Al-Ḏahabī (d. 748): "The belief in the superiority of ʿAlī [over ʿUthmān] is not Rāfiḍism. Indeed, a group of the Ṣaḥāba and Tābiʿīn held this posi

Al-Ḏahabī (d. 748): "The belief in the superiority of ʿAlī [over ʿUthmān] is not Rāfiḍism. Indeed, a group of the Ṣaḥāba and Tābiʿīn held this posi