and his denial in "Minhāj al-Sunnah" (4/104) as he did with the aforementioned ḥadīth there, while he, may Allāh have mercy on him, excellently affirmed that loyalty here is the opposite of enmity, and it is a ruling established for every believer. ʿAlī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) is among their great ones, he is loyal to them and they are loyal to him. In this, there is a refutation of the Khawārij and the Nāṣibīs, but the ḥadīth does not state that the believers have no patron except him. The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: "Aslam, Ghifār, Muzaynah, Juhaynah, Quraysh, and the Anṣār are patrons among the people, they have no patron except Allāh and His Messenger." Thus, the ḥadīth does not provide any evidence whatsoever that ʿAlī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) is more deserving of the caliphate than the two Shaykhs, as the Shīʿah claim, because loyalty is not the same as authority, which means leadership, for it is said: the patron of every believer. All of this is from the explanation of Shaykh al-Islām, and it is strong and solid as you see. Therefore, I do not know the reason for his denial of the ḥadīth except for haste and exaggeration in refuting the Shīʿah. May Allāh forgive us and him.

- "When the sun rises, nothing of Allāh's creation remains except that it glorifies and praises Allāh, except what is from Satan and the most rebellious of the children of Adam." I asked about the most rebellious of the children of Adam, and he said: "The worst of creation," or he said: "The worst of Allāh's creation." It was recorded by Ibn al-Sunnī in "ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-al-Laylah" (146), and from him by al-Daylamī (4/46), and Abū Nuʿaym in "al-Ḥilyah" (6/111) through the route of Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd, who narrated to me from Ṣafwān ibn ʿAmr, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Maysarah Abū Salamah al-Ḥaḍramī, from ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) from the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): he mentioned it. I said: This isnād is good, its men are trustworthy and well-known except for Abū Salamah al-Ḥaḍramī, from whom a group, including Ḥarīz ibn ʿUthmān, has narrated. Abū Dāwūd said: "All of Ḥarīz's shaykhs are trustworthy."