[CindyLavender]

Earlier my grandmother was reading me some sections from Muhammad al-Tijani's book 'Shi'ah Hum Ahl Al-Sunnah'. It wrote that Abu Bakr (ra) & Umar bin Khattab (ra) burned ahadith, which were supposedly about Ahle Bayt & a threat to their position. She went on to tell me Ali (ra) was pushed aside and mocked during the caliphate of the 3 earlier caliphs. I don't like to argue with her, so most of the time I listened. She brought up a point about why is it that we never hear of ahadith narrated by Ali (ra) & the rest of the family members. Actually I'm curious about that point. Why is that so? The book also spoke about how the sahabas 'teamed up' against the Ahle Bayt and appointed Mu'awiya (ra) in Sham & kept him around despite the fact that they were aware of the tension between Ali (ra) and Muawiya (ra). Although I tried to tell her that the sahaba (and especially Abu Bakr, Umar & Uthman (ra) had a special place next to Prophet Muhammad (saw) and our sources differ from Shi'a sources, she still gave me the hint that afterall, they were all the same & Ahle Bayt were haq (again, as if we deny the high rank of Ahle Bayt but anyway.) I searched a little on the case of Abu Bakr (ra) & Umar (ra) burning ahadith, but I didn't want to confuse myself too much with different links, so I would much appreciate it if you can shed light on this claim & what the true story is.

JazakumAllah khayr, thanks in advance.