Was listening to shaykh Ninowy's recent talk on yanabi.com He makes some interesting points. Namely that there is valid difference of opion on whether abu bakr(ra) is better or ali(KW) and massive numbers of sahaba believed ali(karamallahu Wajhuhu) was better And tafdili shi'ism as a term is a new invention and intellectual terrorism javascriptopUpWindow('/mediadb/player.cfm?file_id=5588', 20, 20, 680, 410) Start listening around 16 minutes in