They kept on discussing this issue for a very long time.

They kept on discussing this issue for a very long time. \n Imam -asws said to them:\u00a0 You people have spoken a lot in front to me -asws ; why don\u2019t you appoint one person among you who can convey your opinion to me so that we cut the lengthy discussion short.\u00a0 They selected Ummro ibn Yubaid, who talked for a very long time but basically said:\u00a0 The people of Sham have killed their ruler and some of them have overcome the others and are in serious disagreement regarding the appointment of a leader.\u00a0 Under these circumstances, we have selected a \u2018Leader\u2019 who has good understanding of the religion, is a very wise person and is the most suitable one to be \u2018Caliph\u2019, he is Mohammed bin Abd Allah bin Al-Hassan.\u00a0 We all intend to pledge our support to him, and invite others toward him so that they also take an oath of allegiance.\u00a0 Whoever is in agreement with us we will be friendly with him but whoever is against us we will oppose him, whoever will fight with us we will wage a war against him and will have enmity against him for his opposition to the just, until and unless we return the right to its inheritor (the caliph).

\n We have come to you -asws , since we are highly dependent on you -asws , due to your -asws elevated status and your -asws large number of supporters.\u00a0 When he finished his speech, Imam Jafar -asws addressed (all of them): \n Do you all agree with what Ummro ibn Yubaid has said?\u00a0 They all replied: Yes, we do.

\n Imam -asws , then praised Allah -azwj and after reciting \u2018Salawat\u2019 on Muhammad -saww and Alay Muhammad -asws , said: Disobedience to Allah -azwj makes us -asws sad and obedience to Him -azwj pleases us -asws . \n Imam -asws said: O Ummro! Tell me, if all people would agree on you as an arbitrator without having to go through an anarchy and killing people.\u00a0 And if you were asked to select a ruler. How would you select a \u2018Wali\u2019 [8] or Ruler?

\n Ummro: I will form a \u2018Shura\u2019 (a consulting body) from Muslims. \n Imam -asws : From all Muslims? \n Ummro: Yes. \n Imam -asws : Shura will consist of the notables and \u2018Fuqqah\u2019 from Muslim? \n Ummro: Yes. \n Imam -asws : Quraysh and non-Quraysh, including Arabs and non-Arabs? \n Ummro: Yes. \n Imam -asws : O Ummro! Do you like or dislike Abu Bakr and Umar? \n Ummro: I adore them. \n Imam -asws : O Ummro!