If anyone raised his voice, immediately his mouth was filled with dust.

If anyone raised his voice, immediately his mouth was filled with dust. On the return route of Muhajireen to Mosque, associates of Umar stopped everyone and pulled each them and touched his hand to Abu Bakr’s as a token of paying allegiance to him and then left him. In that scuffle Bani Aslam tribe of desert-dwellers entered Medina as the chief of Muhajireen had promised to give plenty of provision to them if they helped.

They started beating the people with canes, sticks and lances without a pretext or a warning unless they paid allegiance to the new Caliph. Umar often used to say: I became sure of our victory only on arrival of Bani Aslam in Medina. They were in a pact with Emigrants.

They were so many that lanes and streets of Medina were blocked.” [1] “The fact is that their efforts imbued with tyranny and torture had gone so far as to prepare the old category of Prophet’s companions to discard Ahle Bayt of Prophet including the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law, Ali, from government. Such was their determination. Imam Ali (a.s.) was not ignorant of this reality.

This too was among the reasons that discouraged Ali to take a practical step towards taking back what was usurped from him.” [2] On the basis of this: “His Eminence keeping in view the political realities of that Muslim society considered it better to remain patient because every action needed power and he believed that at that time he was not having such a power.” [3] “His Eminence, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) had told Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) about such circumstances and said that…the people after his passing away would cheat him.

‘If you get supporters you stage an uprising and if [1] Yusuf Gholami: Bohraan-e-Jansheeni-e-Payambar (Crisis of Succession to the Prophet), Pgs. 34-35 [2] Yusuf Gholami: Pas az Ghuroob (After Sunset), Pgs. 191-192 [3] Jalal Darikhsha: Mawaaze Siyasi Hazrat Ali Dar Qibal Mukhalifeen (Political stands of Ali against opponents), Pg. 49 not you remain silent.’” [1] “In our view silence of the Imam denotes refraining from armed uprising.