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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Biography of Imam Hussain Bin Ali (as) The Successor To the First Kalif Nominated When on 13th JAMADI II. 13 A.H. (634 A.D.), ABU BAKR got ill and got hopeless of recovery, he nominated OMAR in his place. (For details the readers are referred to TKS., translation by JARRET). Any enlightened man or woman would ask: 1- What happened to the principle of election resorted to in the case of the choice of the first KALIF?

2- On what authority of the holy QUR'AN or HADITH or the principle of politics was the appointment of the successor to the first KALIF effected? THE SUCCESSOR TO THE SECOND KALIF CO-OPTED When OMAR felt the approach of his end, he avoided election as well as nomination and appointed a committee of six men of his own choice to elect a successor to him: 1- ABDUR RAHMAN B. AUF. 2- ALI IBNE ABI TALEB. 3- SA'D IBNE ABI WAQQAS. 4- OTHMAN IBNE AFFAN. 5- ZOBEIR F. ALAWAM. 6- TALHA IBNE OBAIDALLAH.

If was by OMAR that MU'AYIAH was appointed as the governor of Syria. (MR. ANNL., ENI). To know the details as to what took place and how OTHMAN was elected, and how the KALIFATE was conducted by him, one would do better by referring to TABARI and KAMIL IBNE ATHEER etc., and W. MUIR has given the details in his ANNALS on p. 324. However, OTHMAN was co-opted to the KALIFATE.

OTHMAN'S patronage of his relatives gave further strength to MU'AYIAH son of ABU SOFYAN to the extent that MU'AYIAH'S son YAZEED could play the havoc of the heartless wholesale massacre at KARBALA, and his issues, the OMMAYIDS, followed by the ABBASIDES, killed the holy Imams of the House of the holy Prophet, one after another, until the eleventh of them, and the Twelfth one, like Jesus, was rescued by God to be kept alive as per the will of the Lord.

FATEMA'S HOUSE ATTACKED In compliance with God's command "BALLIGH MA ONZILA ILAIK.." (Divine guidance in succession to the Final apostleship) and had placed Ali as the First in charge of it, and had declared it at the historic ceremonial event at 'GHADEER-E-KHUM', before the multitude of the thousands of the HAJIES, on 18. 12. 10. A.H. at the conclusion of which event was revealed 5:6. declaring the religion to be perfect and Islam to be the religion for man, accepted by God.

In pursuance of the expressed divine will of the Lord, Ali could not recognize or yield to the man-made authority set up at the 'SAQEEFA' and hence had not paid fealty to it.