'Abdullah al-Harari (Arabic: عبد الله الهرري) (1906 – September 2, 2008) was a Harari muhaddith[2] and scholar of Islamic jurisprudence.
[3] In 1983, he founded Al-Ahbash, a Beirut-based organization also known as the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (AICP).
[5] Due to the group's origins and activity in Lebanon, the Ahbash have been described as the "activist expression of Lebanese Sufism.
He believed that they were wrong for rebelling against Rashidun Caliph Ali bin Abi Talib during the first fitna and he criticized them for it in his book, al-Dalil al-Sharʿi ʿala Ithbat man Qaatalahum ʿAli min Sahabi aw Tabiʿi, (The legal proof establishing the wrongdoings of the companions and successors whom Ali fought).
This is a position that runs contrary to the orthodox Sunni view, which maintains neutrality in regard to disputes among companions.