Whilst those Muslims were at Saqifa...

Whilst those Muslims were at Saqifa, Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws , along with some members of Bani Hashim, was busy in washing, embalming, offering the funeral Salat and burial of Rasool Allah -saww .

Here, we present two Ahadith related to the outcome of the Saqifa allegiance: And he (Ibn Abi Al-Hadeed) said in another place, ‘They said, ‘When it ended to Amir Al-Momineen -asws , news of the Saqifa, after the expiry of Rasool-Allah -saww , he -asws said: ‘What did the Helpers say?’ They said, ‘They said, ‘There should be a ruler from us (Helpers) and a ruler from you (Emigrants)’.

He -asws said: ‘Why did you not argue with them that Rasool-Allah -saww bequeathed that they should be good to their (Helpers) good doers, and they should overlook from their evil ones?’ They said, ‘And what is the argument in this against them?’ He -asws said: ‘If the government was to be among them (the helpers), he -saww would not have bequeathed with them’.

Then he -asws said: ‘So, what is that which Quraysh said?’ They said, ‘They argued that they are the tree (lineage) of the Rasool -saww ’.

He -asws said: ‘They argued with the tree and wasted the fruit (the Ahl Al-Bayt -asws )!’’ [49] When Abu Bakr succeeded in taking allegiance from most of the Muslims, he wrote to his father about him becoming the caliph of the Muslims, his father replied to him: (The book) ‘Al-Ihtijaj’ – Abu Quhafa (Abu Bakr’s father) was at Al-Taif when Rasool-Allah -saww passed away, and Abu Bakr was pledged allegiance to.

He (Abu Bakr) wrote a letter to him, its content was, ‘From caliph of Rasool-Allah -saww to Abu Quhafa. As for after, the people are in agreement with me, so today I am caliph of Allah -azwj . If you would come forward to us, it would be good from you’. When Abu Quhafa read the letter he said to the messenger, ‘What prevented them from Ali ‑asws ?’ The messenger said, ‘He -asws is of young age, and he -asws has killed a lot among the Quraysh and others, and Abu Bakr is older than him -asws ’.

Abu Quhafa said, ‘If this command in that was based upon the age, then I am more rightful than Abu Bakr is. They have oppressed Ali -asws of his -asws right, and the Prophet -saww had got the allegiances to be pledged to him -asws , and had ordered us with pledging to him -asws ’. Then he (father of Abu Bakr) wrote to him (Abu Bakr), ‘From Abu Quhafa to Abu Bakr. As for after, ‘Your letter came to me and I find it to be a letter of an idiot, contradicting part of it with a part.