309 — ‘Abdullāh narrated to us: ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar Abū ‘Abd al-Rahmān narrated to us: al-Walīd ibn Bukayr al-Tamīmī narrated to us: Sufyān ibn Sa‘īd al-Thawrī narrated to us, from Fudayl ibn Ghazwān, from Abū Ma‘shar, from Ibrāhīm, who said:

“Whoever ranks ‘Alī above Abū Bakr and ‘Umar has disparaged the Companions of Allah’s Messenger—the Emigrants and the Helpers—and I do not know whether he will come to ruin or not.”