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."
٥٣٠ - وَأَخْبَرَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبِي وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنْ مَنْ يُقَدِّمُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى عُثْمَانَ مُبْتَدِعٌ؟ قَالَ: «هَذَا أَهْلٌ أَنْ يُبَدَّعَ، أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدِّمُوا عُثْمَانَ»
