 38

I have felt the need to make a post about al-Mukhtār for a very long time, because unfortunately, some of our Shee`ahs are getting misguided and swayed by this new phenomenon TV series by Iran titled Mukhtār Nameh (Narratives of Mukhtār). If you were to watch this TV series, by the time you finish watching it you will be under the impression that al-Mukhtār was a “good” guy, when it is farther from the truth.

(Taken from my personal copy of al-Kashī’s al-Rijāl, (Beirut, Mu’assasah al-`Amalī lil-Matbū`āt, 1st ed., 1430), pg. 97)


محمد بن الحسن و عثمان بن حامد، قالا حدثنا محمد بن يزداد الرازي، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن عبد الله المزخرف، عن حبيب الخثعمي، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال كان المختار يكذب على علي بن الحسين (عليهما السلام
From Habīb al-Khath`amī from Abī `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) said: “al-Mukhtār used to lie against (or, about) `Alī bin al-Ḥussayn (عليه السلام)”

Source:

1. Al-Kashī, al-Kashī, ed. Sayyid Mahdi al-Rijā’ī, (Qum: Mu’assasah Ālī al-Bayt al-Aḥyā’ al-Turāth, 1404), pg. 340, ḥadīth # 198

Grading:

1. Muqaddis al-Ardabili said this hadeeth is Hasan Tarīq wāḍiḥ al-matn (Through a Good Path (chain), with clear text)
> Jāmi` al-Ruwāt, 2 vols., (Qum: Maktabah Ayatullah al-Mar`ashi, 1403), vol. 2, pg. 221

2. `Alī al-Burujerdi said this hadeeth is Hasan Tarīq (Good Path (chain))
>Tarā’if al-Maqāl, (Qum: Maktabah Ayatullah al-Mar`ashi, 1st ed., 1410) vol. 2, pg. 590

3. `Āsif al-Muḥsinī said There is No Problem in its Chain
> Mashra`ah Bihār al-Anwaar, (Beirut: Mu’assasah al-`Ārif lil-Matbū`āt, 2nd ed., 1426) vol. 2, pg. 159

Breakdown of the isnaad (chain of narrators):

عثمان بن حامد (`Uthmān bin Ḥāmid) is thiqah (trustworthy) according to:
1. Al-Ṭūsī, Rijāl, pg. 429, person # 6163
2. Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 126, person # 3
3. Al-Khoei, Mu`jam Rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 11, pg. 106, person # 7573

محمد بن يزداد الرازي (Muhammad bin Yazdād al-Rāzī) is فلا بأس به (And There is No problem with him) according to:
1. Al-Kashī, Rijāl, pg. 530 – 531, hadeeth # 1014
2. Ibn Dawūd, Rijāl, pg. 388
3. Al-Khoei, Mu`jam Rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 18, pg. 245 – 247 (Al-Khoei is authenticating a ḥadīth with Muhammad bin Yazdād al-Rāzi in it)

محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب (Muhammad bin al-Ḥussayn bin Abī al-Khattāb) is thiqah (trustworthy) according to:
1. Al-Najāshī, Rijāl, pg. 334, person # 897
2. Al-Ṭūsī, Rijāl, pg. 400, person # 608
3. Al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 379, person # 5615
4. Al-Hilli, al-Khulāṣah, pg. 141, person # 19
5. Al-Khoei, Mu`jam Rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 15, pg. 291, person # 10554

عبد الله المزخرف (`Abd Allāh bin Muhammad al-ḥajjāl al-Mazkharaf) is thiqah (trustworthy) according to:
1. Al-Najāshī, Rijāl, pg. 226, person # 595
2. Al-Ṭūsī, Rijāl, pg. 360, person # 5332
3. Al-Hilli, Rijāl, pg. 105, person # 18
4. Al-Khoei, Mu`jam Rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 10, pg. 301, person # 7095

حبيب الخثعمي (Habīb bin al-Mu`allil al-Kath`amī) is thiqah (trustworthy) according to:
1. Al-Najāshī, Rijāl, pg. 141, person # 368
2. Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 62, person # 4
3. Al-Khoei, Mu`jam Rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 4, pg. 224, person # 2570


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Insha-Allah we may get another narration from Shia sources to further expose this filthy character.

wal-Salamu 'Aleykum,