A Short Review of Saqifah...

A Short Review of Saqifah: The event narrated above, which is based on Sunni historical sources, shows that the khilafat of Saqifah was not a consultation among the Muslims, but was a plot to usurp the khilafat of Imam 'Ali (a.s.). Firstly, while on his way to Saqifah, 'Umar sent word only to Abu Bakr, and not to anyone else.

And Abu Bakr, who was in the house of the Prophet with the great companions and Imam 'Ali, did not tell anyone about the plot of Saqifah and left the corpse of the great man! Does consultation mean that two or three people should go to the Ansar, create division among them and then impose themselves upon those people? In consultation over such a great and important matter, should not at least the great companions and the…