Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

456 'Ali's attitude towards the Khanjites and Shia
means of which Allah (g) would benefit us. We do not have what
these people say we do - and he pointed towards Iraq."677 It was
also narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hanatiyyah warned the Rififi
Shia about what they were attributing to him of having special
knowledge that the Messenger of Allah (g) had taught only to Ah1
al-Bayt. He said: "By Allah, we did not inherit anything from the
Messenger of Allah (&) except what is between the two covers
(meaning the ~ur'an)."~~~
It is narrated in mutawztir reports from Ah1 al-Bayt that they
used to say to their supporters: "0 people, love us in accordance with
the teachings of Islam, because the way you love us has gone so far
that it shames Moreover, in the books of the RiX@ Shia
themselves. there is a warning against going to extremes and a
rejection of that by Ah1 alBayt. Al-Majlisi narrated, with his chain of
narration from 'Ali ibn Abi Tilib (&), that 'Ali said: "Beware of
exaggerating about us; say that we are slaves under the dominion of
our ~ ord."~~~ It was also narrated from 'Ali (&) that he said: "0
Allah, I renounce those who exaggerate about me just as 'Eesa ibn
Maryam renounced the Christians. 0 Allah, humiliate them forever
and do not support any of them."681
Al-Kulayni narrated, with his chain of narration from Sadeed,
that he said: "Abu Bu~ayr, Yahya al-Bazzir, Diwood ibn Katheer
and I were in the gathering of Abu Abdullah when he came out to us
in a state of anger. When he took his place in the gathering, he said: 'I
am astounded by people who claim that we have knowledge of the
unseen. No one has knowledge of the unseen except Allah (B). I
wanted to hit my slave woman, so-and-so; she ran away, and I did not
know in which room of the house she Al-Kashshi narrated
that Ahu Busayr said: "I said to Abu Abdullah (~s): 'They are
saying ...' He said: 'What are they saying?' I said: 'They are saying
that you know the raindrops, the number of the stars, the leaves on