a) Saif has recorded his first story from Qa‘qa‘ Bin ‘Amr al-Tamimi.

a) Saif has recorded his first story from Qa‘qa‘ Bin ‘Amr al-Tamimi. But Qa‘qa‘ is but a fictitious character invented by Saif, and it is only in Saif's book that he appears. There is no trace of Qa‘qa‘ anywhere else except in the books whose authors quote from Saif. After Saif, unfortunately, other historians and writers have named places, battlefields, poems and social activities concerning Qa‘qa‘, and have named him as one of the companions of the Prophet (see fictional companions).

Saif recorded his fourth story from Mobashshir, whose name cannot be found anywhere, except in the stories of Saif. Sakhr is another fictitious character invented by Saif, and he appeared in the last of Saif's stories. Saif introduced him as the bodyguard of the Prophet, and yet his name does not appear in any "Who's who." b) The content of Saif's stories. Saif was an expert at presenting fiction as truth and at distorting true stories to suit his purpose.

One instance is when he says, "The day that the Prophet of God died, a man came into the Mosque and said, ‘People are going to elect Sa‘d as the successor of the Prophet and break the conversant of the Prophet.' On reading this, one gets the impression that the Prophet had appointed a successor before he died, and that Ansar (The Helpers Party) were betraying the Prophet." Saif also says that Osama had sent ‘Omar to Abu Bakr after he heard the news of the Prophet's death.

By saying this he wants to convey that Abu Bakr was already appointed as Caliph before the Prophet died. The story teller The crucial meeting at Saqifah, which led to the appointment of Abu Bakr as Caliph, was the corner stone of authority for the Caliphs and Mo'awiah. Saif the story teller, twisted the results of this meeting to suit his own views. We will study the events of that meeting, written by some learned Sunni historians before examining Saif's record of it.

Saqifah and other historians apart from Saif — Saqifah and Abu Bakr Preparations for the meeting at Saqifah began before the death of the Prophet. On his deathbed, the Prophet attempted to clear the Islamic state Capital of the Party leaders, and keep ‘Ali alone in Medina. He repeatedly commanded the leaders to leave Medina and join the troops going to the Syria Battlefield. They disregarded the Prophet's orders and deliberately delayed' the armies departure until the Prophet died.

During this period of delay, a very strange event took place which changed the course of history.