Muawiyah, the Son of the Liver Eater

Muawiyah was known as the son of the liver eater. Leslie says, unlike Ali, who was thought of as this honorable, abstaining leader, none of this applied to Muawiyah. On one side, you have a small band of shia, almost all of whom were descendants of the prophet Muhammad,. led by the prophet's grandson, Hussein. And on the other,you have a massive Sunni army waiting for them.