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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Saqifa 7- the Text On Abu Baker So far we have not arrived at any proof to prevail on us to believe that the Prophet left the office of IMAMAT to the choice of people or to those who were the men to settle the disputes. We have to still search for a man whom the Prophet should have appointed to succeed him. If so; then who he was? Is it correct; he was Abu Baker? There is much narration available to a seeker if he could conceive the claimed one.

The most authentic ones are those, which he himself had stated especially before his death that there were three things to be inquired which were never asked. One of them the issue of caliphate as to for whom it was so that to avoid the conflict. Then the statement of Omar Bin Khattab, while nearing the death that more seceded the prophet. Then, the state- ment of Ayesha. She is the defender and zealot of her father; did a great deal to confirm his caliphate.

She had denied the succession when she was asked as to who could he have had been, had the Prophet appointed to succeed him.7 Will discredit all. The argument that the very concourse grouped there was the legality that gives sanction to the dedition to Abu Baker does not hold water.

Abu Baker stepped forward to Omar and Aba Obaida at SAQIFA and said: "I am satisfied with one of these two men for you." Well, if there was a text strictly defining him to succeed the Prophet; then why he chose another? Why he refrained from the text? Why he acted as though he himself was out of question?

In the speech of Omar that day these words uttered by him make clear the situation: "Arabs do not know this affair except Quraish -- who are the best among Arabs in their status and lineage." Had there been an indication in favor of Omar, the Arabs would have not 7- It is strange that Ibn Hazm lays an excuse; (This thing was not known to Omar as great many other things of the Prophet were not known to him. such as the Prophet wanted to putdown into writing the issue of succession.

But, we do not see anything to decide that it was so. The narrator is Ayesha.) If this was hidden from Ayesha and Omar then it should have been more so for the others. All these texts are narrated on the credit of Ayesha and no one else.