Oppression upon the progeny of Abu Talib (as) and the statement of Imam al-Sha'bī.

Imam Abū ʿAmr ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl ibn ʿAbd al-Kūfī al-Shaʿbī, a renowned scholar of Ahl-e-Sunnah, is quoted by Ibn Qutaybah, stating about the family of Ali ibn Abi Talib:

 

وقال الشعبي: ما لقينا من آل أبي طالب؟ إن أحببناهم قتلونا، وإن أبغضناهم أدخلونا النار.وقال الشعبي: ما لقينا من آل أبي طالب؟ إن أحببناهم قتلونا، وإن أبغضناهم أدخلونا النار.

 

 "What have we found from the family of Ali, other than If we loved them, they killed us; and if we hated them, we would be cast us into Hellfire."

 

Source: Kitāb ʿuyūn al-akhbar by Ibn Qutaybah, Volume 1, Page 191, Published by Maktaba Al-Asriya, Beirut, Lebanon.

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