Edited sentence: " (Shaykh Muhammad Husayn az-Zayn al-‘Amili in his book ash-Shi‘ah fit-Tarikh, p."However it may be, Ibn Saba definitely existed and manifested ghuluww (extremism), even though some people doubt his existence and made him out to be an imaginary character created by personal interests.(Ibn ‘Asakir vol.213, Dar al-Athar, Beirut, 1979).29 p.29 pp.8, 9).According to the famous Sunni scholar Ibn Asakir he (ibn saba):.As for us, on grounds of the latest research we have no doubt concerning his existence and his extremism... Yes, Ibn Saba exhibited extremism in his religion.Believed the Prophet (saws) to have imparted to ‘Ali special knowledge which was not known to anyone but him.Believed ‘Ali to have been the Dabbat al-Ard, the creator and the giver of sustenance (Ibn ‘Asakir vol.For Sunni's, the existance of Abdullah Ibn Saba and his beliefs are undeniably reality, proven from numerous Sunni and even Shi'a sources.One Shi'a source states:.Sunni's note, the first 2 of these beliefs are common features of Ismaili and Twelver Shi’a, while the third one is more reminiscent of the extremists.This innovation of his seeped into the thinking of a group that was by no means small, and that group was named after him.Vilified Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (Ibn ‘Asakir vol