If you accept this plan, we shall give you our pledge of loyalty.

If you accept this plan, we shall give you our pledge of loyalty. This is the best arrangement that can be made because if a Qurayshite becomes the sole head of the state, the Ansar will live in fear, and if an Ansari becomes the khalifa, the Quraysh would live in fear.” Abu Bakr spoke in reply thus: “God sent Muhammad with His Book to mankind. At that time everyone worshipped idols. When Muhammad told them to destroy those idols, they resented it. They did not want to abandon them.

Therefore, God selected the Muhajireen to bear testimony to Muhammad's prophethood. The rest of the Arabs…