“Verily, those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the Most Beneficent (Allah) will bestow love for them (in the hearts of the believers).” (Qur’an 19:96)
Ibn Taymiyyah al Harrani in his as–Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah when he comments about the above ayat in relation to Ali ibn Abi Talib that:
“Allah (swt) has told that He will place on the believers and those that preform good, love. And this is a true promise from him. Especially for the Caliphs Abu Bakr (r.a) and Umar Ibn Al Khattab (r.a) for the general amount of companions loved them and they were the best periods of Islam. Ali was not like that, as a large number of companions (sahabah) and followers (tab’ieen) hated him, cursed him and fought him.”
The implication (though not explicitly stated by Ibn Taymiyyah) was that Ali was not of those who worked deeds of righteousness.
There is allot more dirty laundry where this came from.
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Ibn Taymiyyah has always struck me as having been a very clever, yet fundamentally ruthless and cold figure, prone to savage bouts of anger. If I may ask, do you perhaps know the perspective of Ibn Taymiyyah, and his followers, regarding the Crucifixion and the earliest followers of Christ, if indeed he expressed an opinion on these matters. Were the followers of Christ good and righteous men, rather stupid if un-malicious preachers or genuinely malevolent perverters of their Masters message ?
Greetings, he has some writings on Christianity. If I come across anything in particular in regards to your question ill inform you, Allah-willing..