Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2021
Clearly ʿAlī’s legacy among Muslims was contested. The martyr and saint revered in Sunnī and Shīʿī literature was roundly condemned among Umayyads, ʿUthmānīs, and Khawārij. According to these factions, ʿAlī wrongfully waged war against other Muslims in pursuit of power and betrayed the values of his religion. This book documents the grievances of these early anti-ʿAlids and considers how some of their opinions about ʿAlī persisted in Muslim historiography long after the disappearance of these factions.
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