The History of the Sunnah and the Shia

Ali al-Dil-Lahu anhu is now barely 30 years old, in his early 30s. It really does not make sense to take somebody with some experience at the expense of somebody who has three, four decades of experience," he said. "From our perspective, it is ludicrous to assume there's a conspiracy" He added that Ali became the Khalifa when he deserved to be the Khalifa.