 Despite this, he had been accused of being a Shi'a, but al-Subki stoutly denies this.He rejects the label of Shi`i as baseless because Ibn Asakir includes al-Hakim among the Asharis, who consider the Shias as innovators.Others noted to al-Hakim's sincerity in narrating hadith as the first hadith al-Hâkim narrated is