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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Did Abu Bakr Really Lead The Salat? Were The Sahabah Expecting Abu Bakr’s Reign? =============================================== Or, was it a sudden affair for them? The Ahl al-Sunnah often insist that Abu Bakr’s alleged leadership of salat was effectively his appointment by the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi , as the first khalifah over the Ummah .

Normally, if this had been the case, then all of the Sahabah would have regarded Abu Bakr’s “succession” to the Messenger a natural process. In fact, every single one of them would have considered Abu Bakr the khalifah -designate; and they all would have been shocked if he had not become the ruler after Muhammad. However, it seems that the reverse was the reality. The Sahabah were surprised when they learnt that Abu Bakr was claiming the khilafah .

They apparently were not expecting him to be their next ruler. This is what Imam al-Bukhari (d.