The Witnesses who are Rejected

12. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan Shammun from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al- Rahman al-Asamm from Misma‘ ibn ‘Abd al-Malik who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali عليه السلام, would not allow the testimony of one who moves before al-Hujjaj (pilgrims to Makkah) as a precursor.”