530 - Zuhayr ibn Salih ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal informed me, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: My father was asked, and I was listening, about one who places 'Ali before 'Uthman: is he an innovator (mubtadi')? He said: "Such a person deserves to be labeled an innovator; the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave precedence to 'Uthman."
