The Shi’ah claim that the Sahaabah did not attend the funeral of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
Question

                The shais claim that the companions were not at the funeral of the prophet? is this true? and if its not where was they? are they hadiths to support this?.
Praise be to Allah.One of the most hateful 
    characteristics that a person may have is that of lying. Hence the Prophet 
     (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said concerning it: “Beware 
    of lying, for lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to Hell. A man 
    may continue to tell lies and endeavour to tell lies, until he is recorded 
    with Allaah as a liar.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (6134) and Muslim (2607).  
None of the groups that 
    claim to belong to the ummah of Muhammad  (peace and blessings of Allaah 
    be upon him) is known to tell lies more than the Shi’ah. This is something 
    that has been well known about them from ancient times. The imams referred 
    to that in their books hundreds of years ago, and they still have this 
    hateful charcateristic.  
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn 
    Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 
The scholars are agreed, on 
    the basis of reports and chains of narrators, that the Raafidah (the Shi’ah) 
    are the most mendacious of groups and that the lies among them are ancient. 
    Hence the imams defined them as being distinguished by the fact that they 
    are liars. 
Imam Maalik was asked about 
    the Raafidah and he said: Do not talk to them and do not narrate from them, 
    because they tell lies. 
Imam al-Shaafa’i said: I 
    have never seen anyone who bears false witness more than the Raafidis. 
Yazeed ibn Haroon said: You 
    can narrate from any man of innovation (bid’ah), provided that he is not 
    active in calling others to his innovation, except al-Raafidah, because they 
    are liars. 
Shareek al-Qaadi said: 
    Acquire knowledge from everyone you meet except the Raafidah, for they 
    fabricate hadeeth and take that as their religion. 
This Shareek is Shareek ibn 
    ‘Abd-Allaah al-Qaadi, the qaadi of Kufah, one of the peers of al-Thawri and 
    Abu Haneefah. He is one of the Shi’ah who said with his own tongue: I am one 
    of the Shi’ah, and this was his testimony concerning them. 
These reports are proven; 
    they were narrated by Abu ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Battah in al-Ibaanah al-Kubra 
    by him and others. End quote from Minhaaj al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah 
    (1/26-27). 
The Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him) died on 12th Rabee’ al-Awwal 11 
    AH, after the sun had passed its zenith, and he was buried on the Tuesday 
    night, after all the people of Madeenah had offered the funeral prayer for 
    him, as Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: Some 
    people came in and said takbeer and offered the (funeral) prayer and said 
    du’aa’, then they left; then others came in and said takbeer and offered the 
    (funeral) prayer and said du’aa’, then they left, until all the people had 
    come in. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi in al-Shamaa’il (p. 338) and classed 
    as saheeh by al-Albaani in his review. 
None of these Sahaabah who 
    offered the funeral prayer for the Messenger  (peace and blessings of 
    Allaah be upon him) and were in Madeenah on that day should be thought of as 
    having done anything but attend the funeral of the Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him). This is something so obvious as to need no 
    proof or evidence. The Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
    him) was dearer to them than their spouses, fathers, mothers and children; 
    he was even dearer to them than their own selves, as Anas (may Allaah be 
    pleased with him) said: No person was dearer to them than the Messenger of 
    Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Narrated by 
    al-Tirmidhi (2754) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh 
    al-Tirmidhi. 
But some people’s hearts 
    are filled with hate and resentment against Islam and its people, so they 
    fabricate lies against them and slander them falsely, although they (the 
    Sahaabah) are the best of people after the Prophets and Messengers of 
    Allaah, according to the testimony of the Messenger  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him) who said: “The best of people are my 
    generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them.” 
    Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2652) and Muslim (2532). 
The one who slanders, 
    denigrates and reviles them is in fact slandering the Messenger  (peace 
    and blessings of Allaah be upon him), for they are his companions, students 
    and supporters, and they are the dearest of people to him. 
There are reports which 
    show that they attended his funeral, and the matter is too clear to need any 
    evidence, as stated above. 
It was narrated that Anas 
    ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The day that the Messenger 
    of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered Madeenah 
    was the brightest of all, and the day on which he died was the darkest of 
    all, and as soon as we had finished burying the Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him), we felt that our hearts had changed.”
    
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi 
    (3618) and classed as saheeh by Ibn Katheer in al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah 
    (5/239). 
Faatimah (may Allaah be 
    pleased with her) said, when the people came back from burying her father 
     (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): O Anas, how could you bear 
    to cover the Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
    him) with earth? Narrated by al-Bukhaari (4462). 
So where did these people 
    get this fabrication? 
But it is no wonder that 
    they denied something that is well known and that no Muslim should be 
    unaware of, and they denied that the Qur'aan is preserved, and they claimed 
    that it was distorted and that something was taken away from it, and they 
    impugned the honour of the Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of 
    Allaah be upon him), and they reviled his Companions in the worst manner, 
    even though their virtue is mentioned in the Holy Qur’aan and the mutawaatir 
    ahaadeeth from the Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah 
    be upon him), on which the ummah is unanimously agreed. It is no wonder that 
    those who denied these things would come up with a fabrication like this. 
    “And Allaah encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within 
    His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds)” [al-Burooj 85:20]; 
    “And those who do wrong will come to know by what overturning they will be 
    overturned” [al-Shu’ara’ 26:227]. 
We ask Allaah to support 
    His religion and cause His Word to prevail, and to defeat falsehood and its 
    people. 
May Allaah send blessings 
    upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions. 
And Allaah knows best.