The point noteworthy here is whether the position of...

The point noteworthy here is whether the position of leadership afthe honorable prophet is an appointed one (according to the command of the Lord of the worlds and the statement of the messenger of Allah) or is it an elected one, to answer this, there exist two views worthy to consider: The Shia believe that the position of leadership is an appointed one and that the successor of the Prophet must be appointed by God alone; while the Ahl-sunnah believe that it should be an elected one and it is up to the nation to elect a person after the Holy prophet to manage the affairs of the states.

The Social Consideration Testify That The Caliphate Should Be Appointed. The Shia scholars have expressed many evidences in their books of ideology stating the necessity for the position of caliphate to be an appointed one. However, the only thing that can be considered to prove our point is by analyzing the conditions dominating over, during the time of the messenger, which clearly certifies the correctness of the view of Shias.

When studying the internal and foreign policies of Islam during the time of the Holy prophet, one would quickly realize that the successor appointed by the Holy prophet had to be done by Allah through the Holy prophet, due to the fact that there was a bi-lateral danger considering the political condition (the Roman empire, the Iranian kingship and the hypocrites.) that was continuously threatening the Muslim society of defeat and destruction.

Moreover, the nation's interests made it necessary for the prophet to appoint a political leader who will unite the whole nation in a unified raw against the external army and in this way, remove the ground for the enemy's penetration and domination- which were aided by the internal conflicts.

Explanation: On the one hand, there was danger lurking from the Roman empire which was seated in part of the Northern peninsula and the Holy prophet seemed to worry of this danger to the last moments of his sacred life. The first military collision with the roman Christian army was in the eighth year of Hijra in Palestine.

This clash lead to the death of three Muslim commanders namely, 'Ja'afer Al-Tayyar', 'Zaid bin Harith' and 'Abdullah bin Rawaha' and terminated with a bitter defeat of the Muslim army. This retreat of the Muslim army before the infidels, caused the daring of Cezar's army; and there was danger of attack at any moment to the Islamic centre.