Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

236 The Battles of the Camel and Siffeen, and the issue of arbitration
-3 The author of al-Imcimah was-Siycisah says that al-Mukhtir ihn
Abi 'Ubayd was killed by Mu~'ah ihn az-Zubayr because he
called people to rally behind the household of the Messenger of
Allah (g), but he neglects to mention the myths introduced by
al-Mukhtk or his claim of receiving revelation.826 The R%@s
are the ones who love al-Mukhtiir ibn Ahi 'Ubayd because be
took revenge on the murderers of al-Husayn. It should also be
noted that Ibn Qutaybah (may Allah have mercy on him)
mentioned al-Mukhtk among those who rebelled against
legitimate authority, and he said that al-Mukht2 used to claim
that Jihreel (m) came down to him.827
4 The author of al-Imrimah was-Siydsah wrote only about twentyfive
pages concerning the caliphates of the three caliphs Ahu
Bala; 'Umar and 'Uthmin, whereas he wrote two hundred pages
about the fimah that occurred among the Companions. In other
words, he reduced the greatest period of history to a few pages
but wrote pages upon pages of false history, of which nothing is
proven except a little. This is one of the known attributes of the
R2fiifidis. We seek refuge with Allah (a) from misguidance and
betrayal.
*:* As-Sayyid Mamond Shukri al-Aloosi says in Mukhta~ar al-
Fitnah al-Zthna 'Ashariyyah: "Part of their (the R$fi@s') crafty
tricks is that they look at the names of scholars who are respected
by Ah1 as-Sunnab, and whenever they find one who has the
same name as one of their own scholars, they attribute the
reports of that Shia scholar to him (the Sunni scholar). Those
Sunnis who are unaware of this will think that this is one of their
(Sunni) imams and will accept his words and rely on his reports.
For example, as-Suddi is the name of two men, one of whom is
as-Suddi the elder and the other is as-Suddi the younger. The
elder as-Suddi is one of the trustworthy Sunni scholars, whereas