Abdallah b. Saba

I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام say: may Allah curse Abdallah b. Saba because he claimed divinity for the commander of the faithful عليه السلام, but the commander of the faithful عليه السلام was – by Allah – nothing more than an obedient slave to Allah. Woe be upon the one who lies about us, there is a group that says about us what we do not say about ourselves, we disassociate to Allah from them, we disassociate to Allah from them.

Ali b. al-Husayn (AS) said: "May Allah curse the one who lies about us, I remembered Abdallah bin Saba, so all the hairlets in my body stood up [in apprehension], for he had claimed a grave matter, what is [wrong] with him?! May Allah curse him! Ali (AS) was, by Allah, a righteous slave of Allah, and the brother of the Messenger of Allah (sw), he did not attain any honor from Allah except through his obedience to Allah and to his messenger, and the Messenger of Allah (sw) did not attain any honor from Allah except through His obedience."

I heard Aba Abdillah (as) say while relating to his companions the affair of Abdallah b. Saba and his claim about the divinity of the commander of the faithful Ali b. Abi Talib (as): when he claimed that about him – the commander of the faithful (as) gave him a chance to repent but he refused to repent so he burnt him with fire.