Abu Abdulrahman Ibn Shoayb Nasayee Shafei (215-303)

Nasayee is one of the great Sunni scholars who wrote several books regarding Islamic traditions. His most well known book ''Al-Sonan Al-Kobra'' is one of the six major Sunni reference books. Sunni and Shiite scholars have admired him and some of the Andalusia and Moroccan scholars have considered his book more important than ''Sahih-e Bokhari (256lunar calendar). Some of the Shiite authors have reported that he was a Shiite Muslim. He was finally killed by the Omawid for writing a book entitled, ''Khasaes Amir Al-Momenin'' and for parsing Imam Ali (a.s). It should be mentioned that after writing ''Khasaes Amir Al- Momenin'' he wrote another book entitled, ''Fadhael Al-Sahabe'' on the characters of Abubakr, Omar and Othman and the companions of the Prophet. However, the people of Damascus could not stand the truth, forced him out of the city, and caused his death. Nasayee taught Muslims, the Shiite and the Sunni, a great lesson i.e. moving towards the truth and consensus. His smart method in introducing historical events can be considered as a turning point for creating Shiite-Sunni cohesion and a lesson for the entire Muslims to leave behind fanaticism and move towards unity in Muslim societies.