His saying (peace be upon him) after mentioning 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)

Question:
We see that the author of *Nayl al-Akhbar* (may Allah have mercy on him), and indeed the author of *Surat al-Salam*, always say after mentioning Abu (may Allah be pleased with him): “(peace be upon him).” This is permissible.

Answer:
No, this is not permissible. However, these two imams (may Allah have mercy on them) said this due to the environment in which they lived, because there was a lot of mixing in that environment, and people used this phrase. If they had said it, they would have suffered harm from the people. So they did this to commit the lesser of two harms. Otherwise, specifying 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with the phrase “(peace be upon him)”—this specific slogan, the slogan of the Shi'ah—is not permissible to specify 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with something to the exclusion of his brothers among the Companions. Is it said “(may Allah be pleased with him)” as it is said for Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and 'Umar? But these two imams did this to accommodate the environment they were in, fearing that they would be harmed, because they were threatened in their lands. When they adopted the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the people of the Hadith, they suffered harm and many difficulties, which you will find in the biographies of these two imams. So this falls under the category of averting evil. Yes. Yes.