Ya`qub b. Yusuf b. Ya`qub narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Rahman b. al-Khaytni informed us. He said: Ahmad b. Yahya al-Awdi narrated to us. He said: Hasan b. Husayn al-`Urni narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. Yusuf narrated to us from Sharik from Mansur from Rub`i from Hudhayfa. He was asked about `Ali , so he said:

That is the best of people; no one disputes that except a hypocrite.