Objecting this consensus meant being away from Shiism.

Objecting this consensus meant being away from Shiism. If it was proved that Sufyan was one of the Shia, then he would be free from narrating this tradition.

Imam al-Ameen talked about Sufyan in his book A'yan ash-Shia[^11] and mentioned both jarh and ta’deel about him and said: “… but I incline towards jarh because he showed many objections against the imam of Shiism, Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq (S).”[^12] There was a saying about his Shiism and then he deviated from that[^13] and another said that he was a Zaydi.[^14] b. The series of the narrators was cut between Habeeb and ibn Abbas. There was unknown narrator without mentioning any name.

This uncovered the hidden secret and answered the riddle! c. Al-Ameeni said, “This tradition was narrated by Habeeb only without being narrated by anyone else. Ibn Habban and ibn Khuzayma said that he was a falsifier. Al-Aqeeli said; Ibn Oun slandered him. He narrated some traditions from Ata’ that no one paid attention to them. Al-Qattan said, He narrated some traditions from Ata’ that no one paid attention to them and they were not memorized.

Al-Aajuri said that Abu Dawood had said, there is no true tradition narrated by Habeeb from Aasim bin Dhamra.[^15] Ibn Ja’far an-Nakhkhas said: He (Habeeb) often said: If a man told me of a tradition narrated by you and then I narrated it, I would be truthful.”[^16] Do you see the indifference of this man towards his narrations and his mockery in his traditions? d.

Al-Qurtubi said, “The meaning of the Quranic verse was general and it concerned all the unbelievers, who kept away from Muhammad (S) and prevented people from following him.

So was said by ibn Abbas and al-Hasan.”[^17] Al-Ameeni quoted from at-Tabari, ibnul Munthir, ibn Abu Hatim and ibn Mardwayh a tradition narrated by Ali bin Abu Talha and al-Oufi that ibn Abbas thought that this verse concerned the polytheists, who prohibited people from believing in Muhammad (S) and who kept away from him.[^18] Al-Ameeni mentioned another tradition narrated in many ways and the all thought that the verse meant, they prevented people from the Quran and from the Prophet (S) and they kept away from the Prophet (S).[^19] e.

No one interpreted the verse like Sufyan ath-Thawri did, especially after mentioning the tradition of ibn Abbas that was narrated in many ways.