[^7]: The usurpers of the caliphate could not dismiss ‘Alī...

[^7]: The usurpers of the caliphate could not dismiss ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (‘a) from divine guardianship because it was Allah the High who had appointed him. Therefore, they only managed to usurp the temporal or apparent leadership. [trans.] [^8]: Hilyat al-Awliyā’, vol. 1, p. 254. [^9]: Al-Darajāt al-Rafī‘ah, p. 325. [^10]: Al-Fusūl al-Muhimmah, p. 180. [^11]: Tabarsī, Al-Ihtijāj, p. 47; Tanqīh al-Maqāl, vol. 1, p. 198; Hilyat al-Awliyā’, vol. 1, p. 252. [^12]: Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 3, p. 270.

[^13]: Ibn Sa‘d, Tabaqāt, vol. 3, p. 378; Qāmūs al-Rijāl, vol. 1, p. 50; Zarkulī, Al-A‘lām, vol. 1, p. 78. Previous…