bnTalha's MettalibusSa'ul part.
bnTalha's MettalibusSa'ul part.1 page60. Fera'idusSimtein, part.1 page197 hadith 154. have no interests to be achieved only by taking Mohammed's household far away from leadership. They should have never disdained the Prophet's saying about Ali: “He is your leader after me. He is the master of every male and female believer…” What is the advantage the Ansar may gain from neglecting such decisive doctrinal texts? The meeting held by the Ansar was not aimed at electing a leader from them.
This is, however, a matter arduously believable on the total criteria. They did realize the real religious and political leader. This fact is evidenced by the event that as soon as they lost any hope of having leadership, they nominated Ali, who was absent, as the only person they might elect for leadership.
Another narrative relates the same matter: “…the Ansar shouted: ‘We shall declare fealty to none other than Ali.’…”[182] Regarding the authenticity of this narrative, it indicated that others had been intending to elect another name. Yet, one of these two narratives is definitely true. After they had been overthrown, they answered Fatima AzZahra, who passed by their sessions asking for support, with the following words: “O daughter of God's messenger!
We have already declared loyalty to that man. We would not have elected other than your husband and cousin had he come to us before AbuBakr.” Ali answered them: “Should I have left the Prophet's body in his house without burying him and gone out for contesting people in his government?” Fatima commented: “AbuHassan did exactly what was required from him.
They did what Allah shall penalize and amerce for.”[183] When he listened to Ali's argument, BashirbnSa'd, the first man who had declared loyalty to AbuBakr as a leader, said: “The Ansar would have referred to you totally if they had listened to your words before they swore allegiance to AbuBakr.”[184] On that account, it is unreasonable for such men with such a conception to hold a meeting for electing the next leader while the divinely elected one was absent after he had been nominated by the Prophet so declamatorily that they all comprehended the question.
Besides, they heard the Prophet more than once say: “He is your leader after me. He is the master of every male and female believer…” [182] bnQuteibeh's AlImametu WesSiyaseh page8 and bnAbilHadid's Sharhu NahjilBelagha part.2 page266. [183] AlImametu WesSiyaseh page12.