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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Victim Lost in Saqifah 1-4 A Victim Lost in Saqifah A Glance at thirteen years of Caliphs’ reign since Saqifah {style="text-align: center"} Vol. 3 Motive of this Research Analysis of the method and type of His Eminence, Amirul Momineen Ali’s (a.s.) government was one of the subjects for a thorough research in recent years, that is two years (Solar) were named after Imam Ali (a.s.).

This resulted in an abundant output in this field, either in books or in shape of articles written on this matter. Our main aim of writing this is to gauge the originality of these endeavors by means of criticism and analysis into claims such as: “His Eminence, Ali (a.s.) was not a governor or an administrator in an ordinary sense. He was not a Caliph as those of Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. But he was a Caliph at parity with Abu Bakr and Umar!

The pivot around which policies of our Lord and Master Ali rotated was the spirit that protected Caliphate of the prophets and the way of the Righteous Caliphs.”! [1] “And this statement is not correct that Caliphate of the preceding Caliphs and the four members, altogether, differed from one another in thought, policy and aims. Each of these four Caliphs was a mirror reflecting one image. They together reflected and represented Caliphate of the Prophet. One spirit ran between the four.

These four collectively completed one image, one system and one aim.”! [2] “Salient here is conduct and true faith of Caliphs in Islam and divine teachings. Humility of Caliphs, their unanimity in word and deed, their moderation and honesty is worth appreciating. Scrutiny into their life shows that they collectively had one and same moral and manner.”! [3] “When Islam was subject of conversation and Islamic teachings and law, Ali did not discriminate between the learned and ignorant.

In the same way was Umar.”! [4] [1] Abdul Qadir Dahqaan Siraawaani: Article quoted in Nida-e-Islam Magazine, Issue No. 17, (9000 copies), Spring 83, Pg. 14 [2] Ibid. Article quoted in Nida-e-Islam Magazine, Issue No. 2, (copies not mentioned), Summer 79, Pg. 30; Bani Khatam wa Deen-e-Kamil (1 st Edition 1379), Pgs. 102-103 [3] Fawad Farooqi: Beest-o-panj Saal Sukoot-e-Ali (2 nd Edition 1379), Pgs. 49-50 [4] Ibid. Beest-o-panj Saal Sukoot-e-Ali (2 nd Edition 1379), Pg.

101 “Ali was like Umar in piety of a poor life.”! [1] “Ali was strict and hard like Umar.