The writer adds that the Shia have chosen to disregard the...

The writer adds that the Shia have chosen to disregard the consensus (IJMA) of Sunnis who did the same to give a legitimacy to the caliphate of Abubakr. Let us explain here that it had no bearing on the caliphate of Abubakr at all. An Imam should enter into consensus (IJMA); else, he has no validity. To give value or credit or authenticity to an ‘IJMA’ in which the Imam might not have participated is wrong and not valid. Next, Abubakr did not carry any consensus.

He became caliph on the strength of terror, and tyranny. People were forced td acknowledge his authority. Is it a consensus? So; why wasn’t that consensus present with Ali Bin Abi Taleb?…