“He believes in the Return, meaning in the return of Ali—His might was mighty—from the clouds according to the claim of the Rafidites, for he is with them in the clouds. He, the Exalted, said:[“Do they await but that Allah should come to them in shadows of clouds and the angels and the matter is judged? And to Allah all matters are returned.”] ¹ .

And among them: Aban bin Taghlib: the author of the book [Al-Muraja'at], who is among the scholars of the Shiites, mentioned him in his consultations, so he said: “And Ibn Adi cited him, he said: He was an extremist in Shiism, and Al-Sa'di said: A blatant deviant.”

Ismail bin Khalifa al-Kufi: Al-Dhahabi came in [Al-Muraja'at] regarding his mention, so he said: “He was a hateful Shiite, from the extremists,” and Abu Zur'ah said: “Very truthful, in his opinion is extremism.”

Ismail bin Zakariyya al-Kufi: Al-Dhahabi biographed him as in [Al-Muraja'at], and there came after a speech: