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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Caliphate Its Conception and Consequences Chapter Nine : After the Coup The coup had succeeded; ABU BAKR had been selected as the caliph. But the legal and religious aspects of the affair stand unaffected by the events that took place afterwards. The position was that three MUHAJIRIN, one of whom was ABU BAKR himself, and a section of the ANSAR, were non-participants in the BAI'A of ABU BAKR.

This legal position of the event remains unchanged, even though afterwards, by threats of punishment, promises of reward, use of actual force, and payment of bribes, all of which means were freely employed, the number making the BAI'A considerably increased.

From HABIB-AS-SAYYAR, we learn that on day following the SAQIFA, a general BAI'A- taking took place, but a portion of the Muslim community, holding that the only rightful caliph was IMAM ALI, did not agree to it, saying that they would make the BAI'A to no one except IMAM ALI IBN ABI TALIB. Of BANU HASHIM.

AMMAR IBN YASIR, SALMAN AL-FARISI, AL-MIQDAD IBN AL-ASWAD, KHAZIMA IBN THABIT DHU AL-SHAHADATAIN, ABU DHAR AL-GHIFARI, ABU AYYUB AL-ANSARI, JABIR IBN ABDALLAH, ABU SA'ID AL-KHUDARI, BURAIDA IBN ASLAMA, were among those who thus refused to make the BAI'A to ABU BAKR.

From ABU AL-FIDA we learn that IMAM ALI and all the BANU HASHIM, ABU SUFIAN and a majority of BANU OMAYYA, a majority of the ANSAR, AZ-ZUBAIR, UTBA IBN ABI LAHAB, KHALID IBN SA'ID IBN AL-AS, AL-MIQDAD, SALMAN AL-FARISI, ABU DHAR, AMMAR IBN YASIR, AL-BARA IBN AZIB and UBBAI IBN KA'B, all refused to make the BAI'A to ABU BAKR, and they all inclined towards IMAM ALI IBN ABI TALIB.

It is an admitted fact that not a single person from BANU HASHIM made the BAI'A to ABU BAKR while FATIMA, daughter of the Prophet, lived. How an attempt was made to extort the BAI'A from IMAM ALI and other persons, is graphically narrated by all the historians. I quote from IBN QUTAIBA: ABU BAKR made a search for those who had refused to make the BAI'A to him; they were found with IMAM ALI. He sent UMAR to Ali. UMAR called out to those men in the house of Ali; they refused to come out.

Upon this, UMAR collected firewood, and threatened to burn the house down on the people inside it. People said that FATIMA, daughter of the Prophet, was also in that house. UMAR replied, "I do not care about her, let her be there, I do not mind. Upon this, all those men who were inside it, except Ali, came out, and made the BAI'A.