Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
These companions were later referred to as ""The Real Shia"." Abdullah ibn Abbas, Ubay ibn Ka'b, Bilal ibn Rabah, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, Malik al-Ashtar, and Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman were other such partisans, however; it is only "The Four Companions" that have attained distinction in their devotion to Ali.