[8] The Shahadat of Syeda -asws ...

[8] The Shahadat of Syeda -asws : (After the Shahadat of Rasool Allah -saww , some Muslims decided to make Abu Bakr as the successor of Rasool Allah -saww but Imam Ali -asws and his -asws true followers declined to accept Abu Bakr as the successor (Caliph) after Rasool Allah -saww and told them that Rasool Allah -saww , during his life-time, had already appointed Ali -asws (as his -saww successor).

(After some time), Umar said to Abu Bakr, ‘Send a message to Ali -asws to do his ‘Bayt [9] (pay allegiance), for there is nothing in this (Caliphate) until he -asws does ‘Bayt’, and if he -asws were to do so, it will be secure’. Abu Bakr sent a message to him -asws , ‘Answer to the caliph of the Rasool Allah -saww ’. The messenger came and said that to him -asws .

Imam Ali -asws replied to him: ‘Glory be to Allah -azwj , with what haste you have forged a lie to the Rasool Allah -saww , he knows and those that surround him know that the Allah -azwj and His -azwj Messenger -saww did not appoint a Caliph other than myself -asws ’. The messenger went and informed him (Abu Bakr) of what he -asws had said to him. Abu Bakr sent his messenger again and insisted that Ali -asws must do ‘Bayt’ of ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’.

Ali -asws said to him (the messenger should tell to Abu Bakr): ‘Glory be to Allah -azwj , by Allah -azwj it has not been long and he (Abu Bakr) has forgotten it. By Allah -azwj , he knows that this is a name (Amir-ul-Momineen), which is not correct except for myself -asws , and Rasool Allah -saww has ordered it, and he himself was the seventh one who had saluted me -asws as Amir-ul-Momineen (the chief of the faithfuls).

He (Abu Bakr) and his companion Umar were among those seven (people) who inquired by saying, ‘Is this truth from Allah -azwj and His -azwj Prophet -saww ?’ The messenger returned and informed him of what he -asws had said. He kept quiet from him on that day. When Imam Ali -asws saw the Abandonment of the people, their avoidance of supporting him -asws , and their gathering around Abu Bakr and their obedience to Abu Bakr, Mola Ali -asws decided to stay at his -asws house.

(After a few days) Umar said to Abu Bakr, ‘What is preventing you to send someone to Ali -asws for the ‘Bayt’, for there is no one remaining except that he has done Bayt apart from him -asws and those four (Mola Ali -asws ’s supporters)’.