Therefore it can be said that they with their huge number...

Therefore it can be said that they with their huge number proved a force that gave strength to Abu Bakr’s Bay’at. They at once replied positively to the proposal of Umar. They also hit Saad bin Ubadah as an insurgent.” [2] Stamp of Apostasy “Apostasy was a great disgrace that supporters of Saqifah stamped on their opponents to justify their tyrannies such as killings and forcibly taking Bay’at from the people.

These battles and suppressing those who had falsely claimed prophethood went a long way in deceiving people. It was a great help to them to establish their authority and gain people’s confidence.

It completed the designs and tricks of the Quraishi party that had now attained the status of being a rightful one to be at power.” [3] In a short scrutiny on the basis of Abdullah bin Saba, battles that occurred during Abu Bakr’s Caliphate and got a distinction for him according to claim of Sunni sect can be divided into three parts. 1 – Battle with Musailaima and Tolaiha, who claimed prophethood. Some groups too had gathered around them who were in fact, infidels – not Murtad .

But Saif bin Umar calls these battles the battles of Murtads and shows its mischief to be widespread one. In this respect, we should know that Abu Bakr had no other way but to fight them to keep his Caliphate. [1] Mustafa Dilshad Tehrani: Meeras Rabooda (Usurped inheritance), Pg. 74; quoting from: Al-Jamal, Pg. 199 [2] Wilfred Madelung: Succession to Muhammad, Pg. 55 [3] Mustafa Iskandari: Baazkhwani Andisha-e-Taqreeb, Pg.

221 “Only two tribes among the tribes around Medina rose against Islam in support of Tolaiha. One was the tribe of Tolaiha himself named Asad, the other was a group of Fuzara, a branch of Ghatfan tribe. This tribe was again a branch of the tribes of Qais Aelaan.

Except these two, there appears no other name that could have gathered around Tolaiha and fought against Muslims.” [1] “In the army of Tolaiha were a few men from Asad tribe, which was his own; besides there were few more from the tribe of Fuzara under the command of their own chief Ainat bin Hisn.

There was no one from other tribes.” [2] Therefore their mischief was not as serious as claimed; that their suppression should be a matter of pride for Abu Bakr and that also in the way of service to Islam! 2 – The numerous battles, all of which are fabricated by Saif bin Umar, have no reality at all.