The researching judge Nur-Allah al-Tasatturi says, “Some of those who deviated from the line of Ali (as) insinuated to the public that he did not do anything at all to secure the caliphate for himself because he was too upset on account of the death of the Prophet (S), remaining at home, overcome by grief. Khuzaymah ibn Thabit al-Ansari went and said to his people from among the Ansar what he had heard about Ali’s condition, adding that nobody was more fit for caliphate than Ali (as) from among Quraish.
Mimi nilimwuliza tena "Je unasemaje kuhusu mtu atakayemchukia 'Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s." Yeye alinijibu: "Hakuna atakayemchukia 'Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s. isipokuwa kafiri." . Hashim bin Barid alisema kuwa'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud alisema: "Mimi nilijifunza Sura 70 za Qur'an Tukufu kutokea kinywani mwa Mtume Muhammad s.a.w.w. na Surah za Qur'an zilizobakia nilijifunza kutokea mbora wa Ummah wetu yaani Ali ibn Abi Talib a.s."