[Machine] What is the matter with this affair in the least of the Quraysh, in terms of fewness and degradation? Does it mean Abu Bakr? By Allah, if you wish, I will fill it with horses and men against him. Ali said, "You have always opposed Islam and its people, O Abu Sufyan, yet it did not harm you. We found Abu Bakr suitable for it in every way." Its chain of narration is authentic.  

مَا بَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ فِي أَقَلِّ قُرَيْشٍ قِلَّةً وَأَذَلِّهَا ذَلَّةً يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ شِئْتُ لَأَمْلَأَنَّهَا عَلَيْهِ خَيْلًا وَرِجَالًا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ «لَطَالَمَا عَادَيْتَ الْإِسْلَامَ وَأَهْلَهُ يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ فَلَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْئًا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَهَا أَهْلًا» سنده صحيح