Honesty should demand that Ahmad Amin research his material more carefully. he erroneously considered sects like the Khitabiyyah, the Gharabiyyah, the Alawiyyah, the Mukhmasah, the Bazi'iyyah and the Ghullat as Shi'as, although, like the Qaramitah, they are apostate groups having no real link with the Shi'as.
Vile vile, kuna riwaya kutokea kwake katika Sahih al-Bukhari na Sahih al-Muslim ambazo yeye anazielezea kutoka Al-A'mash, Mughayrah, Mansur, Ismail ibn Abu Khalid na Abu Is-haq al-Shaybani na Qutaybah ibn Sa'id, Yahya ibn Yahya na 'Uthman ibn Abu Shaybah ni miongoni mwa watu ambao wamezieleza riwaya kutoka kwake.