16
He retorted, “Nusayr is a part of me.” For the Nusayriyya—the followers of Abū Shuʿayb Muḥammad ibn Nusayr—say about ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib what the Christians say about the Messiah. The same applies to every faction that goes to extremes concerning ʿAlī, or any member of his household, or concerning the Ismāʿīliyya, the Banū ʿUbayd who claim descent from Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar, such as al-Ḥākim and others,
فَقَالَ:
نُصَيْرٌ جُزْءٌ مِنِّي. فَإِنَّ النُّصَيْرِيَّةَ أَتْبَاعُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ
" مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ "
يَقُولُونَ فِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ نَظِيرَ مَا يَقُولُهُ النَّصَارَى فِي الْمَسِيحِ، كَذَلِكَ سَائِرُ الْغُلَاةِ فِي عَلِيٍّ، أَوْ فِي أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، أَوْ فِي الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّةِ بَنِي عُبَيْدٍ الْمُنْتَسِبِينَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، كَالْحَاكِمِ وَغَيْرِهِ،