\n When did that happen (Sulaym asked from Abu Dharr -ra )?

\n When did that happen (Sulaym asked from Abu Dharr -ra )?\u2019 He –ra (Abu Dharr -ra ) said, \u2018At Ghadeer Khum (or Battle of Tabbuk as per some traditions), when the Messenger of Allah -saww was returning from the Farewell Pilgrimage\u2019. I said, \u2018May Allah -azwj Keep you well, do you know them?\u2019 He -ra , said, \u2018Yes, by Allah -azwj , all of them\u2019.

I said, \u2018From where did you -ra come to know them and the Messenger of Allah -saww had told Huzayfa to keep it a secret?\u2019 He -ra said, \u2018Ammar Bin Yaasar was the guide and Huzayfa was the usher, so Huzayfa was ordered for concealment, but that was not the order to Ammar\u2019.

I said, \u2018Can you name them for me?\u2019 He \u2011ra said, \u2018Five (5) companions of the agreement [52] , and five (5) companions of the consultative council (to selected the 3 rd Muslim Caliph), and Amr Bin Al-Aas and Mu’awiya\u2019. A (failed) assassination attempt was made to trip the she-camel of Rasool-Allah -saww on the night of Al-Aqaba (at Al-Aqaba Mountain pass), and the remaining ones from the renegade hypocrites at Al-Madinah wished to kill Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws .

\n The animosity of hypocrites against Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws was finally realised at Saqifa , conclusion of the most controversial events in early Islam, due to the exclusion of a large number of the Holy Prophet -saww ‘s companions from the secret council at Saqifa, including Rasool Allah- -saww \u2019s immediate family members and notably Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws , his -saww most trustworthy, knowledgeable, and flag bearer.

\n With respect to the succession to the first Caliph, Abu Bakr could not find a better leader than Umar Ibn Khattab and nominated him as his successor.

Towards the end of 2 nd Caliph\u2019s rein, a completely new method of choosing the 3 rd Muslim Caliph was devised and a council was formed consisting of six from the companions of Rasool Allah -saww (all of them from the Quraysh – the Mahajareen – Emigrants).\u00a0 Then when the third Caliph was murdered by a delegation from Egypt, after days of siege and bloodshed, Muslims started looking for the fourth caliph and pleaded to Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws to lead them, who was also martyred, later on, by the cruel strike of Ibn Muljim.

\n Islamic history is tainted by divisions caused at Saqifa.