Hafiz Suleyman Hanafi...
Hafiz Suleyman Hanafi, Yanabi’ Ul-Mawaddah, Chapter III on Amity Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, Vol.7, Hadith 14 Ibn Athir, Al-Kāmil fit-Tārīkh (The Complete History), Vol.2 Ibn Abi’l-Hadid, Sharh Nahjul Balagha, Vol.1 Ibn A’tham, Al-Futūḥ, Vol.2 Bayhaqi, Al-I’tiqad wal-Hidayah, p.246 Hakim Nishapuri, Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, Vol.3, Hadith 4609 Ibn Sa’d, Tabaqat Al-Kubra (Major Classes), Vol.8 Ibn Hanbal, al-Zuhd (The Book of Abstinence) Al-Baladhuri, Ansab al-Ashraf (Genealogies of the Nobles), Vol.3 Khatib al-Baghdadi, Ta’rikh Baghdad: The History of Baghdad, Vol.9, Item 4766 Ibn_Shahrashub, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, Hadith 218, Ibn_Shahrashub, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, Hadith 220, Silsilat Ul-ahadith Ul-Sahiha (Series of correct Hadiths), Vol.1 Al-Nuwayri, Niyahat ul-Arb fi Funun ul-Adab (The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition), Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, Vol.13 Ali al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id wa Manba’ al-Fawa’id, Vol.7, Item 1204 Ali ibn al-Athir, Asd al-ġāba fī maʿrifat aṣ-ṣaḥāba, Vol.3, Item 3283 Mohammad Ray Shahri, The encyclopedia of Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH), Vol.5 Disobedience of the Caliph In the religious laws of Sunnites, disobeying the ruler and the caliph is not allowed, which requires a separate discussion, since Imam Ali (PBUH) was the caliph of the time.