End of Abdullah ibn Saba

[Muhammad Tazin]

As Salamu Alaikum,
There are 2 types or narrations available about ibn Saba in Shia books-
1. He was exiled to Madaen
2. He was burnt alive
Which is correct according to historical proofs?
As I have read somewhere that, a group of Sabaiite people were burnt by Ali(r.a.) , not ibn Saba.

[Hani]

He was exiled, some of his followers were burned.

[Farid]

I don't think there is sufficient proof for either of the two views. Not much is known about the details of the life of Ibn Saba', especially from the Sunni view.

[Muhammad Tazin]

Both Shia & Sunni sources mention exile to Madaen & also Burnt alive

[Farid]

Would you mind sharing sources for both Sunni views?

[Khaled]

This really begs the question; is there really a "sunni" view on historical events?  Heck, even saying there are "Sunni" interpretation on every single event in the Seerah is impossible.

Sunnism is a general way of looking at Islam; not history, science, math etc.  Some of our sunni scholars are trained scientists and some of them are shockingly ignorant of science; neither represents Sunni Islam as far as I'm concerned.

[Muhammad Tazin]

Would you mind sharing sources for both Sunni views?

It is rare , the Burning of ibn Saba in Sunni sources, I got these in a website

Ibn Qutayba-

2- ابن قتيبة (672هـ).

ذكر السبئية وأخبر أنها تنسب إلى ابن سبأ قال: <السبئية من الرافضة ينسبون إلى عبدالله بن سبأ وكان أول من كفر من الرافضة وقال علي رب العالمين فأحرقه علي وأصحابه بالنار>(2).

Source: http://www.ahlalhdeeth.com/vb/showthread.php?t=86974

[Farid]

@ Khaled: When I say Sunni view, I mean that I am looking for something that is found in Sunni history books, not Shia ones.

@ Muhammad Tazin: As I thought, a very late opinion.