1 “Ali and Zubair were enraged.

1 “Ali and Zubair were enraged. They did not do Bay’at. Umar shouted: Come out or we shall burn the house with you. They still refused to come out. So he pulled both of them out by force and dragged them to Abu Bakr till they paid allegiance.” [2] Some narrators of this report are: Tabari Imami (4 th century): Al-Mustarshid, Pg. 378 Ibne Shahar Aashob (d. 588): Mathalib, Pg. 419 Ibne Tawoos (d. 664): Al-Taraif, Pgs. 238-239 Nasr bin Muzahim (d. 212) Document No.

2 “Muawiyah wrote to Ali: Against all of them (means Caliphs) you committed tyranny (rebelled). This we came to know through your enraged looks, your words laced with scorn and rancor, sigh of your breast and unwillingness to co-operate with them. You were taken to each of them as a camel is dragged by its reins**[3]** till you paid allegiance while you hated.” [4] [1] By Bayyat a person submits to another in unequivocal terms so that there should not remain doubt for anyone.

[2] [Most probably the title of his book is Saqifah wa Bayat-e-Abu Bakr , but we could not have access to it.] [3] [Regarding the meaning of the word ‘Khashshaash’ experts say: “It is a piece of wood placed in the nostril of a camel to have greater control on it.” (Ibne Athir: An-Nihaya fee Ghareebul Hadith, Vol. 2, Pg. 33)] [4] Minqari: Waqatus Siffeen, Pg. 87 Some narrators of this report are: Ibne Athim Kufi (d. 314): Al-Futuh, Vol. 2, Pg. 578 Ibne Abde Rabb (d. 328): Al-Iqd al-Fareed, Vol.

4, Pgs. 308-309 Shaykh Mufeed (d. 413): Al-Fusool Al-Mukhtar, Pg. 287 Khateeb Khwarizmi (d. 568): Al-Manaqib, Pg. 175 Ibne Abil Hadeed (d. 656): Sharh Nahjul Balagha, Vol. 15, Pg. 74 & 186 Qalaqshandi (d. 821): Subh al-Ashi, Vol. 1, Pg. 273 Document No. 3 “[His Eminence, Ali (a.s.) wrote in reply to Muawiyah:] I was dragged like a camel by its reins till I gave allegiance.” Some narrators of this report are: Sayyid Razi (d. 406): Nahjul Balagha, Letter 28 Ibne Hamdoon (d.

562): Al-Tazkeratl Hamdonia, Vol. 7, Pg. 166 Ibne Abil Hadeed (d. 656): Sharh Nahjul Balagha, Vol. 15, Pg. 183 Nuwairi (d. 737): Nihayatul Arab, Vol. 7, Pg. 236 Qalaqshandi (d. 821): Subh al-Ashi, Vol. 1, Pg. 276 Bawoni Shafei (d. 871): Jawahir al-Matalib, Vol. 1, Pg. 374 Document No. 4 “[Muawiyah wrote in reply to Muhammad bin Abu Bakr.] Then the two (Abu Bakr and Umar) invited him (Ali) to their Bay’at. But he ignored and refused.

So they designed great plots for him.” [1] Some narrators of this report are: Masoodi (d. 346): Muruj az-Zahab, Vol. 3, Pg.