During these two days (when the mockery of appointment of...

During these two days (when the mockery of appointment of caliphate was going on), the Bani Hashim had gathered in the Prophet’s (S) house and a few amongst them were busy helping Ali (a.s.) in giving the ceremonial bath and shrouding the Prophet (S), followed by the ritual funeral prayers. The Muslims of Medina came in groups to the Prophet’s (S) chamber and independently offered prayers over the blessed coffin of the Prophet (S).

This took place on the whole of Monday and terminated on Tuesday evening. The same night, Ali (a.s.) and a few others buried the Prophet’s (S) Holy body. During these two days, the caliphate gang strove hard to bring to the matter of Abu Bakr’s allegiance to a conclusive acceptability. Thus, this was the manner in which Abu Bakr became the Caliph and gained allegiance…