788 - Harb informed me, saying: Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Ju'fi narrated to me, saying: Husayn ibn 'Ali narrated to us, from Hani' ibn Ayyub, who said: I asked Muharib ibn Dithar about backbiting against the Rafida (the rejectors). He said: "In that case, they are indeed a people of truth." Husayn said: He saw no harm in backbiting against them.
٧٨٨ - أَخْبَرَنِي حَرْبٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُعْفِيُّ، قَالَ: ثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ هَانِي بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مُحَارِبَ بْنَ دِثَارٍ عَنْ غِيبَتِهِ الرَّافِضَةَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّهُمْ إِذًا لِقَوْمُ صِدْقٍ» . قَالَ حُسَيْنٌ: لَمْ يَرَ بِغِيبَتِهِمْ بَأْسًا
