Ubayd(1) Allah ibn Umar; and one cannot rely merely(2) on his individual reports as proof, for he is weak.

It should also be understood that the reprehensible statements and practices found among the Shīah, though many times more numerous than what has been mentioned, may not all be found among the Imāmī [Twelvers](3) or the Zaydīs. Much of it is instead found among the extremist sects and among many of their common folk. Examples include what is reported of them concerning the prohibition of camel meat, the requirement that a woman consent to divorce, and similar claims made by some of their common folk(4). Although their scholars do not hold such views, because the foundation of their doctrine(5) rests upon ignorance, they are, of all sects, the most mendacious and ignorant(6).

[The Rāfidah Are the Most Misguided of People in Matters of Rational and Transmitted Knowledge]

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Allah Most High willing, we shall explain the sound method for understanding this book(7), Minhāj al-Nadāmah (The Path of Regret), by Allah’s power and might. This man has followed the approach of