Hanafīs, Mālikīs, Shāfiʿīs, Hanbalīs, and others—that they stood outside the law of Islam and that fighting them was permissible. Indeed, they explicitly declared that their claimed lineage was false and that their ancestor was ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Maymūn al-Qaddāh, who was not a member of the household of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Scholars wrote works on this subject. Those who testified to this included Shaykh Abū al-Hasan al-Qudūrī, the Hanafī imam; Shaykh Abū Hāmid al-Isfarāyīnī, the Shāfiʿī imam; Judge Abū Yaʿlā, the Hanbalī imam; and Abū Muhammad ibn Abī Zayd, the Mālikī imam. Judge Abū Bakr ibn al-Tayyib wrote a book exposing their secrets, entitled “Uncovering Secrets and Tearing Away Veils,” concerning the doctrine of the esoteric Qarmatians.
The Ismāʿīlīs, Nusayrīs, Druze, and others like them found in Muslim lands are among their followers. They were the ones who helped the Tatars fight the Muslims, and Hulagu’s minister, al-Nasīr al-Tūsī, was one of their leading authorities. These people harbour the greatest enmity towards the Muslims and their rulers, followed by the Rāfidīs. The Rāfidīs ally themselves with those who fight the people of the Sunnah and the community; they ally themselves with the Tatars and with the Christians.
On the coast, there was a truce between the Rāfidīs and the Franks, to the point that the Rāfidīs transported the Muslims’ horses and weapons to Cyprus, along with the sultan’s young retainers, other soldiers, and boys. When the Muslims prevailed over the Tatars, they held mourning gatherings and grieved; and when the Tatars prevailed over the Muslims, they held